Sarah is 8!

My sweet Sarah turned eight last week.  We had a fun time.  She had an American Girl birthday party with her friends.  Luckily 11 of the 12 girls invited were able to attend. 
Apple dancing with Bella:

 Having ice cream sundaes with her friends:

 Happy birthday Sarah:

 My parents were able to come up for Sarah's baptism.  This was a huge blessing.  Mom has been sick for a while now and hasn't left town since Sept.  I was worried about her traveling, but she did well, and the kids were so excited to have her at the house.
Helping Ryan read:

Sarah and her Kaya American girl doll (a gift from grandma):

 Dad, me and Jared hanging out:

 

Then we had Sarah's baptism.  It was really a special day.  Sarah looked beautiful in her white dress. She was so excited!  Thanks to all the friends and family who came and made the day special.

Sarah and her grandma:

 Sarah and her daddy:

 Our family: 

Here are the Melinkovich side....we can never get everyone to look at the same time.  Sarah's 91 year old greatgrandmother was able to be there:

 

 

 

 My cute kids, they are getting so big too fast:

 

 

Disneyland/San Clemente Beach

So we decided around Christmas to take the kids to disneyland for a few day.  We had so much fun.  We left Sat. and spent that evenning and Sunday with my sister in Utah.  Monday morning we drove to St. George, had lunch with friends from high school, then drove to disneyland. The next day we went to disneyland all day

 

 

 Riding the teacups:

One of our few character  visits.

Jared's favorite train ride

 The next day in California adventure....the boys LOVED cars land

 The next day we did a dolphin/whale cruise and saw lots of dolpins and 3 grey whales (Sarah loves dolpins)

 Next we hit the beach....the kids first time to see the ocean.  It was pretty chilly out and the water was cold but you would never know it from the pictures:

Then on Fri. we drove back to Utah and the home on Sat.  What a fun trip.  This is really the first family vacation we have taken and it was a blast!