The Sundberg Family

Halloween

2009-11-06T13:26:00.000-08:00

Ariel

Alice

Our Spooky Family
Angel Tiff and Alice

The Small and Big Angel

Playing Hot Pumpkin

Wrap the Mummy

We started off our Halloween festivities by going to trunk or treating at the church. Rylin really wanted to be Ariel this year and since she got that costume for her birthday that is what she wore. We sprayed her hair red and used a whole bottle. but you can hardly tell. Jordyn wanted to be Alice, from Alice and Wonderland. Rylin loved loved loved trick or treating and could not get enough of it. Jordyn only liked going up to the cars that had no decorations, but they both loved getting candy. Then on Halloween one of the little boys in her kindergarten class had a Halloween party. The kids absolutely had a blast. They played hot pumpkin, wrap the mummy (I wrapped up Rylin and Jordy wrapped up Tiff), they played musical chairs to Halloween music, had a scavenger hunt, bobbed for apples, and decorated ghost cupcakes. The grow ups got in on all the fun too. Since I had nothing that fit Tiff had an extra set of angels wings so we both were angels and I made Tyler dress up so he pulled out his scout uniform and went as a boyscout, but somehow there is no picture. He actually won best male costume because he was the only guy there to dress up, and it was a 20 dollar Miguel's card so he was glad I had him dress up. We had a fun Halloween and we were so glad someone went to all the work to throw the Halloween party. Hope everyone one had a fun Halloween too.

Rylin's 5 Year Old Weekend

2009-10-30T15:04:00.000-07:00

enjoying some treats, yum

One of the slides at the carnival

Rylin sitting in the police car

Rylin just got her face painted

Daddy and Rylin outside the castle Getting ready by her fairy godmother

Our princess all dolled up

Rylin got to meet another Fairy Godmother right outside the castle

This last weekend we did a special 5 year old weekend with Rylin. (Where is comes from was this article we read about in LDS Living as well as a tradition Tyler grew up with. When Tyler and any of his siblings were graduating high school they did a special trip away with just their parent no other kids. Tyler went to Hawaii and his other siblings all picked where they wanted to go. It is one of Tyler's favorite memories with his parents. Then we read this article in LDS Living magazine about this family that took their kids on one on one trips every five years to try and create some special memories and alone time that can be hard to find in big families. We decided to combine the two and do a special small weekend trip with each kids every five years and then we will do the big trip at graduation.) This weekend we took Rylin on her special time away with just mom and dad. She has been helping to save for this trip for about three months by doing extra chores at home (washing windows, help with car washing, extra dishes, etc.), and she also helped plan what she wanted to do. We took off Friday after school to head out to the hotel just here in town. We went out for a Mexican dinner and sent out for ice cream. Then we went back to the hotel and watched am movie in bed. She absolutely loved this. Saturday we ate breakfast and then took her to her school carnival; where she played games, got her face painted, went on slides, and decorated a pumpkin. We then headed off to orange county and saw the Play Beauty and the Beast at a little theater in Santa Ana. She loves to go to plays and it was perfect for young kids. Then went to dinner with her gift certificate that she won at the carnival and went home for bed. We went to church Sunday and did our normal thing. Then Monday morning we woke up and we went to Disneyland (this was what she was most excited for was to do Disneyland with just us). Well we surprised her and took her to the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique and let her get a princess makeover. (It was such a treat because we never buy anything there). She wore her Princess dress there and then got to pick out which hairstyle she wanted and what color hair she wanted and of course it was pink. Her fairy godmother got her all ready for the ball by doing her hair, makeup, and letting her make wishes. Then at the end they open up the magic mirror and reveal their look. She was so excited. We enjoyed the day going all the the big rides she wanted (I sat out a lot that day, but that is ok i loved watching her have a good time). It was so great getting to give her all our attention for the weekend and let her enjoy being our princess for the whole weekend. We had a fabulous time getting to shower her with love and attention and look forward to doing this with the rest of our kids. (Don't feel to bad for Jordyn she has a marvelous weekend with Nana and Papa where she got very spoiled. As well as going to Jenn's and playing with her friend Jocey on Monday.)

Irvine Park

2009-10-29T17:40:00.000-07:00

Adalyne, Spencer, Jordyn

Jordyn as corn

Rachel, Jordyn, Parker, Spencer Our ward had an outing to Irvine Park last week, so Jordyn and I decided to go. She had a wonderful time going on the train, doing the hay maze, looking at the animals we saw, and of course playing with her friends.

Crafts with GG

2009-10-29T17:19:00.000-07:00

Rylin had to make a bag and hat for Fall Day at school, and anyone who knows me knows that I hate crafts. I called my wonderful Grandma who was coming to my house that day, and she brought all the stuff she has and said she would love to help Rylin make hat. She came over and spent the afternoon making hats and bags with the girls. She is such a wonderful Great Grandma (GG) to my girls. We loved spending the afternoon with her, and Rylin loved telling all her friends at school that she made her hat with her GG.

Savannah's Baptism

2009-10-28T15:21:00.000-07:00

Will and Savannah

My sweet little sister-in-law got baptized a couple of weeks ago. She was so excited to get baptized and looked so sweet in her white jumper. Her dad, my father-in-law, Will baptized and confirmed her and did a beautiful job. It is so fun to watch these sweet little spirits be so excited to join our Heavenly Father's kingdom. We love her so much and we are so happy we were there on her special day.

Spooky Dinner

2009-10-22T15:54:00.001-07:00

Rylin loved the magic of the witches brew

Ghosty Potatoes
Pumpkin Roll

Skeleton Bones

The kids dancing away

Coffin Krispies

We had our annual spooky dinner when Spencer and Kim were here. We had our Halloween music playing, our witches brew on the table, and our candles lit to set the mood for Halloween. Rylin was really excited and Jordyn, well she was not loving it this year. It really is not scary I keep everything very kids friendly, and for anyone who knows me I do not do scary. For dinner we had skeleton bones (ribs), haunted trees (broccoli), ghosty potatoes (twice baked potatoes), and a pumpkin roll. I forgot to get a picture of the whole table. Then after we ate the kids, well Clay and Rylin (Jordyn was not doing it), put on their costumes and danced to the music. They both loved it. We finished off the night with Coffin Krispies (Rice Krispie Treats). We had a great time doing our annual dinner and loved that Clay was able to have fun with us. Happy Halloween hope you all our having fun.

Maternity Pictures

2009-10-14T19:14:00.000-07:00

When we were in Missouri for Dorian's Baptism my fabulous and talented sister in law took pictures of me. She just sent them to me and of course she did a wonderful job. Alma took them when I was 32 weeks pregnant, and I now have just a little over five weeks left. We are getting closer to meeting our new little princess. Thanks Alm, love you.

Disney Trip with Clay

2009-10-12T20:32:00.000-07:00

Clay checking out Pooh, he was mesmerized

The group waiting to get on the ride

Clay and me on Toy Story Mania (can you believe he is wearing the glasses)

The girls in the A

Clay watching the parade
Kim and Spencer wanted to take Clay to Disneyland for his first time. Needless to say we had a fabulous time, and he was so cute. We hit all the typical kid rides, and he loved the Winnie the Pooh ride as well as Pirates. We also watched the parade which he was digging. He also got a light up balloon at the end of the day which he was obsessed with. Everyone was beat, but it was so fun for us to watch Clay experience Disneyland for the first time.

Pumpkin Picking

2009-10-11T11:00:00.000-07:00

Papa with his Girls

Clay and Jordy feeding the goats

The kids in the pumpkin patch with Aunt Kimmie

Clay is nice and dirty but he sure is happy

The girls with the pumpkins they picked out

Spencer, Kim, and Clay have been here visiting from Utah, so we have been busy doing all sorts of things. We went up to Oak Glen to pick fruit at Riley's Farm; I have heard all of these great things about how fun it is. I check the website and it said they have pears, pumpkins, raspberries, and strawberries for picking. We loaded up and drove up there. When we got there they said "oh, we only have pumpkins we have been out of fruit for like 2 weeks". After a long conversation about them keeping their website updated we just walked up the road and let the kids pick out pumpkins from the pumpkin patch. They also fed goats and got very dirty. Even though it wasn't what I was hoping for the kids still has fun running around and picking out pumpkins.

Dorain's Baptism

2009-09-26T11:02:00.001-07:00

Our cute boy all ready

Dorian listening to the water fill up
The kids all together

Me with my boy

Aunt Kimmie with Dorian Uncle Ty with Dorian

Mom with her boy Nana, Dorian, Cali

The boys in their whites

Alma's friend Carrie made special cupcakes for the day

The main reason we went to Missouri was for Dorian's Baptism. It was such a special day. We were able to have a lot of family there. Dorian was so excited, the whole night before he was talking about getting baptized the next day. That night he woke up at 2 am and was having a hard time sleeping because he was so excited. His baptism was on Saturday. When we got over to the church he was just bouncing with anticipation. When we were in the Relief Society room you could hear the font filling up and he pressed his ear against the door and told me to listen because they were filling the water for him and it was special. The spirit was so strong in the church that day and it was truly such a special event to be at. We all felt so privileged to be there to witness Dorian participate in the ordinance of Baptism. He is such a special young boy with an amazing spirit. He has a sweet heart and such a pure spirit. I know that Heavenly Father was so pleased to watch his special boy get baptized. We are so blessed to have the love of our Savior and to feel his presence in our lives. It was truly an experience the whole family will cherish forever.

Missouri Trip

2009-09-26T10:47:00.000-07:00

Cali held still for her face painting

The girls with their faces painted; Cali with a cat and my girls with butterflies

Rylin getting a lift at the zoo

Cute Clay with his Spencer face, of course Alma captures the magic

Dorian with all of his new clothes

Dorian in his Dinosaur costume

Cali trying on Dorian funny teeth They kids would get in the car and push each other down the hill

Alma having fun at the museum too

The kids in the canoe dressed up as Sacajawea

Clay loving the water; he also took a face dive into the water it was hilarious

Rylin is selling Ice cream

Cali at the register
We just got back from a wonderful trip to Missouri. We went back there for Dorian's baptism. We had a wonderful time. It was nice to get away from they heat and spend time with family. We had great weather and were able to do everything we wanted. We hit the zoo and Magic House which everyone had a blast at. We celebrated Dorain turning eight. The kids kept each other busy and played constantly. We had a wonderful time together and are sad that it ended so quickly.

Disneyland Again, Yeah!

2009-09-11T17:15:00.000-07:00

The kids with their 3-D glasses

Where's the White Rabbit?
Jordyn and Spencer on the Carousel

Parker and Rylin ready to go

A video of Rylin was getting down at the parade

We went to Disneyland this past week, yeah. Our passes our good again and everyone is back in school. We went with my friend Diana and her two boys, Spencer and Parker. The girls were so excited to be back at Disneyland. They loved going with their friends on the rides. It was warm outside, but the lines were not bad at all. The kids loved the rides and watching the parade was there favorite. The birthday celebration parade is so cute and fun. We are looking forward to using our passes again and again and again.

Jordyn's First Day of Preschool

2009-08-18T09:55:00.000-07:00

Jordyn had her first day of Pre school yesterday. She absolutely loves it. She wishes she could go everyday like Rylin. She had so much fun playing with the other kids and being a "big girl" that goes to school. She looked so cute in her little dress all ready for school. This leaves mommy with a few hours a week alone; Rylin was worried I would have nothing to do, I told her I would manage to be all alone just fine (I guess I won't be alone for too much longer though).

Jordyn's Party

2009-08-15T13:27:00.000-07:00

Jordyn turned three on Wednesday. I can't believe it. She is so tall so when she would tell people it was her birthday they thought she was turning four. I can't believe how big my little girl is. She is so smart, a great little sister (and soon to be big sister), sweet as kisses with her little voice, and has about the funniest little personality you have ever seen. She is such a joy to have in our home and we love her. She got to have her first birthday party with friends this year and she was so excited! We set up a bunch of kiddie pools with slides and toys. The kids had great time running around getting wet. She loved her Ariel and fish cake made by Nana, and her favorite part was opening presents. We had a fun day and hope had a happy birthday Jordy Pordy.

Rylin's First Day

2009-08-03T11:56:00.000-07:00

Here we are off to school

Rylin and Mrs. Semple

She just made her kissing hand

Here she is with the raccoon and her hat

Rylin getting measured 45 1/2 in

getting measured with blocks

The kids sitting down for their story

Mommy's last hug

So Rylin had her first day of Kindergarten today. I can't believe it is here. She has been pretty nervous about starting school. She woke up this morning and we had her favorite breakfast of french toast. We got her all dressed and she got to take her new Ariel lunch box and back pack. On the way to school she said that she was nervous and her stomach felt funny and hurt a little bit (poor baby having butterflies). She was nervous walking up to the classroom and when we first got in the class room. The first hour is with the parents, so we had a whole list of things to do : make a raccoon hat, make her kissing hand, take a picture with the raccoon, measure her, and explore the room and meet new friends. We did all the different activities and then the kids sit down for story time to hear "The Kissing Hand", I already had been struggling keeping it together but then they read a book about a little raccoon going off but he still has his mommy's kiss. I had a difficult time keeping it together when we said good bye. She did really well; she gave me a great big hug and said "you will be back to get me right". I said of course and gave her one last squeeze and then burst into tears as soon as I walked out the door. I can't believe that she is ready for school. I am so excited for her, but also scared. Did I teach her everything she needs to know? Will other kids be mean to her? Will she be so shy that she will have a hard time adjusting? It is bitter sweet to see her go off and start growing up. She is such a smart and talented girl. I now she will do great, but it is hard to watch my baby grow up. I know that her Heavenly Father loves her and will be watching over her. Tyler gave her a beautiful Father's blessing last night. She was much more relaxed after that. This is the start of her educational career. I can't believe it is already here.

23 Weeks

2009-07-27T14:48:00.001-07:00

I am 23 weeks along now. I am really feeling the baby move a lot more. We are getting so excited for the baby, but she needs some more cooking time. Alma thought she would add an arrow in case you can't tell where the baby is :) Sorry we are lame.

Chuck E Cheese Party

2009-07-18T10:15:00.000-07:00

Our Birthday girl in her crown and medallion

Jocelynn enjoying the rides

The kids dancing with Chuckie

Rylin blowing out her candles

Jordyn enjoying the Chocolate cake

Charliee and Rylin

Rylin opening her gift

Rylin had her Birthday party at Chuck E Cheeses on Monday. She begged this year for a Chuck E Cheese party. The kids played games for the first hour and of course they all loved that. Then we had pizza and sang Happy Birthday and watched the Chuck E Cheese show and the kids danced with Chuckie. Rylin loved having all her friend there to celebrate her birthday.

I really can't believe that my baby girl is five years old. She is the best big sister there is and is a huge help to mom and dad. She is so excited to start Kindergarten soon. She is smart, sweet but definitely has a sassy side. We love our special girl and hope she had a wonderful birthday.

Baby Number Three. . .

2009-07-15T14:28:00.000-07:00

Looks like we are going to be sticking with all things pink. We are so excited and can't wait to meet our new little girl. Rylin and Jordyn are so excited to have another sister to play dress up with. Wouldn't it be fun if she had blonde hair then I would have one of each; we can't wait to see what she will look like. This new little one is going to fit right in. . . only 19 more weeks :)

Lake Mohave

2009-07-11T15:49:00.000-07:00

Cali, Jordyn, Rylin in their Fourth of July outfits

The kids ready to go out on the boat

Jordyn taking a break, she lived in the water. We tried our best to keep her covered; my fair girl

Nana and Rylin heading out on the Sea Doo

Dorian and Tyler relaxing in the shade

Me and Alma on the rafts

Jordyn and Rylin on the Tube

Our Birthday Girl

We sent to Lake Mohave this week with my parents and Ryan and Alma. We spent most of the time hanging out on shore and enjoyed relaxing in the shade. The boys went wake boarding a couple of times and the kids went tubing one time (but none of them liked it so that was short lived). Everyone had a lot of fun on the sea doos and I watched everyone from the shore and enjoyed the snacks. In the evening we would go out to dinner, and one night we took the kids to see Ice Age. Rylin had her birthday on Thursday, can you believe my baby turned five, so we went bowling and out to Chilis. She got a couple of dresses from Nana and Papa, a felt story board from Tia and Uncle Ryan, a cute cook book from Kimmie and Uncle Spencer, and an Ariel dress up outfit from Mom and Dad (she is very excited for her party on Monday). It was a great, relaxing vacation and went way too fast.

Goodbye Preschool

2009-06-28T15:19:00.000-07:00

Mrs. Hyatt, Rylin, Mrs. Robinson

Rylin had her last day of Preschool on Tuesday. She has learned so much from being there. She has been sad about leaving friends and she asked me why her teachers can't come with her to Kindergarten. She has loved them and will really miss preschool, but she is finally starting to get excited for Kindergarten. She has really grown up from when she started attending preschool. I can't believe how may baby has turned into a little girl. Thanks to Mrs. Hyatt and Mrs. Robinson they have been wonderful teachers, helped prepare her for school, and have really loved our little girl.

Aquarium of the Pacific

2009-06-26T16:20:00.000-07:00

Jordyn, Tyler, Grammie, Rylin, Grampy in front of the Lighthouse

Karen and me watching the Sea Lions

Rylin looking at the Scuba Diver

Rylin and Grampy petting the huge Manaray

Jordyn, Grammie, Rylin

We went to the Aquarium of the Pacific last weekend with Tyler Mom and Matt. We had a great time seeing all the animals and walking around by the beach. They have really cool aquariums and open areas to look at different sea animals. Thanks Mom and Dad for taking us.

Prego Rylin

2009-06-18T13:10:00.000-07:00

My stomach has been growing and the girls are fascinated by it. They will sometimes even stick their baby dolls in their shirts (as they are trying to be like mommy). I went into their room to check on them before I went to bed, and this is how I found Rylin. She sleeps with a stuffed animal dog. I guess before she fell asleep she thought she would pretend to be pregnant and then she fell asleep that way. I was cracking up to walk in and find her with a big belly as she sleeps. It is so cute what they do.

WIld Animal Park

2009-06-04T15:12:00.000-07:00

Our butterflies

Jordyn following the birds around
Ry Ry and Daddy on the train

Jordyn wanted to see the Tiger closer

One of Our Stands

The birds attacking the food

Jordyn right by the birds and Rylin standing back a little; I couldn't describe them better

The girls petting the deer

Jordyn feeding the deer

Well with our zoo passes we can go to the Wild Animal Park too. Monday we headed out to Escondido and had a wonderful time. We went around on the train to see all the animals in the big open area. We saw a ton of animals running around the girls loved it (the animals were really active because it was cool in the morning). After seeing a lot of the animals we decided to go to the animal show. They came up and asked us to be a part of the show. It was a blast. We had to answer animal trivia questions and then they would bring out the animals. My girls (especially Jordyn) loved it because were so close to the animals as well as we getting to pet a couple (no pics of us in the show because there was no one else with us). I got a picture of our names on the stand and after the show. Later we went to the Larakeet aviary and bought some nectar to feed the birds. I was holding it when we waled through and the birds just jumped right on me. Jordyn was too little to feed them because they said you need to be careful of fingers and Rylin did not want to. We had to keep telling Jordyn not to try to stick her fingers in their face; she can't get enough of animals. Then we took them to the petting zoo. Rylin really wanted to go there she ended up not feeding them, but did pet them (she is getting so daring). The kids both love animals, but in different ways. I love seeing their unique personalities and how they do everything different, but still have the best time together. We had a great family day and wait wait to go back.

14 Weeks

2009-05-28T11:22:00.000-07:00

Here I am 14 weeks pregnant and in my second trimester, YEAH. Things are getting so much better now that the first trimester is over and I am feeling pretty good right now. I am showing even faster this time, so it is out there for everyone to see.

Zoo Fun

2009-05-27T14:27:00.000-07:00

Jordyn with the Polar Bear (she was the only one who would go by him)

Waiting for the Sea Lion show to start

The kids on the Hippo

Jordyn loved being so close to the Tiger

We actually saw this Tiger attack another Tiger it was cool

Spencer and Clay Bear

Clay standing on his own, YEAH

The kids staying cool

Spencer, Kim, and Clay came down for the weekend. We had a wonderful time visiting and hanging out. On Friday we went down to the San Diego zoo, we actually ended up getting passes since the were such a good deal, it was a great day. The kids loved seeing all the animals and we look forward to going back. We spent a lot of time at the park, playing croquet, and the kids loved swimming in the little pool. We loved playing with Clay watching him take steps and to start standing up on his own. We miss everyone already and can't wait until we see them again.