Disney on Ice

Yesterday I took three little princesses to see Disney on Ice. Kaylee and Gabby were thrilled to wear their princess dresses, and even more thrilled when I told Kaylee that her friend Noelle could go with us. After I picked Kaylee up from school we went up to my mom's house to leave Paul there...Why did we leave Paul??? Good question. On Tuesday he went in to the doctor and came out missing a few things: Tonsils, Uvula, Adnoids, and part of his tongue, and had sinus surgery to go along with all the other missing parts. He felt like he been run over by a mack truck (twice). So, although we had bought tickets 2 months ago for Disney on Ice he still scheduled his surgery for Tuesday and TOLD me that he would be fine to go on Friday. Well, obviously he didn't realize how major this was and he didn't go with us to the ice show.

Ok...now, back to Disney on Ice. So, I took 3 very excited little girls to the ice show and they loved every minute of it. The show had several short skits to act out different disney movies, there was It's a small world, and some just plain disney fun. The one thing I was disappointed with was that they had a part of the show with all the Disney Princesses...they had Mulan, and Pocahontas, and all the princesses...but NOT Sleeping Beauty! Sleeping Beauty is Gabby's favorite lately. I want to know where she disappeared to. There were several pyro-technics in the show and the kids thought it was amazing.

Navy trip to Colorado and yard work

This weekend Paul had to go out to Colorado for some Navy training and awards banquet dinner. This year the event was at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO. The hotel was really amazingly beautiful. It's celebrating its 100 year anniversary so it has the old classic look and charm (and ghosts)...oh yeah, and this hotel was made famous by the Stephen King novel "The Shining". This hotel is out in the middle of nowhere on top of a mountain just north west of Denver. It was so FREEZING cold that even though they still had the fountains running they were all freezing (or frozen)...here is a picture of one of the frozen fountains: While we were exploring this amazing hotel we looked out the front windows and there was a whole herd of elk on the lawn. There were some pretty big ones in the herd.I also found this piano in the lobby of the hotel. I asked Paul if we could please bring it home. Even if he would have gone for it...I don't think anyone else would have.Here's a picture of Paul and me as we were leaving the Navy dinner:This morning we left to head home REALLY early...our ward had put together a project to help us with some things that we needed to do in our back yard to get our house ready to sell, and it was scheduled for 3:00. So, we booked it home...okay, it took us 8-1/2 hours...and had a huge success with our backyard project.

I'm sure you are all just anxiously sitting in your seats wondering what our kids did while we went to Colorado. They had fun entertaining Wendy, Spencer, and Roman for a few days. They also got to play at their grandma's house and meet their new cousin Ariana Cerise:

Gone Private

As I'm sure you have noticed...I changed my blog to private. After watching a blog news story on KSL (local news) last week, and thinking about my life (and my kids) being posted on the web I decided that I would rather have control over who gets to look at my blog. I really don't mind if people look at it and read it...that's what a blog is for right? But, I don't want some random person reading about my kids life and their pictures either. If anyone knows anyone that would also like an invitation to read my blog feel free to email me (at becky.lu.forbes@gmail.com) or leave a comment and I would be happy to add them. I have also not included a bunch of news in my blog because I never know who might stumble upon my life.

So...here's the biggest news I haven't included until now. We are moving to HAWAII!!!! Yes, you read that right...Hawaii. Paul is going back to submarine duty and we are going to be stationed in Pearl Harbor. We are getting our house all cleaned up and ready to sell.

I may include other things that I wouldn't have before. But, by going to private it also means people will not be able to read our blog in google reader, or other blog reader programs. It also won't show when I've updated my blog on peoples blog lists. I'm sorry for this inconvenience and I hope people will still come to my blog but I would rather not have psychos looking at my kids pictures, etc.

A few more princess pics

The photographer at Tilt Photography sent me a few more pictures of my princesses that she took the other day.

My princesses and a super hero

The other day I found a post on a blog about Tilt photography studios grand opening. If you brought your kids in costume they would take their picture, send you an email, and a 5x7 portrait. On Wednesday afternoon Wendy and I went to the studio with our princesses and Super man. After about an hour it was our turn. Kaylee was more than happy to pose...and pose...and pose. Gabby wasn't as thrilled about posing but did for a minute. Superman (Roman) was tired of sitting still and was ready to go crazy (or maybe just jump on some furniture). Here are a few pictures that the photographer got of our kids.

Disney Halloween

Tonight a whole group came to my house for Halloween and to go out trick-or-treating. Almost everyone was a Disney character (or could fit in with one).

First we have princesses: Cinderella (Kaylee), Sleeping Beauty (Gabby), and Snow White (Savannah)

Next we have Prince Charming (Steve), and Cinderella (Kaylee)

Then there is Chris (I'm not sure what he is...I guess with all our royalty I guess we needed some security)

Here we have: Snow White (Savannah), Tinkerbelle (Tiffany), and Sleeping "Cutie" (Gabby)

Then there is: Jessie from Toy Story (Marla), and Sleeping "Cutie" (Gabby)

Here is the whole group that went trick-or-treating in my neighborhood: Jaren (the indian...think Peter Pan to keep with the disney theme), Kaylee, Chris, Gabby, Marla, Steve, Savannah, and Tiffany

Halloween Program

Kaylee and Gabby had their Halloween program at school today. We started with Gabby's class (at 9:45 a.m.). They did a little parade around the parents and then up on to the steps. They sang 4 or 5 songs and then went back to class. It was a really cute 10-15 minute program. An hour later (at 10:45 a.m.) it was time for Kaylee's class, they also did the little parade around the parents, and up on to the steps to do a halloween dance and 7 or 8 songs. As soon as Kaylee's class got up on the steps Kaylee went into meltdown. She sat down on the step and refused to sing, and she was crying. I don't know what to do so she'll stand up and sing with her class. I know she knows all the songs because she's been singing them around the house all week. Does anyone have any ideas? I did convince her to get up and sing with her class for the last 2 songs, but she would only go up if my mom was holding her hand. Paul is really frustrated with her but I feel that it has to be her choice and we can't force her or it's only going to make it worse. Does anyone have any brilliant tips to help Kaylee with her stagefright (only in front of adults does she have stagefright). Okay...enough with my ramblings...here comes the pictures and videos. I was only able to get videos of Gabby because Kaylee wasn't singing.