East Coast Trip Part 2

April 11, 2024Uncategorizedadmin

After Philadelphia, we drove to Virginia to stay with Toby, Oakley and Sierra! We love Sierra! They have the biggest best house ever. We went to Washington DC for a day and looked at famous monuments, the White House, and a museum. We ate at a cool restaurant that had kettle corn, and it was super hot so we got ice cream treats from a truck!

-Kayli and Leia

Sierra is our new favorite person and the little sister that we both wish we had!

We went to the White House where the President lives but we did not get to see him, or where he sleeps or works. We saw a lot of fancy paintings and furniture.

We went to the Washington Memorial where Kayli took pictures when she was 5 months old!

Family picture in front of the area where Captain America likes to run.

East Coast Trip Part 1

April 9, 2024Uncategorizedadmin

During Fall break, we had the best trip ever. We went to Virginia and stayed with Toby, Oakley, and Sierra! Before that though, we first stopped in Philadelphia where we saw some boring historical things and ate too many cheesesteaks.

-Kayli and Leia

We might look happy, but the Liberty Bell was the most boring thing to see ever.

Before getting to the Rocky steps, we climbed these animal statues and ate very expensive soft serve from Mister Softee.

Daddy prepared us for the Rocky steps by letting us watch the clip from the movie a few times. We took this picture and ran up and down the steps 18 times!

We tried to make this look cool but it was too bright!

Big Sky and Yellowstone, Part 2

March 24, 2024Uncategorizedadmin

After Mommy’s conference ended, we drove to Yellowstone. We stayed at small hotel in West Yellowstone where there we saw lots of mosquitos, but did not get bit by moving are arms really fast like Daddy showed us. In Yellowstone we saw tons and tons of geysers and bison. We tried really hard to find wolves or bears but didn’t. We did a great job walking a ton! We ate instant ramen for lunch, and terrible, terrible Chinese food for dinner.

-Kayli and Leia

We watched Old Faithful erupt a bunch of times!

We saw so many geysers and took so many pictures with our small cameras that Leia's camera ran out of batteries. — We saw so many geysers and took so many pictures with our small cameras that Leia’s camera ran out of batteries.

We did funny sister poses in front of geysers and tons and tons of steam!

We saw really cool colorful pools of water. Kayli was worried that Leia would fall or jump in.

We saw tons of bison and they caused a traffic jam. We learned that bison and buffalo are... kind of the same? — We saw tons of bison and they caused a traffic jam. We learned that bison and buffalo are… kind of the same?

We saw the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. Kayli was scared that Leia would fall or jump into the canyon.

Big Sky and Yellowstone, Part 1

March 4, 2024Uncategorizedadmin

At the beginning of summer we flew to Montana! Mommy had a conference in Big Sky, and we stayed at a nice hotel where cowboys opened the door for us every time we got close. It was weird so we tried to never go through those doors. The hotel had some cool activities though, and lots of hikes nearby. We did the hikes and didn’t even have to get prizes from a gift store this time!

– Kayli and Leia

We went into a giant hot tub while Mommy was in her conference. It was too hot for Kayli!

We went on a hike in Big Sky and ended up going through tons of snow, in summer!

We went on another hike and looked for animals, but found none! We did find cool logs, ate lots of snacks, and had fun finding shelter from the rain.

We did our funny skip/run thing. I don't know how this started -- probably something weird Leia made up! — We did our funny skip/run thing. I don’t know how this started — probably something weird Leia made up!

Leia is very good at jumping high. She really works those leg muscles!

We climbed this in the rain!

The giant swing!

Socal and Legoland

March 4, 2024Uncategorizedadmin

We drove to Socal again for 2023 spring break. The last time we did Disneyland and Leia cried because she wanted to go to Legoland instead, so this time we did Legoland! It was great… except for the rain. We bought Legoland rain ponchos. Daddy put grocery bags around his feet. But we still had fun!

– Kayli and Leia

We fall asleep on long car rides still. Socal is so far! At least we got to listen to Harry Potter in the car!

We still like to take pictures with Lego statues.

We waited in line for TWO HOURS for this Emmet's Flying Adventure ride, in the rain. It was the worst, especially because the ride was not fun. These smiles are not real. — We waited in line for TWO HOURS for this Emmet’s Flying Adventure ride, in the rain. It was the worst, especially because the ride was not fun. These smiles are not real.

Softball!

February 26, 2024Uncategorizedadmin

We have not posted in a long time. Our website had some problems and Daddy finally fixed them, so hopefully the posts will continue. A lot of stuff happened in the last year! This first post is about softball. We both started softball last Spring. Kayli was on the 8U Panthers, and Leia on the 6U Puppies. Our uniforms almost match!

-Kayli and Leia

Here is Kayli looking good in her uniform.

Here is what Leia does when she gets in the picture. Her head looks like it is not really part of her body. How does she do that? — This is what Leia does when she gets in the picture. Her head looks like it is not really part of her body. How does she do that?

We also got to go watch a Stanford softball game! And by watch, we mostly just ran around outside eating candy and rolling down hills.

Socal Trip Part 2

January 31, 2023Uncategorizedadmin

At first, we were supposed to go to Disneyland, but then all the tickets were sold out! So we decided to go to Legoland instead. Then Mommy tried refreshing the webpage every 5 minutes for hours and eventually got tickets! And then Leia cried and cried because she wanted to go to Legoland…. We had a good day at Disneyland though. Lots of rides and food. Mommy and Daddy were a little upset that our favorite food was Lay’s potato chips. Oh well. Next time we will go to Legoland!

-Kayli and Leia

Star Wars Land at Disneyland! Too bad we don't know anything about Star Wars... but Mommy and Daddy liked the rides! — Star Wars Land at Disneyland! Too bad we don’t know anything about Star Wars… but Mommy and Daddy liked the rides!

It's a Small World! We took a picture at this ride when we came a long time ago. Leia was a baby! — It’s a Small World! We took a picture at this ride when we came a long time ago. Leia was a baby!

Kayli and Daddy went on Space Mountain! And it was super fun! — We are tall enough to go on Space Mountain! And it was super fun! Well Kayli thought so at least.

We got to go on a free balloon ride at the Irvine Great Park. This city is great. Mommy and Daddy want to move back here.

In the balloon at the top! Can't see much because of Daddy's big face. — In the balloon at the top! Can’t see much because of Daddy’s big face.

We're usually not this happy in the car, but we must have had a good trip! — We’re usually not this happy in the car, but we must have had a good trip!

Socal Trip Part 1

November 16, 2022Uncategorizedadmin

During our fall break we drove to Socal and went to Harry Potter World in Universal Studios and Disneyland! We got super cool wands that you could use to cast spells all around Hogsmeade. We stayed in five different hotels! Here is the first part, Harry Potter World!

-Kayli and Leia

Our first stop was Olivander's where Leia got Harry's wand and Kayli got Hermione's. Mommy and Daddy said they were very expensive and kept yelling at us to not drop them. — Our first stop was Olivander’s where Leia got Harry’s wand and Kayli got Hermione’s. Mommy and Daddy said they were very expensive and kept yelling at us to not drop them.

We tried some frozen butterbeer because it was a hot day.

Hogwarts! Only Daddy went on the ride inside because we are too short and Mommy gets too motion sick.

Leia ate so much cotton candy that Kayli was concerned she might die.

The Beauxbatons and Durmstrang students with Hermione!

Here is one of the spells we got to cast with our wands.

Here is another!

When we finally finished with the Harry Potter part, it was really hot so we got soaked in the water park!

Portland Road Trip: Part 5

September 9, 2022Uncategorizedadmin

The last few days of our trip were good. We went to an awesome bookstore and bought some books. On our way home we stopped in Bend, Mt. Shasta, and Fairfield. It started to get super hot, but we missed the heatwave in Portland and at home. We are great at road trips, as long as we have Harry Potter audiobooks, iPads, snacks and stop a ton.

– Kayli and Leia

We went to a humungous bookstore called Powell's and bought a bunch of excellent books! — We went to a humungous bookstore called Powell’s and bought a bunch of excellent books!

In Bend, we explored this super dark lava cave where it was freezing cold and we had to use flashlights to see anything!

In Mt Shasta we got to stay in a super cool hotel with a hammock right in the middle of the room!!!

We played with it a lot... — We played with it a lot…

Finally on our last day, we went to a kind of boring town called Fairfield but there was a Jelly Belly factory!

Portland Road Trip: Part 4

August 21, 2022Uncategorizedadmin

We stayed in Portland for four days. The first day was tons and tons of hiking. We did the longest and highest hike we’ve ever done, Multnomah Falls! We were really tired after 15 mins, but then Mommy and Daddy bribed us to go to the top. It was a good bribe that gave us tons of energy, and we raced to the top. The next day, we drove really far to eat some cheese.

– Kayli and Leia

This was the Multnomah Falls bridge that was pretty easy to get to, but we had to go another 2 miles!

Mommy and Daddy bribed us to hike to the top with $15 worth of gift store stuff, EACH! After that we ran all the way up without stopping!

One more pic on the way back down, and then we each got TWO TOYS from the store!

We said we would never hike again, but then Mommy and Daddy made us do ANOTHER one on the same day! This is Horseshoe Falls and we got to go behind it!

The next day we drove to the Tillamook factory and got lots of cheese samples, but we didn't really like their grilled cheese sandwiches or ice cream. — The next day we drove to the Tillamook factory and got lots of cheese samples, but we didn’t really like their grilled cheese sandwiches or ice cream.

Leia complained a lot, but she liked the cheese van.