Here are some more pictures from Mike and Kim's visit! This is a picture Kim took of the kids while we were getting Wild Animal Park passes figured out. Our passes had expired in January, so we're getting some new ones here, which makes me very happy! 
The lions. I love this picture that Kim took -- it looks like it could be a painting...
One of the park guys wandering around with some kind of animal I have never seen before, and I forget its name. He said it was part of the bear family, though.
This giraffe was eating, and after he swallowed, you could see the food bump moving all the way down his loooong neck.
This bridge sways and rocks when you jump on it, so December's trying to get it to shake with her measly little weight. 
This dik-dik had just had a baby. I think it was super recent, too, because the newborn was still wet! It was completely adorable and so tiny!
Watching the cheetah talk. I was impressed at how well the cat obeyed his commands, like sitting, as you can see here!
On another day, we went out to the ocean and walked along the pier, looking at all of the boats docked there.
A man was feeding seagulls (and one large pelican) on the beach, and he kindly gave December some bread to feed them, too.
Isaac playing in the sand.
Mike and December on the beach.
It seems like we, as well as most of our extended families, have had really nice bouts of weather lately. Here it's been close to 80 degrees F (close to 27 degrees C) this entire week, and we've been LOVING it! We've been going for walks to the grocery store, constantly playing outside, putting on the sunscreen, going to the beach, etc. Please come visit and experience it with us! We won't be here much longer, so we're really appreciating every nice day. 
These pictures were taken yesterday afternoon, when the kids were playing out on our deck. December is making chalk pictures.
Isaac is playing with his vacuum (as I watched, always desparately wishing that it actually worked) and sitting on December's tricycle, one of his favorite things to sit on.
Here's Kim and December at Disneyland, standing at the Indiana Jones ride. Since none of us pregnant women or children were allowed to go on this ride, we were waiting for Brad and Mike. The ride actually broke down sometime after Brad and Mike entered the line, and they stopped letting people go on the ride. So we weren't sure if Brad and Mike were stranded on the ride somewhere inside...but they weren't, thankfully! They must have been one of the last groups that went before the ride broke down.
The kids and I at Indiana Jones
December amusing herself while waiting in line to go on the princess walk and see princesses. This was the line in which we waited the longest...it was really the perfect day to go to Disneyland, because there were almost no lines at any of the rides! Other than the princess walk, we generally were waiting in line for 5 min or less for each of the rides. It was perfect!
December with Belle. It's a rare occasion to see December being shy, but she was really quite shy with the princesses! I can understand, though -- it's not often that she comes into contact with real royalty, right??
December with Princess Tiana, the newest Disney princess.
Here's December coming out of her shell. She was the most excited to see Ariel and started talking up a storm with her!
Us wandering around Toon Town. This is where we stopped to eat our lunch.
Just finished lunch, and December's energy is renewed!
December in Minnie's house. One of her favorite places to go!
December with the Mouse himself. We all found it a bit unnerving that the whole time we were here with him, he never spoke once...to anybody. He was just this silent, large Mickey standing around. A little weird! :)
At the end of the night, there was the big parade. It was awesome! Since December was standing right along the street, she got to go in and dance with the characters and dancers and participate in the parade. 
This year, the birthday cake December wanted me to make for her was a Cinderella cake. She got to pick the 2 cake flavors (since the recipe needed 2 cakes), and she chose strawberry (for obvious pink reasons) and a vanilla cake with colorful sprinkles in the batter (I wonder what child doesn't love sprinkles?). For her ice cream choice, she picked mint chocolate chip. To say the cake flavors and the ice cream flavors didn't go well together would be quite a major understatement...
December with her cake. We didn't have a big party for her like we've had in the past with all of her little friends coming over. Instead we celebrated while Mike and Kim were out visiting us last week and had a little party with family instead. That was special, since the last birthday party she had with any extended family around was her 1st birthday!
Singing "Happy Birthday" to December!
And here's a picture of my boys and their laptops...Isaac loves to hang out with Brad and do just about anything with him -- unless it involves a diaper change
These next pictures are from the week we spent with my Mom & Dad and Grandpa & Grandma when they joined us after their missions trip. Here's December messing up my Dad's hair and thinking herself to be quite hilarious
Isaac eating breakfast, with one of his favorite fruits -- mango! It's one of our favorites, too.
Isaac, still at breakfast, but this time he's in one of his favorite mealtime poses, with his right foot up on the table
Headed to the Wild Animal Park with everyone, of course!
Here we are, watching a lady tell us about a cute little hedgehog.
Brad and Dad looking at the field of cacti
The Wild Animal Park recently started doing a cheetah talk, where you sit only a few feet away from the cheetah!
Going on the tram ride. Both Isaac and my Grandpa were feeling a little sleepy!
Flowers in bloom in front of a field of animals
Mother and baby rhino having a snack
Us watching the meerkats, one of our favorite animals at the park
On another day, my parents and our family went on the Sprinter, the train that runs from here to the coast and back. Lots of fun!
We had brought along a picnic lunch to the beach, and after we had finished eating it, Dad started feeding the scraps to the seagulls. They were taking them right out of his hand (I think the seagulls had done this sort of thing once or twice before). If you can see from the picture, it was a pretty chilly, cool, windy day, so we were feeling cold!
December chasing the birds and scaring them away as Dad was feeding them
Walking along the pier
At the end of the pier was a restaurant. We went inside to get warm and to get some hot chocolate and fries. December's a fan of the whipped cream!
Me, VERY happy about my hot chocolate!!
Dad and December resting on the train on the way back
On another day, we went hiking!
We went for a hike in an area that had been burned in the fires that happened a few years back, the ones that hit right after we had moved here and nearly had us evacuated. You can see the black, burned tree and how much of it died...and then the new, green growth coming back in the middle of the tree
Here's a sign that got melted in the fire. The words aren't readable anymore, and the sides of it burned into frayed threads.
At the top of one of the hills we climbed
Mom and Dad with December, at the top of the hill
Even Isaac got in on the hiking action!
We made a cairn and each put a rock on it. December got to put the last rock on and only tipped it over twice before we got this picture taken!
Isaac riding on his Grandpa's shoulders, to speed up Isaac's wandering hiking progress
Brad picked December up, for the same reasons. And she was complaining that her legs hurt from all of the walking...
Isaac taking in the sights
My Grandpa with December, being very Decemberish. 
The flamingos
A crocodile with December 
At the McDonalds in the mall with my grandparents and Mom (taking the picture), while Dad and Brad were at a conference at school
