Snow White

Olivia had a great time trick or treating this year.

Olivia's first visit to Disneyland

So the day before we went to Hawaii, we took Olivia to the Happiest Place on Earth, Disneyland. She had so fun much,at first she was a little over whelmed, but after two rides and a snack she was having a blast. Her favorite rides were it's a small world, Nemo and of course the Tea Cups. Olivia did so well that she stayed until 5 and then my mom took her home so that brad, jenny, bryan and I took go on some big kid rides. It was my favorite trip to Disneyland, I loved watching Olivia's reactions to the rides and character's.

P.s. She not a fan of Mickey Mouse....

Hawaii 2009

Just got the wireless to work at the In Laws, so I have a lot of blogging to catch up on....



For our family vacation this year we were able to spend a week in Hawaii with my parents,grandparents, sister and cousin. It was an awesome week, we took O to the beach for the first time. Had some yummy dole whip, my fave, Spend my mom's 50th birthday at the PCC, saw Pearl Harbor, the international market, Waima Beach, The north shore. It was so fun that we didn't want to leave. The most exciting part of the trip, was the job offer that Brad received from a firm in Arizona, which meant that as soon as we got back to Omaha, we had to start packing to move. It was hard to go from such and relaxing vacation to the stress of moving but we were up for the changelle.

4th of July

We have been partying since Thursday night, too bad the weather in the big O didn't want to cooperate. We had planned to spend the whole weekend in the pool, but it ended up raining the whole time instead. So on Friday we took Olivia to see Elmo at the Children's Museum. One of O's favorite things to do is play on the slide. She had so much fun playing in Grover's play gym as well as going to all the different stations that were teaching her how the human body works. Later that night, we also sat in the rain to watch the fireworks from the stadium across the street.
On Saturday, we woke up to more rain, so we decided to go to chuckie cheese's. We tried to teach her how to play skee ball, but Olivia had her own rules in mind. The one thing she definitely did not enjoy at Chuckie Cheese's was the singing and dancing animals. Other than that, she did enjoy running around playing all the games with mom and dad. To cap off the afternoon fun we went next door to toysrus and bought Olivia her first pink bike, thanks Grandma Sellers, she loves it already!
After a short nap we headed to our friend's parents house for a BBQ and some fireworks. We had lots of fun and the food was super yummy too. O had fun playing with the other kids and chasing their little dog around.
We then went to the Ameristar casino to watch the awesome fireworks show. O was pretty tired so we came home and did a few of our own fireworks. Brad got these awesome fireworks that shot up into the sky so we had our own personal show in our own front yard! O liked the show but didn't really care for the sparklers.
Hopefully next year there will be blue skys and we'll get a tan too!

Olivia's 1st Hair Cut

So we finally did it, Olivia got her hair cut. It was such a bittersweet experience. It was so sad to see all her baby hair in a baggie, but it needed to be done. O did really well, she just sat and watched a movie the whole time. I think Brad and I had a harder time with it than she did. Now she looks like a little girl not a baby any more.

Go Sun Devils!!!

As much as I complain that living in the big O isn't fun, it can be quite fun. Last night, Brad got us tickets to see ASU play UNC in the CWS. Although, it was blazing hot outside, we had so much fun.

Olivia had her first snow cone (or3) and these nice guys sitting behind us were feeding her french fries. At first we were a little disappointed, it was the 6th inning and ASU still wasn't even up on the board, but we made our own fun. Olivia loved doing the wave and she really got into it. We also had fun watching the right side of GA get in trouble and some people even got kicked out.

It was pretty boring until ASU hit a grand slam with no outs. They ended up scoring 7 runs that inning. Talk about exciting! We were so sad to have to leave the game early, but Olivia needed to get to bed and we still had to walk home. Thankfully ASU ended up winning the game.

Thanks Brad for taking us, we wish we could go to the game tonight and to Scott for giving us a ride home.

San Francisco Fun

Last week Olivia and I were able to spend the week in San Francisco with our friends the Thomas Family.

On the way to SF we stopped in Denver and Olivia got to meet Jackson Shirley. They had so much fun playing in the airport and sharing lunch, we wish that his little sister would have been able to join us, but she was ready to meet the world yet:). We missed you too Heidi!

On Tuesday, my Mom met up up with us in the city and we took the kids to see the Sea Lions on Pier 39. Olivia and the boys had a blast. The sea lions were swimming and talking up a storm. The seagulls were pretty active too, lucky no one got pooped on. We then took them to the Aquarium of the Bay. The Aquarium was pretty cool they had 2 under water tunnels, 2 petting stations and lots of fish to look at. Both the boys and Olivia had a great time.

We then walked Fisherman's Wharf and rode on the merry go round. Olivia loved it and cried when see had to get off.

Then my Dad was able to get out of his meetings early to take us all to Ghirardelli Square for the best ice cream sundaes in the world. Thanks mom and dad for such a fun filled day. Someday I promise to take Brad to SF, it is one of my favorite places to go.

The next day Corinne's mom came with us to the Jelly Belly factory. The kids in enjoyed seeing how the jelly beans were made and I enjoyed the free samples at the end of the tour. We then had lunch at my favorite place, IN n Out. You can't go to California with out making a pit stop there.

We spent the rest of the day shopping at the outlets and at Corinne's Grandparents house. The rest of the week was spent playing games, which we totally miss doing with Corinne and Brian, and just hanging out. We had so much fun on our trip, but it was nice to come home and see Brad. Thanks Thomas Family for all the fun. We miss you guys!!!