Spring Break

For Spring Break this year Dan decided he was going to take the whole week off. It was so fun to get to hang out all week with no where we had to be and no real time schedule. Dan and I were still in training mode for our race so we ran a couple of days. Usually when I run I have to get up early to run before Dan and my Mom leave for work, but it was so nice since Dan was home cause I got to sleep in and still run with out the kids. My Brother and his family were staying down in San Diego for the week so we went down and visited them at their hotel. We also went to Legoland with them to use another day of our awesome tickets. We also spent a day at the beach it was freezing the one day we went so we didn't really enjoy the beach but the kids still loved it and I can't wait for the summer! Overall it was a great week.

On Monday we went to Legoland. Right when we walked into Legoland they had this incredible Sand display for the new Star Wars area. It was the coolest thing.While everyone else were on rides Megan got to enjoy the water area. She absolutely loved it. It was a fairly warm day so she played in the water for about 30 minutes. It was her favorite part of the day.The new Star Wars section was the boys favorite. By the time we went through that section Megan was done and so were my Brother's little ones so we didn't get to spend as much time as Dan would have liked in there. He can't wait to go again and see it all again.At Legoland they have an Aquarium called Sea Life that our tickets included so we tried it out one afternoon. The kids loved it. It was Megan's first trip to an Aquarium and she loved seeing all the fish.Also during Spring Break Dan and I decided we wanted to drive our Ragnar course and while we were near Lake Elsinore we took a break to just enjoy the view!On the last night of Spring Break Dan decided to pull out the tent and let the boys sleep out there with him. They had a great time but came in about 6 since it was so cold out there.

Legoland

Our very good friends the Patten's were in town the last week of March. We love hanging out with them and miss them so much. They have four children ages 12, 5, 3 and 2 so it was so fun because the kids had someone to hang out with the whole time. Dan got a day off and we decided to head down to Legoland. We got these incredible tickets that allowed us to go 4 different times for cheaper than a regular ticket. It was kind of a bummer because Megan was only able to go on 3 rides because she misses the height requirements by 2 inches. Christian and I had a good time but Ryan and Dan were smiling from ear to ear the entire day. Ryan doesn't remember the last time we were there and he is absolutely obsessed with everything Lego so I think it may be one of his all time favorite days. For some strange reason I never gave Dan the camera but I swear I was there with them.

Megan has started closing her eyes for pictures so I don't know if I got any photos with her eyes opened. There is a Firefighter challenge ride were you race other teams. Christian was talking smack about how he was going cream the Pattens well that didn't happen, it was pretty funny!Riding the horse was Ryan's favorite part of the day. He dreams of being a Knight some day!Poor Christian had to ride this ride alone. Neither Dan nor I were in the mood to spin and flip and his friend didn't want to do it again.I love this picture most because Ryan and Dan both just look like they are having the time of their lives!This fake phone was Megan's favorite thing of the day. She literally played with it while the other kids rode three other rides. She loves talking on the phone and always pretends it is Daddy!Driving the cars was Ryan's second favorite thing of the day. It was serious business for him. Megan was driving them to the hospital, Christian was sick hence the face!The kids all got to buy something at the end of the day. Megan picked a sword and crown, Ryan picked a knights sword, shield and helmet. Christian picked lego men to add to his collection at home.

March

So the beginning of March just completely flew by we were busy with school, work and training. I was asked the last week of February to run on Daniel's Southern California Ragnar team. We are running April 15th and 16th and I am really nervous. My first leg is 2.5 miles which isn't bad except that we went and ran it a couple of weeks ago and for the first mile and half is a huge hill. I am talking monster hill. So that really freaked me out. Then my second leg is 6.6 miles which I will be running in the middle of the night which is also scary and then my last leg is 3 miles. So I will be running 12.1 miles total over the two days. So I have been training 5 days a week to get my self better prepared for it.

Also in March was St. Patrick's Day. I once again made green bread for Christian's sandwich at school but we didn't do anything else. I had a church event that night so the kids were home with Dan and rode their bikes and played outside. Dan taught Christian some tricks on his bike which he was very excited about.