Rub a Dub Dub-16 Month Old boys in the tub!

And here is a trip down memory lane.....Here are the cute girls when they were 17 months old....awww...these are hanging in the kids bathroom...I am excited to add the boys pics to the collage.

Day 3 & 4 Legoland and the Aquarium

Our last 2 days were spent at Legoland with all the cousins. Here we are before we went to the park in our cute American shirts from Grandma.

Logoland was really awesome....it is defiantly for kids 10 and under, which is perfect for my little family.   

Once again everyone was there to help with the kiddos and we had a great day. The park was big and we spent the whole day exploring. 

Regiane found a new man while she was there...tee hee...

My camera got left with my sister for a while, so I didn't get a chance to get some shots of the amazing details that were there at the park.

All the grandkids with Grandma and Grandpa

(notice cousin Curtis on the left with Grandma...he did not want to be in the picture!)

My Mom and Dad....don't you love their shirts? You couldn't miss them...

Thankfully our hotel was only about 5 minutes away, so Doug took the boys back to the hotel for an afternoon nap.

Once they came back they were ready to go play at the little play land.

On our last day there we went to the Legoland Aquarium in the morning and then drove home that day.

Audree and Abigail....silly girls.

The drive home was a long one to say the least. Clark was tired and cried most of the time. But we made it home safe and sound with another vacation under our belts. Vacationing with little ones can be a challenge but so worth it especially when you have family to help you out!

Day 2~The Sand and the Sea

On the second day of our trip we loaded up after the boys got a quick morning nap, and went to Carlsbad CA. We only had that day to spend at the beach and sadly if was overcast...(as a photographer I had big dreams of sunny beach pictures) but we went anyway. Let's just say the beach with 15 month old was interesting to say the least. We only stayed about 1.5 hours which was just enough.

This is how the day started out...

Followed by happy moments of this...

The girls loved making a sand castle with Uncle Ris

Eating on the beach should not be allowed....everything gets sand in it...

We ended our day burying the girls in sand and finding sea shells....I wish we lived closer to a beach!

 

Sea World~ Family Vacation Day One, July 4, 2010

We took a family trip this July with all of my siblings and parents. It was a whirlwind of fun and the best part of all was that we had so many helpers. The trip was a dream with 6 adults to help with the busy boys. The first day was spent at fun Sea World. We went to all the fun shows that Sea World had to offer and stayed the whole day and watched the fireworks.

Uncle Ris (Chris)

Grandma

My girls....and our Re'

He loved pushing the kids around....he said "I have to be useful somehow"

We started the day off at the Elmo's play land and the boys had a blast at this jump area. Look at the top right hand picture...this girl kept attacking and hugging every boy....so cute!

They only have a few rides at Sea World and Doug went on the little tea cups with the girls. He was going so fast....fun!

The bottom left hand picture is the girls with the souvenir's. They said the favorite part of their trip was getting new "teddy's"

Uncle Chris walked the brothers around and gave them a little 40 minute snoozer....so cute huh....

We ended the day watching the awesome fireworks that played along to music.

The 24 hour camping trip

A few weeks ago we had a Udall family reunion up north in the White Mountains. We were so excited to be with our family. Packing up with two 15 month old boys was almost laughable. These two busy boys are into everything. Climbing on the table, playing in the toilet water, playing with the computers...it's like they know when I open the door to my bedroom and they come running.

Anyways we got the truck loaded and hauled our little camper up the mountain. It was nice to be up in the cooler weather, but I was a nervous mommy. These little boys haven't been walking for very long so every rock, twig and dip in the dirt made me gasp and run behind them to help. 

Later that evening the girls danced for the family and sang "All the single ladies" Audree was quite the little performer....showing everyone her whistles, and singing other little diddies. I wish I had a picture...she was precious.

So you know how you never really sleep good the first night camping? I only slept 2 hours with Clark waking up at 5:15am. My stomach was feeling weird and cramping so I took it easy that morning. We went to breakfast that morning and Audree started throwing up.....uh oh. Maybe it was something we ate....

We went on a hike down the creek a little later. Audree was acting ok not really complaining...so I thought it was just a fluke.

Look at all these cute kiddos

Little girls exploring.

Sadly just moments after this photo Audree threw up again...we went back to our campsite where she slept and threw up the rest of the afternoon. At about 3:00pm we thought...why are we here? So we loaded everything up and came home. 

I was so sad to miss out on the games, the skits, and the memories with all my aunts, uncles and cousins.

So sad...what a post right?

A happier post coming soon...picture it....Amazing overcast skies, cool 65 degree weather....6 adults and 4 kiddos at Legoland and Sea World...ahh..