Happy Birthday Jonah

I can't believe my little guy turned 8 today! Jonah had a fun day playing with cousins. He spent the morning at the cabin with Grandpa, Uncle Bryce and Mason shooting clay pigeons and playing in the snow. Then it was party time. We just had some family come over for cake and ice cream and it was lots of fun. Jonah has some great cousins and loves spending time with them. Jonah has liked the Colt's ever since Grandma and Grandpa went on their mission to Indianapolis. Austin Collie was in my parents ward so he then became Jonah's favorite player. I've never been real great in the cake department but I really wanted to try to make fondant. I figured I could pull off a white cake with a blue horseshoe. I thought it turned out pretty great. (Thanks to Ann and Margo and their help) He liked it too. Happy birthday big guy!

A few things about Jonah:

He is REALLY smart. Not sure where he gets it from but he is super smart. He does great in school, is an awesome reader, and is always asking me questions that let me know his brain is working overtime. During his baptism interview the bishop even told him the Lord has blessed him with a great mind.

He is a good friend and loves to play with friends. He is lucky to have lots of good little buddies this age.

He really likes sports and his hoping to grow sometime soon and be able to play sports. He especially loves watching his cousins play.

Halloween

I got the flu super bad this year for halloween. So even though I dressed up my kids 5 times, I hardly got any pictures at all. We had a fun halloween party with some friends, then Justin took the kids trick-or-treating while I stayed home in bed. I was so so glad he did that! The kids also had a piano recital they got to dress up for so we definitely got our moneys worth out of our costumes this year! Hopefully next year will be better.

Bliss Family=Spontaneous

Who decides to go to Disneyland and leaves 2 hours later? WE DO! Wow! After some ultra quick planning and packing we were on the road. We drove all the way to Anaheim in one day, spent two days in Disneyland, then drove home. It was a super quick trip but tons of fun! We packed in as much as we possibly could in two days and still didn't see everything!


Syd me and Hailey waiting for the Aladin show to start.

Danny knows how to wait in line.

Bumper cars in Bug's Life

Syd in the bumper cars

Waiting in the LONGEST line. The new Toy Story 3 Ride.

Totally worth the wait!

At our hotel

The kids were afraid we wouldn't have time to swim so we took a little break from Disneyland and went back to the hotel to swim for a while. It had this fun little waterslide and the kids loved it!

If you know Danny, you know he has quite an infatuation with Star Wars. Last time we were in Disneyland Jonah got picked in the Jedi training show. I knew if Danny didn't get picked this time he would be crushed. So we got to the show nice and early to get a front row seat. He even wore his Star Wars shirt in hopes of getting picked. Well, it must have worked. He got picked and it was probably the best thing that has ever happened to him!

Working his Jedi skills. He takes this very serious!

Riding the Matterhorne Bobsleds

The Haunted Mansion

I skipped out on the tea cups but the kids loved it.

On our last night we went to the midevil times dinner and show. It was really fun and the kids loved it. Especially this kid!

Now we are home and it almost feels like we never left! It was a great time though and we can't wait to go back again someday!

Fall

Delta had a fun little fall festival last weekend. The weather has still been so nice so I thought I'd venture out with 5 kids (I never do this) and go have some fun. The kids loved painting pumpkins and doing all the little games. Hailey was with us too, but she's 12 now so she is WAY too cool to hang out with the family. So she had fun running around with her friends. I love fall!

Cedar Canyon Half Marathon

This could possibly be the ugliest picture of me of all time. But too bad, its the only one I've got and this race was just too fun I have to blog about it. This was the first half marathon Cedar has done and it was AWESOME! I loved it (sans mile 11.5 to mile 12.5) It was all down hill with a few little up hills at the end but I made it through. I don't know if it was the race I loved or the company. Dani, Dana and I all stayed together and finished together. How fun to visit with two of your best friends while running a half marathon. And thanks to Dani for being my cheerleader when I needed it most! I will definitely be back to this race next year. Oh....and I got my best time yet!
Amber, Dani, Mirinda, Dana, me, Marci, Lydia
Good job Everyone!!

Just a few more

I know I've already blogged about this relay, but there were a few more pictures on the website so I decided to to put a few more on here, just for laughs.

Can't wait til Next Year!

Happy Birthday Syd!

Sydni had her 10th birthday on Aug. 17th. Every year seems to go a little faster than the last. She lucked out and had all her girl cousins in town sleeping at my mom's house (minus Bethany and Ragen) But she still thought she needed a party so we had a few friends out to the res. Luckily herBF Macey has a super nice dad that offered to take the girls on his boat. They had a blast! Thanks Van. Happy Birthday Syd! We sure love you lots!