Wheeler Farm Birthday Party part 2

Some favorites from Wheeler Farm.
Took the first picture when Cam was a baby and I had to do the same picture. The only problem was the sun was horrible and this was at the end of the party and both kids were not very happy about it. So they didn't turn out great, but still a fun picture to see how much they have grown.


I have always loved this picture of Brooklynn. She was 3 years old in the first one and 5 (almost 6 in the other)


Watching the ducks!


The kids loved petting the horses.


Dennis cousins in the wagon!


Taking a little break in the outhouse!

Yay for Wagon Rides!


McKenna enjoyed the whole thing too!

It was a fun party for Cameron especially. I can't believe how big my kids are getting.

Wheeler Farm Birthday Party part 1

I can't believe that Cameron turned 3. Time just flew by so fast. He is my wild child. Fun, energetic, exhausting, fun loving, sweet little mamma's boy.





McKenna is and always will be my little baby. She has always been so little and sweet. Doesn't want to give up her bottle and loves just being held. She is such a sweet little thing.





We had lots of cousins come to the party. We played at the playground first, then opened gifts, then cake and then we went to see the animals.


Cameron loved his Woody and Buzz cake and McKenna just loved playing with her food. It was a fun party. Soon I will post the animals pics.

I ♥ faces- Black and White

I haven't done this in awhile but this is my favorite. Totally shows Cameron's personality!

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Balboa Island

Going to Balba Island I had some anxiety with the water and the kids. But I had nothing to worry about. Cameron wouldn't go near the water. Brooklynn loves water and loved the sand. We all had a blast. Even McKenna had fun in the sand.


The kids were so cute. We went to Target before hand to buy buckets and shovels and they just kept on building sand castles and more. Bailey had a little run-in with some waves. She probably had 10 pounds of sand in her swimming suit. For her sake I won't post those pictures, but they sure were funny!


All in all it was a good day at the beach. We cleaned up and walked around Balboa, got a few souveniors and took the ferry back.

Out with Princesses

Nanci and I took the girls to lunch at Ariel's Grotto. (Except the baby girls)

Brooklynn and Gracie were so excited! They transformed into Ariel and Belle.

Belle was a favorite of the girls!

My favorite was and always will be Cinderella. That is how I got my nickname Yellie. (Since two years old watching Cinderella over and over again. Now I have aunts, uncles and cousins that still call me Yellie!

It was so fun and the girls loved meeting all the princesses. It was so neat. Our lunch was spendy, but AMAZING!

And our dessert platters, no words could describe! Delish.

Disney Characters

On the airplane I had a gift for the kids. They also got a gift each day and a new shirt. On the first day they got an autograph book to fill in the pages with their favorites. McKenna really didn't get pictures with them except this one with Mickey. She didn't know what the heck was going on. She was either asleep or just cozy in the stroller.


We saw a lot of characters and always kept the books handy.


Brooklynn's favorite (aside from the princesses- which I will post soon) was Tinkerbell, Minnie Mouse and Vidia.Brooklynn loved it. It was better than she imagined. "I loved being there and can't wait to go back."


Cameron loved them all. The first time he saw Woody, I was on a ride, but Ryan said it was priceless. He went running to him and almost fell down. He gave him a big hug,even though Woody was with another child. He loved every minute of it. And of course he LOVED the girls...



He gave lots and lots of kisses. Sometimes he gave them kisses on their cheeks and sometimes just blew a kiss. But he didn't miss one girl. Such a cutie!

Day 3 Disneyland and California Adventure

Jeff and Nanci spent the day with her brother. On our 3rd day we wanted just one last day to enjoy everything. Let the kids go on their favorite rides or rides that we didn't make it on. Go around and see characters that we didn't see before. It was going to be a fun relaxed day. Well it was just that, but by the 3rd day Cameron was tired and worn out. He got pretty grouchy. After we saw pretty much all the shows and other stuff we had wanted to see we decided to make it an early day. It was hard to me to want to leave, but I did it anyways. We made it to the hotel around 6:30pm.


Overall it was a good day. The kids got to go on their favorite rides and so did we. Brooklynn went to the Playhouse Disney show. It was so dang cute. I really wanted Cam to go, but he had fallen asleep. She loved it and I thought it was just adorable.


We got one the the famous Mickey Flower pictures. And that was our fun exciting time at Disneyland and California Adventure. Before the trip I think both Ryan and his parents weren't as excited as I was. Ryan shares with his dad a hatred of crowds. But I think everyone was pleasantly surprised at how much fun we all had. It was a good trip.

PS I still have pictures of them with the characters and then I will do our day at the beach.

California Adventure Day 2

We were up and ready to rock for Day 2! All of the kids were so excited. We started our day at Soaring over California! Holy Cow it was so scary. When Ryan and I went 7 years ago with no kids I hated it. I was doing fertility shots and other medication and so I had a hard time with movements and heights. I was hoping it wouldn't be as bad, it was better than before but still freaks me out. Brooklynn loved it. We then headed over to get a Fast Pass for the Tower of Terror, and since it wasn't too busy we were able to go on it a few times. Love that ride. Unfortunately Brooklynn wouldn't even try that one. What a fun day! We saw Minnie Mouse after that and Oh did Cam like her!!! Pictures with characters will come later. Still working on all my hundreds of pics.


Cam's favorite part of the day was Buzz Lightyear. Brooklynn just loved it all! I remember as we were planning the trip Ryan's parents weren't all that excited and were coming just to come with us and help us all with the kids. But they liked it too! Also for lunch my sister-in-law Nanci and I took our girls (minus the babies) to the princess lunch. It was Nanci, Bailey, Graciey, Brooklynn and me! It is super expensive, but really fancy and totally worth it! We just had a blast! (Those pictures to come later too! Day 2 was also a success. We stayed to watch the awesome water show. If I can get videos to work on here I will add it later, but the last few times I couldn't get videos to work. What a great trip so far!

Disneyland Day 1

Day 1 at Disneyland was a huge sucess. The kids LOVED it! The only bad thing is the first ride we went to was Mr. Toad's Wild Ride... OOPS! A little scary. We made up for it going on the Tea cups and Dumbo right after. After that Brooklynn and Gracie didn't want to go on any ride that was inside a building. Brooklynn's favorite ride was Splash Mountain and Cam's was the Buzz Lightyear one in Tomorrowland. (Brooklynn hated that one by the way.)

We had so much fun and didn't even have to go back to the hotel for naps. Both Cameron and McKenna fell asleep in the strollers so we just kept on moving!



I will say Day 1 at Disneyland was a huge success!

Trip to California

We finally did it! We went to California! We didn't tell the kids we were going, although any time they heard us talking and planning Brooklynn would say. "I know we have to save more money." So we told them the morning we were leaving that we were acctually going on a trip to Disneyland. It was awesome, Brooklynn was in shock and didn't believe us. They loved the airplane ride and Cam was in awe!



We went to visit my sister-in-law Nanci's brother. He has a super nice condo and we went swimming. They did a BBQ for us and we had yummy cupcakes! It was a good first day in Cali!

More pictures to come of Disneyland!