More Catching Up...

So I am really behind right now on my blogging. I promise to post, but here's a rundown on how life has been since the middle of October...

--I celebrated Halloween with my family and friends

--For Thanksgiving, we took a family trip down to St. George!

--I made the school play

--My friend Chancey moved away. I miss you very much!

--Welcomed the Christmas season with open arms, and it seemed to fly by, although we did get to do some traditions still.

--Went to my first stake dance with my friends! It was a blast!

--Had a great New Years party with my friends

--Went back to school and ended the second semester with a 4.0 both terms

--Got my hair colored and changed it... a lot!

--Celebrated the birthdays of Lauren, Cora, and Haisley all right next to each other in January

--Said goodbye to January and hello to Febuary, with Ethan's birthday just around the corner!

Well that is a little sum of my life right now! I will be posting more, but life is really busy right now!!

Disneyland!!!!!!!!!!

 In October we took a trip to Disneyland. It was very fun to get away for a while and spend some time as a family. It was a short and cute little trip over UEA, and I am so glad that we took the time to go!

After driving for two days, we finally ended up in sunny Cali. We couldn't waste any time and headed straight for the park. It was very cute and decorated all for Halloween! Day 1 was filled with rides like Teapots, Storybook Boats, Matterhorn, Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (Whew a mouthful!), Indiana Jones. Buzz Lightyear, and many more! 

Ethan became our resident photographer. He was so cute carrying around the camera and trying to get a picture of everything!

Lauren's pulling out the guns! Everyone better watch out.

For Day 2 we hit California Adventure, a great park! We had tons of fun on Toy Story Mania (Dad won of course) and all the other rides there!

When I saw this window display, I just had to get a picture! For those of you who don't know, I am obsessed with the movie Tangled and everything to do with it!

We took the character quiz that matches your personality with a Disney character. Some of the results were really funny! Braiden was...

Aladdin!

Ethan was most like...

Lumiere! I never thought of my brother as a singing, dancing, and talking candle, but Disney knows what it's talking about!

Lauren was like...

Tink! Wait a minute. Lauren... quiet? They must have the wrong person! Just kidding. She is an amazing sister though. Love you sissy!

I (please ignore this picture of me) was a lot like...

Dot from A Bug's Life. Maybe that's why my nickname is Katiebug!

And Dad was matched with...

Ariel? Way to go Dad! You are most like a mermaid!

My dad really got Buzz. I think Ariel was Lauren's other one, but in my picture history it ended up right next to my dad. Good times!

We then headed back over to Disneyland where we rode the new Star Tours! It was really cool!

We also got scared at Haunted Mansion! I love Lauren's face here!

We were just getting obsessed with "Psych," the best TV show on the planet! We were inspired in these pictures!

The next day we started at California Adventure again to catch all the rides we missed the day before. We got there before the park open, so we had time to browse the shops, and I found the Tangled pin I had been looking for! I was very happy.

 

We headed straight to Tower of Terror, and we were very terrified!

There were these cool Disney characters someone drew with water on the ground! I couldn't resist taking a picture! They were really amazing!

Then we headed back over to Disneyland and hit Tom Sawyer's Island. This is like a Pirates/Tom Sawyer Island and we enjoyed both parts! As long as we don't fall off the bridge that is...

We got to see the Disney parade and I got to see the Tangled float! It was really cool to see the tower and Rapunzel! But where is Flynn? I want to see the smolder!

We also got to ride Big Thunder, Teacups, Star Tours, and others as we enjoyed spending time with each other in the happiest place on earth!

We then headed back over to California Adventure to catch World of Color. This was seriously one of the coolest things ever! I loved the show and enjoyed every minute. Sadly, Ethan's legs started to stop working at this point and so we ended our day without Dad and Ethan, but it was still very fun!

For our very last day at Disneyland, we decided to hit all the big rides again and enjoy our last couple hours of Disney. We did, and it was very fun!

We had a really good trip to Disneyland! It was really fun to just go as a family and enjoy the magical world of Disney! I can't wait to go again!