A visit from Santa

Last week we went to a party at some friends house and Santa stopped by to visit the kids.
Soph wasn't real sure about him at first then warmed up to him. She asked him for some cars.

Gingerbread Train

Soph and I made a gingerbread train. She liked sticking all the candy on and of course eating it along the way.

New Hang out

The other day I walked in Sophie's room and found her like this...

Christmas Dress

Yo Gabba Gabba!

Last week Sophie and I went to the Yo Gabba Gabba show that came to town. I wasn't going to get tickets at first but then a friend had some extra tickets for pretty cheap so we went with Kelli and Emery. Sophie loves Gabba Gabba and had lots of fun and still talks about it. We even got her a little souvenir Foofa shirt after the show.

Waiting for the show to start



DJ Lance came out first to and introduced the characters. My battery died on my camera right after this picture so I didn't get any more. Kelli took some for me so when I get those I'll put more up.



Enjoying her Foofa shirt



If you want to see what Yo Gabba Gabba live show is about, here is the intro they did for the show. Enjoy!
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St. George - Take 2

So I heard about this 1/2 marathon in St. George that runs through Snow Canyon and Erin & I decided we wanted to run it. Our hubbys were nice to take the kiddos for a night and we got to have a girls 24 hours without kids. We had so much fun, we headed down Friday afternoon and got to St. George in time for dinner and to pick up our race packets. Saturday morning was the race. The first 4 miles ran on the same course as the St George marathon which happened to be the most scenic part of the course by the white and red rock formations. We then turned into the north entrance of Snow Canyon State park and ran all the way through the park, then through Entrada and finished at the high school. The course was fast, beautiful and so fun. It is my new favorite race. I finished in 1 hr 50 min and Erin in 2 hr 7 min. A personal record for each of us. We then relaxed in the pool/hot tub back at my Dad's place then got lunch and stopped at the outlets for some shopping before heading back home. We had a great time and want to make it a yearly tradition.

Happy Halloween

This year for Halloween Sophie is going to be Foofa. Foofa is a character in Sophie's favorite show Yo Gabba Gabba. I think she makes a cute Foofa...

Disneyland

It's been a busy month. A week after the marathon, Sophie and I took off for LA where we met up with Kami, Sean and family for a few days at Disneyland! We flew into Longbeach on Saturday afternoon, Sophie was really good for me on the plane, we picked up our rental car and we headed to Newport beach where we stopped at Fashion Island Mall to get some lunch and hang out. They have some great outdoor spaces and fountains all over the mall which Sophie loved.








After the mall we then drove into Anaheim to check into our hotel. Kami and Sean got in later that night so Soph and I went over to Downtown Disney to look around and get dinner.

The next day we went with Kami, Sean and kiddos back to Newport beach.














After the beach we headed back to the hotel to swim and tried to get Sophie to nap. In the evening we went back to Downtown disney for dinner and checked out the stores. Soph loved the lego store.





Monday was our first day at Disneyland. Soph loved the characters but doesn't know their names so she called them all "Guys" She did pretty good on most of the rides, the ones that were dark inside not so much. Her favorite was the car driving one and the carousel.


























Our second day at Disney was spent at Disney California.











On Wednesday Soph and I flew home while Kami & Sean and kids stayed a few more days at Disney. We had lots of fun!