FROZEN!!!

Thursday morning we made sure to get up and in the car 20 minutes earlier than the day before. We didn't want to miss our chance to see Olaf and have to wait forever! It was so neat! They built an Arendelle courtyard in one of their sound stages. There was REAL SNOW to play in!

Iva loved waving at Olaf. She was less enthused when we tried to get to her to sit for a picture!

 
We still managed to make it on Toy Story and not have to wait for 50 minutes.

Isn't this the best picture of Iva and Mommy?

 

Iva once again loved Minnie from a distance!

That night we went to the "Freeze the Night " dance party! We got to take our picture with Marshmallow AND dance our hearts out!

The next morning we packed up the car to head back to St. George. We stopped and took a picture with Grandpa!

Funny story though, Mom got on the "wrong freeway" and drove us to Disney! YAY! We walked right in and got a picture with Mickey!

We hadn't managed to do Mr. Toad's yet or Snow White so "check and check!"

Teacup selfies!

We ran up and played in Toon Town and got a ride in on Roger Rabbit, met Pluto and got to go on Go Coaster three times right in a row! That ride is so much better when you don't have to wait 20 minutes!

One last selfie in Disneyland! We hopped on the MonoRail and ate lunch at the Rainforest Cafe!

And how could we forget this awesome cookie that Aunt Jeanette sent us home with! It feels good to be sleeping in our own beds, but man it was such a fun trip!

Frozen Fun!

What would you do if you had annual passes to Disneyland and you found out that they were opening an all new Frozen Fun zone on a Wednesday after the holidays? Exactly what we did. You skip school and drive to Disneyland toot sweet!

Mom found out about the opening of the new Frozen land in California Adventure and let Cara and me decide whether or not we should go. Duh, we said yes! We even asked Aunt Angie and Lexi to join us! And fate was smiling on us because Lexi's awesome Aunt Kenzie let us borrow her sweet minivan so we could all drive together! Wahoo! So Tuesday afternoon, they picked me up from school in our new ride and we hit the road for California!

It was so fun! We stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Great and got geared up for our fun. We were a little disappointed to find out that some of the LA schools were out, but oh well. Our dreams of 5 minute wait times have long been large fantasy anyway. I swear, there is no "off season" for Disney anymore.

We tried to make it to park opening but we missed it by 5 minutes. Not a big deal. We still got plenty of stuff in.

We were so excited to see that they had added Arendelle to the Storybook Land! We never actually rode the boats we always just viewed it from the Casey Jr. Train.

Trying to patiently wait for Dumbo. Iva really is incredible for a one year old!

We eventually headed over to California Adventure where the new Frozen Fun zone was actually located. It was a mad house, we opted to skip it for the day and wait until Thursday morning.

Bugs Land and ice cream. We were happy campers. It was actually 82 degrees! It was awesome.

Iva loves carousels. She holds on to the handles and hops up and down!

We were quite the girl crew. Two mommas and four and half girls! (Aunt Angie is pregnant...we will just assume that she's having another girl since that's what we do!)

We are quite silly together...

Seriously...the best one year old in the park. She even props her head up to sleep like a grown up.

Our moms surprised us by fulfilling a life long dream of Cara's and mine! A DISNEYLAND BALLOON! The life size Olaf was so fun. We liked giving him warm hugs. (He enjoyed wapping other guests in the face when we pushed our stroller at break neck speeds!)

One very happy surprise for us was that some of the holiday stuff was still up and that included "It's A Small World Holiday" and wait for it..."HAUNTED MANSION HOLIDAY!!!!!!" Our absolute favorite. We were thrilled.

2015 in with a sled!

2015 started out GREAT! We were up in SLC hanging out with our cousins and playing in the snow. We were so excited that the 20 degree weather didn't bother us a bit. 

Iva even got in on the fun although she reminded everyone of Randy from A Christmas Story every time she tried to walk.

Iva is always the favorite with our Preslar cousins. It's okay. We know they like us to, but they ADORE Iva. Even the 12 year old Chase. Actually, ESPECIALLY the 12 year old Chase.

We did a lot of just playing around the house, but we did make it out to some new sledding hills. Popperton park is officially a favorite place now.

(That's me, Siena, on the sled with Daddy. It's kinda hard to tell in snow gear!)

Iva had been asleep in the car for most of the sledding, but she woke up to give it a try.

Daddy kind of wrecked at the bottom and Iva HATED it. In her defense, she was sick. She could barely breathe and she had woken up in a car all by herself! She liked this more tame sleigh ride a little better.

And then we hung out at the house some more which led us to seek out another outlet for our energy which ended up being Aunt Rachel's empty church! We ran around and played a little ball and best of all put on plays for our parents. This was our parents' favorite part... Cara and Emma were playing Daddy and Mommy and were kissing anytime they were alone. It was hysterical at least to the grown ups.

It was a long delightful weekend. We had five days up in SLC. It was hard to pack up the car and head home. (Mom kept cheering for temperatures above 40 degrees though!)

Guest note from Mom: Saturday night I stood with Rachel in 25 degree "heat" and waited to get us the most delicious and fantastic "Cupbop". It is a Korean food truck and it stood up to Rachel's hype. Surpassing it even. And "I don't typically hold with foreign food." (Nerd alert...that's a movie quote from The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers)