Bumper Cars

Damian and I spent the afternoon with the little guys and it was the best part of our day. I think we're too old for the big roller coasters now. Damian says they just don't do anything for him anymore. Whatever that means?! I thought they were plenty exciting, but too painful on my head and neck.

Bumper Cars with Grandpa is an adventure for all. He's the most ruthless driver and crashes into anyone he can with GUSTO!

Isn't my nephew Matthew so adorable? I love that cute little guy!

This is my sweet neice, Ariana Chanel. She's named for my sister Briana and me (my middle name is Chanel). She is so much fun and quite a good driver!

This is my brother Paul (Daddy of Matt & Ari) crashing into me!

HEAD ON COLLISION: We hit Magic Mountain HEAD ON and enjoyed every minute!

Magic Mountain

We went to my baby brother's wedding in St. George last weekend and then hit Magic Mountain in Valencia, CA on the way home. There were 8 Idiarts and 8 Goolds and we had a BLAST!

Right away, the Die Hards ran to the scariest ride I've ever been on in my life . . . TATSU. I'll never be the same.

Grandma took Ben, Matthew, Nina and Ari to some smaller rides and they met some super heros on the way!

Later in the day, we swapped groups and Grandma got a chance to do some big rides with Grandpa, Diana and Rachel.

Katrina realized she LOVED roller coasters and paired up with Beca, Mike and Emma for a couple BIG ones.

The rain started coming down the last hour of the day, so we hit a few water rides, since we were wet already! It was such a fun day! More pictures of the little kids tomorrow!

Honeymoon Happenings

My brother Daniel was married last weekend in St. George. I don't have photos of the wedding yet, but I did take some of the decorated honeymoon suite! This is the Sparkling Cider "Area."

These are Briana and my accomplices: Rachel, Ariana & Katrina. They created a chocolate heart on the bed with Dan and Madi's initials.

We decorated the heart-shaped bathtub "Area," too!

Then, we dashed to the reception, where the girls collected the guests gifts in their matching dresses and corsages. They were so helpful and cute. I hired a photographer to take lots of pics of them early in the morning, before the sealing, so when I get those pics, I'll upload them, too!

Laurel Art Class

About a week before I was released as YW Pres. we had a special painting class for the Laurels from 3 wards. My good friend, Jen Vranes of www.jensart.com taught the class and brought all the supplies.

This is my sweet foreign exchange student, Diana. Her painting turned out beautifully!

I enjoyed seeing so many girls paint the same subject material, but each do it so differently. . . in this shot you can see all the cloud styles! Very cool.

I love this BIG poppy in Jessica's painting.

This painting by Jenna was one of my favorites . . . I love her clouds! Oh, I miss my Laurels!

Mary Sunshine turns 4!

These are some of my cute Nieces and Nephews: Mary Nadauld, Marcus and Annie Idiart and Noah Nadauld at Mary's 4th BDay party, on the day her uncle Damian was called to be Bishop of her ward. My nephew Ashton said, "Uncle Damian, what is the POINT of you being our Bishop? Our other Bishop was still good!" It made me laugh. Ben's card to Mary also made me laugh:

Translation: Ben. Mary. I hope you have a nice Birthday. Love, Ben

Pretty fun day! I love my sweet niece Mary. It is a joy to live next door to her. My kids love playing with her everyday and I enjoy the banter she has with Damian. Last night at dinner she snuck over. She had already eaten, but sat and talked with us. I asked her why she used to hardly ever come over and she said, "I used to be scared of Uncle Damian, but now I'm not even afraid of him anymore!" Too cute. We were enjoying her company until her dad found where she'd snuck off to and made her go home.