We are home now from a glorious weekend away.  Our friends went out of town so we stayed at their place to take care of their animals.  Boy the kids went nuts.  They have a black lab and two cats (one is a kitten.)  The kids were going non-stop and so hyper I can't even begin to describe it.  So today we get to decorate the house.  The kids and I are working on getting rid of some toys, not an easy task.   

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Last night we discovered that Ashton has not one, but two loose teeth.  He is beside himself with excitement.  His dentist said that he would start loosing them around December.  He is really looking forward to singing "all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth."  He has a wiggler on the top and one on the bottom and he is having a hard time leaving them alone.

Our Latest trip to Disneyland.  We managed to go on all the rides except for four (we aren't really sad we missed those.) We went on the pirates ride twice.  Got to meet 4 princesses and two pixies.  The Park is all decorated for Christmas and on Friday the Christmas parade starts.  We are trying to figure out when we can go back, but we are Scrooged.  Rehearsals for our church's Christmas play are taking up every free day we have.

Ashton had his second art class yesterday.  He painted two pictures and learned about mixing colors.  The week before e made a small bowl out of red clay and decorated it with beads, pasta, and feathers.

Alayna is eager to go to her next swimming class that starts at noon today.  Daddy takes her to class and it is good fun for both of them.  They have a half hour lesson then they get to play for 30 minutes.

  Alayna would love to tell you about her latest visit to Disneyland.  Just for your information, we have been trying to meet Aroura since April.  Uncle Jeremy said that the best bait for princesses was peanut butter,  well we didn't bring peanut butter but we did bring peanuts.

For any of you who are Hidden Mickey hunters too...  we found the little one at the end of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.  We couldn't see it with our naked eyes but managed to get a picture.  So far we have found the Mickeys on the Pirates ride, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Haunted Mansion, Indiana Jones, Soarin' Over California, and some of the Mickeys that aren't really hidden.  We still have until February 6th to use our season passes, that's three more months to hunt!  And we are just getting started!!!

Our resent road trip.  It was Ashton's idea to go to Mount Rushmore.  We all had a great time looking around and learning.  We also went to the Crazy Horse Memorial and Yellowstone.  It was fun seeing the country and visiting family and it was really hard to come home.