Griffyn's Baby Blessing

Today, Troy blessed his beautiful daughter Griffyn LeAnn.

What a cute Dad...

and a cute mom...

and a CUTE FAMILY!!

Griffyn, as was mentioned in your blessing, always remember how much your grandma's, grandpa's, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. love you and will be here to support you. You are such a sweet baby and a blessing to your parents and we are so glad to have you in our family.

Florida - Last Day

As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end...

Memories of Florida:

1) Maiya, where do Grandpa and Grandma live? "Hannah, Montana...nope it's Helena, Montana...no its Hannah Montana."

2) One night Maiya said to Grandma, "Grandma, you can have water and I will have a diet Coke."

3) Playing games such as good choice/bad choice, eye spy with my little eye, quiet game, etc. with Maiya.

4) Hailey's beautiful smile.

Thanks Todd, Kendra, Maiya and Hailey for sharing your home and spending the week with us. We had so much fun and can't wait to come back.

Florida - Day Seven

Little Miss Poser...yes, Maiya had her sunglasses and was ready to have another fun-filled day.

Welcome to Animal Kingdom!!

This is a picture of the huge tree of life. It was amazing.

Enjoying the safari ride.


Animals on the safari ride. Well, you might think this is an odd picture to end with, but this is where the camera battery died. We tried to use Todd's camera, but his battery died as well. Just our luck!! We could tell we were at the end of our trip.

I think the Animal Kingdom was the favorite park of the week. We had so much FUN enjoying the Lion King and Finding Nemo shows, eating lunch, eating ice-cream, dancing to the drums and just simply enjoying the beautiful weather.

Florida - Day Six

At Maiya's pre-school they had a special Mother's Day presentation. It was so cute because Maiya would go around and say, "only Mom's, Grandma's and Aunts are invited and no Dad's or Grandpa's."

Maiya and Mrs. Kerri reading the special place mat that they created for Kendra.

The little presentation included muffins and juice.

Just above Maiya's head is a picture that she colored of her mom (Kendra). Great job Maiya.

I love this picture. Happy Mother's Day Kendra!! You and Todd are so blessed to have such amazing little girls.

Welcome to the Magic Kingdom and the crowds of people!!

Enjoying the teacups.

Maiya relaxing...actually posing...in Minnie's House.

Hailey was a trooper the entire week. She is such a great baby. Todd was also amazing for watching her and allowing us to go on the majority of the rides.

Getting ready to go on the ride "It's a Small World."

We only stayed a few hours at the Magic Kingdom because it was HOT and too CROWDED. We all agreed that this was our least favorite park to visit.

Florida - Day Five

After two days at the parks, we decided to take a day off and just relax and go shopping. Yes, these are two of my favorite things to do. We went to downtown disney and were able to find some cute things. Our favorite store, of course, was the Ghiradelli chocolate store because they gave free samples. Mmmm...

Maiya wanted to be just like Aunt Kami and Grandma and have a purse, so we bought her a cute Minnie Mouse purse.

Florida - Day Four

Maiya had school and Kendra had work, so for the first 1/2 half of the day we enjoyed spending time with Todd and Hailey.

Todd and Kendra are surrounded by orange trees and they have a fruit/vegetable stand a few blocks from their house, so Dad decided to have some fun and go pick some oranges.

Getting lathered up with sunscreen for our big day at Studios (formerly known as MGM).

Maiya, just before going on HollyWood Tower of Terror. Kendra said she just had to try it once and if she didn't like it, she didn't have to go again until she was 8. Looks like Maiya won't be trying this ride for another 4 years.

Just outside the Rockin' RollerCoaster. Yes, our brains were spinning after riding this ride and I don't think I will be riding it again...sorry, Kendra...but hey, atleast I tried it, right.

We enjoyed watching the production of Beauty and the Beast.

Grandpa bought Maiya a Minnie Mouse Belle...she LOVES it and has taken it everywhere with her.

Maiya...you are so goofy!! We had fun trying on all of the different hats.

Pirate Maiya.

Even Hailey got into the action.

Another fun-filled day!! And yes, we can't wait to go back.

Florida - Day Three

WELCOME to EPCOT!!

My hair and humidity do not mix very well.

Maiya had fun visiting the butterfly farm.

The flower gardens were amazing.

Welcome to CLUB COOL. This was a fun shop where you could try all of the different kind of Coke around the world. My favorite was Costa Rica.

Cheers!!

Mmmm....cherry coke!!

Oh Canada, Oh Canada.

While in France we went in different perfume shops and were able to smell some awesome fragrances.

Of course, leave it to me to pick out the treats. Yes, we bought two of these giant rice crispy treats.

Princess Maiya and Snow White. Maiya looked so CUTE in her Cinderalla dress.

Princess Maiya and Belle.

Character dining...Maiya and Aurora.

Yes, the Dadster thought he needed to have his picture taken with Jasmine.

We enjoyed dining with the princesses and a fabulous Norweigian meal. Thanks Todd and Kendra for introducing us to this restaurant.

Epcot has a new ride called "Test Track" During the ride they do all sorts of things to test the safety of your car (i.e., anti-lock brakes vs. regular brakes, etc.). At first Maiya was scared to go on the ride, but when it was finished she ran back to her Dad, who was waiting with Hailey and said, "Dad, that ride was AWESOME!!

After the ride you can check out all of these cool cars. Yes, this was a convertible saab...only in my dreams would I own this car.

I just had to include this picture. After Test Track we played a game at the "fire house". The goal of the game is to compete with another team to see who can put out all of the fires in the house. Well, the "Johnson" team ended up losing and needless to say, Maiya does not like losing so she cried and cried because she wanted to win. Todd and Kendra are trying to teach her how to be a graceful loser and that sometimes all you can do is give it your best.

We had a blast visiting Epcot and can't wait to go back and see those things that we were not able to see.