Disneyland • 2010

Alice, The Queen of Hearts
and Mad Hatter

The beginning of February Me, Ryan, Ava and Nate went down to California to go to
DISNEYLAND!
Our Good Friends The Tibbitts moved down there about 8 months ago... And we have been wanting to go down and see them and go to Disneyland forever. We decided to dis-invite Gavin and instead bring Nate.

Be Prepared... Lots of Pictures...
Between mine and Sarah's, there was just too many to choose from.

Toontown

Mickey's House

Minni's House

Nemo Ride

Autopia

Pixie Hallow
Tinker Bell

Silvermist
(Ava's favorite, don't ask me why I thought it would be Princess Tiana)

Little Audrey was so cute... Every Character we saw she would just get Cozy with them!

The Fairy Godmother
As we were running towards her Ava was yelling "Catch that Fairy Godmother"
And yes we did Run, She was walking (waddling) away from us and we couldn't miss her!

Tigger

Big Thunder Ranch Barbecue

Woody and Jesse

Princess Tiana
She was definitely on Top of our 'Must see List'

Ava loves "poofy" dresses so she loved this one.

Ariel

Belle
It was a little Chili outside so the Princesses had little jackets on, And Ava did NOT like that!

Jasmin
Ava's other Favorite!
(a little disappointed that she wears pants and not a "poofy" dress)

We were very bummed we didn't see Mulan or Pocahontas!
I guess well have to go back... Soon!

I love the Pictures Sarah took on the Tea Cups.

I didn't go because they make me sick.

Last minute we decided to go on
Splash Mountain
And somehow or another I got in the Front...
I was the only one who got Wet... not a little Wet but Totally Wet!
No pictures of my hair after the ride, they were burned.

Ava Dancing in the ca-Parade...
Celebrate! A Street Party

Could you tell Ava Loves the Characters! They are her Favorite part of Disneyland. This time we bought an Autograph book, she carried that around all day, searching for Characters! Since we've been home she looks at it at least 10 times a day!

The Next day we went to
California Adventure
And it Totally Rained the whole time!
The only good thing was that California Adventures has Pretty much everything indoors, so it wasn't too bad! We still got to do everything we wanted.
And how sweet is this little contraption for the stroller. Do you see how her head fits perfectly in the poncho and the handles come out. Ryan is a Genius! (Ryan added that)

The Tibbitts standing in Line for the
Playhouse Disney - Live on Stage.
Look how cute little Alex is... I have to mention how good he was! He was amazing... 2 days at Disneyland in a stroller! There is no way Gavin would have lasted!

When we went to see
Turtle Talk with Crush
we saw Goofy, Minni and Pluto

When we went and talked with Crush you get to ask him questions. Ava didn't get to ask hers so we went to talk to Crushes helper guy who knows Crush really well.
Her question: "What's Crushes favorite princess?"
Answer: Ariel of Course

Goofy

Pluto

Ava by her Favorite Movie...
UP!

We Saw the
Aladdin Show...
loved it!

Some may think that we are bad Parents, but yes we took Ava on the
Tower of Terror
(the picture above is Ryan talking Ava through what was going to happen)

She actually did really good, she hated it, and said the scariest part is when they have you to
"say goodbye to the real world."

Toy Story Mania!
Definitely one of our Favorites!

On our way out we stopped by the
Lego Store
and

ESPN Zone

Oh yeah did you notice that me and Nate have the same Rain Coats on! We look like Twins!
We were not prepared for the Rain so before we headed to the Park we had to stop at Target for some rain Coats and Ponchos. Ava got a Cute one, Nate got a cute Boy one but they had No Girl rain Coats so I ended up getting the Biggest size in the Little Boys section... whatever it worked!

(Don't know why I look Pregnant... Cause I'm definitely NOT!)

By the time we left this is what all the Kids looked like.

Ava Dancing in the Parade

Performing at Big Thunder Ranch BBQ

Ava and Audrey in the Tarzan Treehouse

We had an amazing, Fun and Exhausting time!
We are so lucky to have such kind, Fun and Generous friends to go visit! We love the Tibbitts and miss having them live so close... I guess we'll just have to move to California to live by them and Disneyland!

We already miss the Tibbitts and Disneyland... when can we go back?

Gavin and His Teeth

So Gavin has some Crazy teeth going on right now!
He has 3 on the bottom
And One Snaggletooth on the Top!

He has 3 teeth on the top that look like they are going to burst any day, hopefully they do very soon because his fang is getting really big and he looks really Crazy when he smiles! And not to mention he's a little grouchy right now.

Gavin you're so Cute! We love you... and your Snaggletooth!

Happy 29 • Ryan

On January 14th
Ryan Turned 29 Years Old!

We Celebrated it on a Few Different days.
First up in Salt Lake with Ryan's family, with a Super Good Dinner and a Delious Cake!
Ava got to put the Candles on the cake…You like?!?
Then we got together with my Family the next day,
And then the day after that me and Ryan got to go to the Movies without our kids, to see
The Blindside... We loved it!

So Me and Ava made Decorations for Ryan's Birthday, but we didn't know when we could put them up without Ryan seeing us. So my plan was, when I got up in the night with Gavin I would go out and put them up. It was 4:00 a.m. in the morning and I was trying to put them all up fast so I could go back to bed. Then I heard Ava crying—so I go into her room and ask her why she is crying. She screamed "I missed my Dad's Birthday!" So weird... I tell her she didn't miss his birthday and to come help me Decorate the living room.
So Yes, me and Ava were both up at 4:00 in the Morning decorating, if that doesn't show how much we love you Ryan I don't know what does!

Happy Birthday Ryan!
We hope you had a Great Few days!
We love you so much!

(I can't believe your going to be 30 next year!)

Nate's Baptism & Tumbling

On January 2nd 2010
Nate David Rhineer
became a member of

THE CHURCH OF
JESUS CHRIST
OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

It was a very special day!
Seth Baptized him and Ryan Confirmed the Gift of the Holy Ghost.

Poor Ava!
She Broke her Collar Bone the day before!
It took a lot to get her there. But once she was there and walking around she was fine.
(that's why she looks the way she does... notice the sledding layers she still has on)

After Nate's Baptism a bunch of us headed to Progressive Power Tumbling.
Ava was very sad that she couldn't participate in the Fun!
(Every time she looks at these Pictures she Cries)

Even Olivia and London got to come with us!

Just a few Pictures of the party Goers in the foam pit.

Nate we hope you had a Great Baptismal Day!
We love you!

Sledding and Injury

On New Years Day me and Ryan had to go up to Park City and the 3 girls at that point needed to get out of the house and go do something! Eric being the nice guy he is said he would take the girls Sledding... that's a lot of work—he was very Brave!

I love the Pictures he took

The girls look like they are having SO much fun!... until

Ava and London got Ran Over by some Serious Tubers—they had Helmets! If you go sledding with Helmets your planning on being Crazy and Crashing. But why do they have to Crash into our Kids! London was lucky enough to not get hurt, but Ava on the other hand...

Broke her Collar Bone.
The first few days were Bad. She couldn't move, She cried all the time, she didn't want to eat anything, and she was in a lot of Pain. At first the Doctor said to just give her Motrin... that didn't work so we upgraded to a prescription. I wish you could cast a Collar Bone injury, then when she moves it or bumps it, it wouldn't be so bad. She also wanted a Pink Cast so we could sign it like we did with her Uncle Spencer who broke his arm.

The day after the accident she was laying in her bed crying and she said to me...
"I used to have so much fun with that Arm"
She really thought that her arm was always going to be like that... So cute!

The Body is so Amazing. We thought that they would have to realign her Collar Bone because as you can see they are on top of each other, but they don't. The body completely heals it self by forming a ball of tissue around the two broken ends and over time the body shaves it down until it's a straight bone again…So cool!

The brace doesn't do a lot for the shoulder but it does help her keep it back so it doesn't hurt as much. Psychologically though it means a lot to her and she hasn't taken it off.

The Doctors told her that she should be back to her normal self in about 4 weeks, its been almost 2 weeks now and she is doing amazing!

Camo • Gavin

Where's Gavin?
So this is the Awesome Outfit Papa Grande got Gavin!
Git-r-dun

Just Loungin' —Where's the remote?

The outfit wouldn't be complete without a Camo Build-a-Bear to go with it.
Thanks again Papa for the Awesome Camo Stuff!

To bad it does nothing for his Red Hair!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!
We Celebrated the New Year up in Salt Lake with Ryan's Family.
Our night consisted of going to see Sherlock Holmes. (Thanks Mimi and papa for watching the kids)
We watched Lie to Me, We watched Travis Pastrana do the–Red Bull • NewYear • No Limits, and Watched more Lie to Me.
We kept telling Rob that he needed to pause our show, cause it was almost mid-night but he kept saying "we have plenty of time" Finally he did– with 5 seconds left on the Clock! So we celebrated for 5 seconds... then we grabbed the New Years Decor so we could take pictures, We had to make it look like we had a Huge Party– Right!

Becca sent around an email to the family asking everyone to "bless her father".

The Cute Engaged Couple.

Cute Little Savvy!

Happy 2010!

Little • Snowmen

During Christmas Break Ryan took Ava outside to Build a Snowman.

Cute little Snow Angel.

The End Result... the Cute little Snowman.
They asked me to find things for the eye's, nose, mouth etc... But I couldn't find anything!
So I gave them some left over Candy from Christmas. And for the Arms I gave them chopsticks!
Whatever works I guess!

It melted a few days after Ava and Ryan made him. (not really, someone actually knocked off this head, but we just told her he melted) Ava told Ryan when they saw it "we can build another one when it snows again, right dad?" —"Right."