November 2011, part 2

This was the first time the girls went on Splash Mountain. They were really excited! (and had no idea what they were in store for!) Here we are coming down the huge waterfall. I LOVE Shayla's facial expression in this. Can we say terrified?!

We were all drenched afterwards and the girls were annoyed about that. Shayla got especially wet, being in the front. They did love the ride though. :)

Teacup babies!

Dumbo....a classic.

We stayed at the park until close time, which was midnight. Peyton had a rough time being out that late. She gave us hell until she finally zonked out. Kaleigh and Shayla, on the other hand, were little energizer bunnies. They never wanted to leave despite how tired they were and how bad their feet hurt. We had a PERFECT day at the Happiest Place on Earth!

Spaghetti night at Grandpa and Grandma Biehn's. ♥

*Thanksgiving Day* It was a fun day. First, TONS of family on Scott's side headed over to his parents for dinner. It was really crowded, but really fun having everyone together. Here's Kaleigh and cousin Ryan. ♥

Peyton and cousin Bradin ♥

Shayla and cousin Shelly ♥

Happy Thanksgiving, girls!

Me and my baby at the park on Thanksgiving ♥

Later that evening we headed over to Robert and Lisa's for dessert. My cousin Heather carried on a tradition that she had started when I was little of filling our mouths with whipped cream. She was the best babysitter EVER! Mine and Lisa's girls loved it just the same.;)

Shayla, Maddie, Kaleigh, Ava and Peyton eating dessert.

Me and my older sister, Lisa ♥

The next day we all headed to one of my favorite places on earth...Ruby's diner on the Huntington Pier. We had a delicious lunch and lots and lots of laughter!

This is the one place that truly feels like HOME to me. I have spent so much time at Huntington Beach my whole life and miss it. Scott and the girls+ Huntington = heaven to me.

Huntington Pier with cousins ♥

Robert, Scott and girls watching the surfers. I have to say, Lisa and I both got reeeeally lucky with these men. They are both amazing husbands and fathers! Truly amazing. I love them both!

Lisa and I ♥

After lunch we said our goodbyes (boo!) and Rob, Lisa and girls headed home. We stayed at the beach for many more hours and played in the sand and water. Kaleigh and Shayla went on a sea shell hunt...

So much fun! I LOVE this picture!!!

Kaleigh found this awesome sand dollar and was quite happy. She is such a great girl!

Luckily soon after Shayla found one also! They got really lucky. What a cutie, huh?!

This seagull was HUGE! He really liked me and kept walking right up to me the whole time. Unfortunately as I was taking a picture he walked over and tried to steal the girls' prized sand dollars and busted them both in half. What a jerk!Peyton was so mad that she "died" on the sand! Silly baby!

It was a perfect day at the beach! We left at sunset, which was beautiful to drive into.

The next day was our last day in Cali. Peyton and I decided to go to lunch with my friend Sam and her son Adan. We had a good time catching up. I hadn't seen her in forever!

When I got back Norm and Lynne busted out their cotton candy machine for the girls. Grandma makes awesome cotton candy and the girls were anxious to have some.

YUMMY!

That night we went to dinner with my Uncle Mark, Aunt Janet and cousins Eric, Alex and Frank. We had such a great time talking and laughing! I really miss them love being around them all. I am very proud of the MEN that my cousins have become, too. They are awesome guys!

The next morning we headed home bright and early. Thankfully the trip went well and not too slow. We saw this car somewhere in Nevada and got a good laugh. Can they possibly fit more crap on/in it?! lol

We came home to this beautiful and delicious hot meal from Mom on our stove. It was the best surprise and we were extremely grateful cause we were starving and sick of eating fast food. We had a great time in California! We are grateful that we were able to spend so much time with family and create fun memories. We're grateful to Dad and Mom Biehn for their hospitality while we stayed with them! It was fabulous! We look forward to going back in July. :)

A couple days after getting home Kaleighs good friend came over and spent the night. Funny story with it. Dannika decided she wanted to play beauty salon and do the girls hair after getting home from dinner. Harmless right? Nope! First she did Shayla's and all was well.....

Then she decided to use a tiny round brush on Kaleigh's gorgeous and long THICK hair. She got it matted all the way up to the scalp!

Scott and I tried everything to get it untangled but nothing worked. We eventually took her to Mom's to see if she could help. With Mom's help, lots of tears from Kaleigh, lots of careful cutting and untangling... the brush was free! Kaleigh lost a huge chunk of hair but thankfully her thick thick hair hides it well.

Here's a little bit of the hair she lost. Ouch!

Needless to say, we got rid of that stupid brush! ;)