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Christmas Morning!

Jacob stole the show with his reaction to his PS3. The camera cut him off a bit, but you can still see from the video that he came over to us crying with excitement.

Youth Appreciation Day!

We started our day at the climbing wall. Jacob climbs like a little monkey. He made it all the way up 3 walls and about 1/2 way up a forth.

As you can see, Jacob likes to climb barefoot. I think he uses his toes like fingers for grip.

Lilly climbed faster and higher than last year. Last year, she would go about 6-8 feet from the floor. This year she went about 20 feet up.

Later on in the day, we hit the pool. Jacob and Lilly were anxious to show us the new skills they learned while visiting Grandma and Grandpa's.

We also visited the kiddie carnival, the bounce houses, free hot dogs, the batting cages and golf chipping, and the free movie. The kids really enjoyed "Rio."













The last place we visited was the gymnastics and karate gym. Lilly had a blast getting a little lesson on the bars. She also enjoyed tumbling on the mats.

Jacob wanted to take the challenge of breaking boards. After a few attempts and some instruction, he was able to snap a board.

At the end of the day, the kids were still going strong, but I was wiped out.

Visiting Grandma and Grandpa

We started off the day with a little work. Jacob was sent out to mow the lawn while Lilly was filling the cooler up with soda and ice so the soda would be cold.

Grandpa took the kids out in the tractor while he baled the hay on one corner.

We also visited the barn at Rose and Bills. Lilly held one of the young chickens. I don't know if the chicken or Lilly was more nervous.

For the afternoon, we went over and saw Grandpa Dale for a while. It wasn't too hot outside, so we went for a short walk.

Just before going to visit Grandpa, we went to the waterpark. We all had a great time. We may have worn out the waterslide!

Big girl bike.

Lilly has decided that she doesn't need training wheels anymore. She was a little reluctant at first, but when I told her that we could go on a family bike ride and got out everyone else's bike, she took off and hasn't looked back.

Pretend City.

Our last day in California, we went to Pretend City childrens museum. The museum was set up like different areas of the economy (farm, grocery store, construction site, emergency services, etc.) The kids really didn't get into it too much so we didn't stay long.

We went back to Legoland on Monday. We went to a show and the kids were asked if they would like to volunteer to be in the show. Jacob became a puppeteer and Lilly was a dancer.