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February 2022 - Disneyland & a Full House

We kicked off February (and Tyler's birthday) at Disneyland!  Marmie and Grandpa offered to watch Nathan and it was magical to be able to all go on the rides together as a family all day.  Liam was a champ and came on everything, and it was so nice not to have to swap places with big / little kids but instead do everything as a family.  Total game changer.

Tad says his favorite ride was Matterhorn (which he calls the Yeti ride) and Incredicoaster.  Tyler loved Space Mountain, Liam the jumping jellyfish ride, Alexa was torn between Space Mountain and Incredicoaster.  Kyle loved Incredicoaster, Web Slingers, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Smugglers Run.  My favorite was Incredicoaster.


The Nilssons let us borrow their double stroller, which kept everyone alive as we sprinted through the park.  It was awesome to go together with the Pardons and their sweet family.  Both sets of grandparents gave our kids Disney money to buy souvenirs or treats, which was really fun for the kids.  Alexa bought a giant llama and peacock stuffed animal, Tyler got a rubber band gun and some oreos, Tad bought a robot spider and adventure explorer kit, and Liam got a Buzz Lightyear and R2D2 toy.  We got some "It's My Birthday" (Tyler) and 1st Visit (Tad, Liam, Nathan) pins.






Pictures from Disneyland (Feb 1):


























We had a rest day in between and then hit up California Adventure.  Here are our pictures from CA (Feb 3):



Nathan's first ride: Monster's Inc

Tyler's Mickey ice cream sundae

Liam chilling in a tree, waiting for the big kids to ride Guardians. He rode it later :)






















Nathan laughing it up at Disneyland: https://youtube.com/shorts/ERe7-IcLwc8?feature=share


The kids always love swimming at Marmie and Grandpa's and they spoiled us by taking us to get ice cream and out to eat at fun places.







I told the kids I would pay them $5 if they jumped into the freezing cold pool.  Tad and Alexa both accepted the challenge.  Tyler said no way. 


Tad's cold pool challenge: https://youtube.com/shorts/hWDHC-P4Luc?feature=share

Alexa's cold pool challenge: https://youtube.com/shorts/2MTMKAoTixk?feature=share

Grandpa and Liam playing by the pool: https://youtu.be/JecJZpWbtTY


We made cupcakes for Tyler's birthday and he got a hoverboard, which he immediately mastered.




For his birthday party when we got home Tyler took some friends to play laser tag.






Tyler on his bday hoverboard: https://youtube.com/shorts/qy1JufBL0P8?feature=share


My cousin Shawnda was in Little Women at the Perry Egyptian Theater and Alexa and I joined 30 Ludlows to watch the show.  Alexa even grabbed the book from the school library so she could read it before the show.  




Baby figured out to open the fridge and he was incredibly proud of himself.  He also loves to climb the cat tower for fun.  Pray for us that we will be able to keep him alive.





Utah Transit Association (UTA) was free in February so we celebrated by eating fried chicken in Provo and then riding the train home to Lehi.




Alexa made a cute koala valentine's day box. 



Tad's latest obsession is giving us math questions all day.  He is constantly making up questions and asking them to anyone in sight.  He also lost his two front teeth this month!


One of Tyler's Christmas hamsters was killed by our cat while we were at Disneyland :(.  The cat figured out how to open one of the loose latches at the top of the cage.  It's now taped shut and we haven't had issues since.  Tyler was devastated and cried a lot.  


Todd, Melissa, Dean, and Lily have officially moved in with us.  Todd and Melissa are living in the office and Alexa moved in with Tyler and Nathan so Dean and Lily could have her room.  It is a FULL house.  It took a few weeks for the kids to get into a rhythm and figure out the new routine.








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