Disney fun and more...

So we decided to make a "jaunt" over to California to visit S's family. What our kids didn't know was that we would be making a pit stop at Disneyland first. We stayed our first night in a nearby motel with an adjoining room that, unbeknown to both our girls, connected to the room of their Lake cousins(who arrived late at night). The next morning when a knock came at the adjoining door, Letty was so surprised that she bolted to her feet. Unfortunately she happened to be under a cabinet and hit her head pretty well. Poor girl, she didn't want to see anyone after that. Still after seeing her cousin, she ran and gave her a big hug! They didn't know Grandma, Grandpa, and Aunt J were coming until they showed up in Disneyland. The girls had a great time with their cousins and the rest of T-man's family. We had a great time surprising them!

The six Lovell grandgirls at Minnie's house in Toon Town.


Of course, no Disneyland family trip is complete without a picture in front of Sleeping Beauty's castle. By the way, I was surprised to see that inside the castle is no fairy tale, its dark and filled with Maleficent demons... enter carefully and keep small children close by.

Letty and Gracie with cousins Curly and Lou


La Jolla beach near San Diego. T-man with the girls.


Solider Letty at the Mormon Battalion Visitor Center. A very cool experience. The church has done a very nice job of restoring and upgrading this center into an interactive experience.

Most memorable moment - the Lake baby ejecting an entire bottle of milk onto the floor.


The adults enjoyed a nice relaxing authentic Mexican dinner in old town San Diego while Grandpa sat with the girls.

"Aren't I cute?"


Watching the killer whales at Seaworld. For this show we needed to cool off so hung out in the shade of the walkway.

The Lingerfelt portion of our trip:
Great Grandma Lingerfelt - 95 years old and still sharp!

Gracie flying a kite at Grandma Lingerfelt's


And Letty helping out. It was a great day for kites. We enjoyed awesome weather our entire trip!
S's good friend Jen, expecting her first baby soon. S has been friends with the Balverts since she was a baby.

Visiting S's adopted Godmother, Rose.
What a great friend, Campbell came over from the bay area to see us.

Grandpa and Grandma Lingerfelt


"Don't laugh, we're working on starting a new trend." Letty and cousin Joshie coloring 3D pictures during Julia's birthday party.


"Oh! Pick me! Pick me!" Letty, Gracie and cousin Julia.


The Lingerfelt grandchildren. Our kids with Joshie, Jared and Julia.

A super fun trip on both ends, yeah for family!!

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Catching up

Happy Happy Birthday Letty (on the 5th). My little toothless ball of energy is 7! How is that possible? She enjoyed her 7 balls of ice cream that got plopped in her root beer float (her requested treat) yum and super easy :) We love you Letty!! Thanks for being you.



So on her birthday she decided to donate



12 inches later...
Her new cute is darling thanks to my friend Becky

Gracie couldn't miss out on the action, although I wouldn't let her go short.Happy 4th!

We had a great BBQ with our friends the Robinsons and Giles. We love you guys!

School is out....finally!

and now my kids can get to work :) I finished their chore board a few weeks ago.


A friend from Letty's class invited us two weekends ago to go strawberry picking. It turned out to be more like strawberry gleaning but it was still fun.
Playing in corn

This was a special treat from Baby to T-man :) a nice dollop of spit up after he had her on his shoulders.

A random picture of baby helping me with the laundry.

Quick trip to Boston

We went to Boston for a weekend trip (2 weeks ago) to celebrate Nate's graduation, yeah! Great Job! While there we had someone rear end our car :( Everyone is fine but we are now in the middle of getting it fixed, super fun. We enjoyed hanging out downtown, visiting the freedom trail and visiting the Aquarium. Boston is beautiful! we had a great time.


So cute
Nate the Great - Baby whisperer. Nate was our city guide.
Make way for ducklings (Yes, they are wearing Bruins jerseys. Boston pride ran strong for the 2011 Stanley cup champions. Even George Washington in the Public Garden was sporting a Jersey).
The Aquarium- oh, the rough life of a sea lion.
Playing in the fountain on a chilly day

Proof of all of the fun we had :)

Parents come to visit

Our happening in May included a visit from T's parents, so fun! After they were here for a bit we met up with them again in D.C for K-Rae's graduation, good job Aunt K! We also had a couple of fun Saturdays in the city. One included a girls temple trip while the boys babysat and some fun time with friends afterwards. The other was to downtown to show the parents T's work and some south Manhattan sites. We really enjoy where we live, its the best of both worlds. We get to enjoy suburbia but have the magic of NYC at our fingertips. Our town has such a cute quaint feel and has a nice sense of community. With the warm weather lately our yard has turned into Bambi's meadow, the kids especially love the new little bunnies. Here are some highlights.

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First Easter

Her first Easter was celebrated not long after her first food, yum! Our little A is now 5 months old.


We enjoyed a couple of hunts this year one with Gracie and playgroup friends (Letty got to be there too since she was on spring break) and another one so Dads could be around. It was an excuse to get together with some good friends.



First hunt


Hunt #2 checking out the lootJamie and I, my friend and neighbor

Over spring break we took a little trip to Lancaster county and to Philadelphia. It was a great, low stress vacation. In Lancaster we rode on restored steam train and visited Strausburg train musum which the girls loved. That and the Amish buggy ride were their favorites, they were lucky enough to sit up front and help with the reins. We visited the Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery which is the first commercial pretzel factory in America. Down the road from it was the Wilbur Chococlate factory which claim to have had their "Wilbur Bud" stollen from Hershey aka the "Hershey Kiss." I will say the bud was better. We hunted out some covered bridges and enjoyed the beautifully manicured Amish farms. The girls especially loved the pool at the hotel :) On the way home we stopped off in Philly and visited the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall.