Disneyland Highlights

Classic picture at the Mickey face.

Happy Anniversary pins from the town hall!   We counted how many times the Disney crew  congratulated us and we got a total of 70 times! It was awesome.

We made shirts and they were awesome! 

They said: "Two years ago today I married Prince Charming/my princess."

Star Tours! 

Pirates of the Caribbean!

This one's for my dad.

Waiting for the Mickey Mouse Parade.

On the Pier

Squinty eyes

Flyin our kite

Playin some Monopoly Deal on the beach.

Toy Story Mania! Definitely one of our favorite rides.

Jason got me to go on CA Screamin. I was just a little scared. 

My eyes were closed...the whole time.

We ate lunch by this cool jazz band and I think Jason 

ended up being the washboard players biggest fan.

Sunset.

World of Color was AMAZING! Really. 

One of the coolest things i've ever seen.

A few other highlights:

-Getting to surprise our Moms for Mother's Day and going to church with them!

-Seeing my wonderful friend Becca and her family at CA Adventure! And eating a late night dinner at IHOP with them. 

-Jumping waves in the freezing ocean and being scared to death by a seal.

-Seeing dolphins.

-Cute little boy and his sister showing us all the fish they had caught from off the pier. They were pretty awesome actually, you know, laying stagnant and gross in a plastic bag. His latest catch still on the hook in his hands. 

-Having our pictures taken as Hans Solo and Princess Leah. Some guy around Star Tours put our faces on a star wars picture and it looked awesome! Too bad it was like 35 bucks! As another option he wanted us to know we could also get our picture put on a huge blanket for the low price of a hundred bucks...you know, just for funsies!

-Splash Mountain picture poses. Enough said. 

-The awesome Secrets of the Mouse book our friends let us borrow. It was so cool to look up different facts and hidden things about the rides! 

-A cute old couple coming up to us after the parade and asking us if what our shirts said was true. We told them it was our 2nd anniversary that day and they got so excited because that day was their 52nd anniversary! They were adorable and totally in love. 

-Fudge from Poo's Corner.

-Churro's

Disneyland!!

In exactly ONE week from now will be our 2 year anniversary. We will be at Disneyland! I am SO excited! So. Very.  Excited!

When Jason and I were Seniors in High School we went to Disneyland as part of our Choir trip and that's the last time we've been together. I went again in 2007 but needless to say, it's been a while.

Senior year of High School was kind of a funny one for us.  We both had "crushes" on each other but would never have said anything about it. In fact, this video pretty much shows the extent of our "flirting." Haha! If you could call it that. You better believe I did! :)

I love these videos. They're terrible quality but they bring back such wonderful, girlish memories.

Since it's been a while since either of us have been to Disneyland and this will be my first time at California Adventure, what are some things I need to know? What are your favorite rides and not so favorite rides? What are the must-sees and not-so-must-sees?

What a great way to start your day

Remember this part from 

Napoleon Dynamite?

Pretty much sums up what happened on the way to work this morning. Only the cow was a dear and the deranged farmer was a police officer and the screaming kids on the bus was Jason and I.  

Suffice it to say, our morning 

started off great! 

I believe the police officer was trying to put the deer out of its misery from having a run-in with a car. But right on the side of the road with cars going by?! And with your own hand gun?! Shoot, (No pun intended) I don't know. I'm no hunter so I don't know if this is something considered ok but this seemed pretty crazy to me! Or maybe is just took me off guard but I definitely wasn't expecting to see something like that first thing in the mornin.

Hope your morning, or at least 

the view, was better than ours :)

FHE & our OCD

Hello, my name is Janelle and I over analyze everything. Ev.ry.thing. Jason and I had FHE a few weeks ago and it was my turn to do the lesson. In my head, and possibly out loud, in front of Jason, I complained like a little girl saying, “Ugh. I’m no good at doing FHE lessons. I never know what to do.” Blah, blah, blah, whine, whine, whine.  It was pathetic. I realized how ridiculous I was being as I was saying it so I decided I needed to get over it and do something simple and fun. I think that’s a lesson I’ve been needing to learn: simplify and have fun with it! Wow. What a hard lesson to HAVE to learn. Haha! Anyways, I have this wonderful little church pamphlet entitled, Family Guidebook. If only every parent of all faiths could have one of these babies! I don’t see why they don’t, they’re FREE at the Distribution Center!

Note to self: Best wedding present idea ever! Cha-ching!

Anyways, I’ve been studying it here and there and it is an amazing resource! If you don't have one, GO GET ONE! 

So I decided to do something fun with one of the sections. The first section talks about a parents responsibilities. It was perfect. There are 7 lessons which parents are responsible to teach their children. We listed those 7 and wrote 2 specific ways we could teach each lesson. It was so simple and really fun! I was really happy with how it turned about. 

Here’s what we came up with:

It's hard to see the words...but Jason sure looks cute! :)

Note: there are 7 bullets and also 7 colors of the rainbow, with which our list coordinates. OCD? Definitely. Has our recent obsession with Monk increased our OCD-ness…? I’d say that’s a definite possibility as well. We’re doomed. 

You’ve gotta admit though, it does look pretty…and perfectly spaced! haha!
The fuel behind our OCD. This man right here! Gotta say I like the idea of the square tomato!

Sew cute!

I've been doing a little sewing lately. I got the idea of making some onsie dresses from Pinterest thinking they'd make some great baby shower gifts. I'm sure they would but when they were done I got pretty selfish and decided I wanted to keep them. They're just so cute! Here's how they turned out.                              

                

Some Easter Reading

As part of my calling in my church, I put together a list of articles on Easter, the Atonement and the Resurrection. The goal is to read at least one a week until Easter. I think YOU should do it! In fact, I'm kind of getting the vibes that you think this is pretty awesome and you think you should do it too! :) 


The articles are a wonderful way to have a better understanding of and focus on the Savior and what He really did for us! I've only read a couple so far but they are fabulous! Check em out! 

He Lives! All Glory to His Name.

The Atonement of Jesus Christ

"Jesus, The Very Thought of Thee."

The Resurrected Christ

The Atonement and the Value of One Soul

What Does the Atonement Mean to You?

He is Risen!

Resurrection

An Ode to Raul

Tonight we sold Raul. Raul was my very first car. He was truly a Raul through and through. It was sad to see him go. I bought him when I was a junior in High School for $300.00 from my cousin who thought he was junk. Thanks to my dad's handyman skills it's lasted me eight more years. There have been so many fun memories in that car.

-There was the time in the high school parking lot when he was officially dubbed a Rual. And for some reason when I think of him I think of green chilis.

- There were also the times in high school we "smuggled" people out to lunch in the trunk so they wouldn't get caught by the lunch aides.

-The many times screaming and giggling while we were driving away from boys' houses after asking and answering them to the dances.

-Trying to be "cool" around Jason and locking my keys in the car 40 minutes away from home. Embarrassing.

-The time I almost got squashed by a huge painting van and got away with only a thin graze of rubber from his bumper. Every time I replay that scene in my mind I get chills. I don't know how we got out of that one.

-The times I bragged, "Oh Raul, he's such a trusty car! He's never failed me." Only to have him break down the next week! Thanks a lot Raul. 

-All the club CAMEY's! 

There he is in the background, behind the lovely pot of daisies.
Well hello Mr. mailman! 

Again, just lookin good in the background during a
club CAMEY being his trusty little self. 

-The many hours talking with "the girls."

-The other time a crazy girl didn't see me stop and rear ended me and the only thing that got bent was my license plate.

-Filling him up with everything I owned and driving him 13 hours to Utah with my friend Tiffany. We acted like crazies the whole way there! My parents praying the whole time that he'd make it. And seeing my first icicle on the way!

-My first "real" snow and having to dig him out with my spatula cuz I had nothing else. "What's an ice scrapper?! Do they sell them here?" 

Seriously, that was so much snow!

-Plus, all the dates Jason and I went on while we were dating and engaged. 

It's silly that you can get so attached to a car. I didn't expect this list to be so long. We sold him to a really good guy who just got off his mission. I hope he enjoys the little guy! 

Adios Raul, mi amigo!