Disney Day 3: Animal Kingdom

My family (my parents, sister, Whitney, brother-in-law, Travis, and Grandma) flew into Florida Saturday night--so fun to have everyone there!


Sunday some of us headed over to Animal Kingdom.

There we rode rides (the new rollercoaster, Mt. Everest, was awesome!),

got to see some amazing animals (I'm not posting anY pictures of animals due to the LARGE amount of pictures that we took),

rode a train where Ty got to be the guest conductor and received a special certificate,

played at the big dinosaur playground,

went to the petting zoo,

practiced our macro photography (just a little. I would have loved to have taken time to really capture the beautiful landsapes!)

went on a safari (by far the BEST ride there!), enjoyed a bird show (...sort of. Whitney and I were creeped out and had to hide a couple times), and watched some great shows ("It's Tough to be a Bug" and "Lion King, The Musical").
Way to many pictures to post, but here are a few others...

Disney Day 2: Chef Mickey's

After a day full of swimming, we had reservations for to eat dinner with the characters at Chef Mickey's. Chef Mickey's is a great buffet at the Contemporary Resort at Magic Kingdom where you can...

...eat delicious treats...

....meet favorite characters like Pluto....

...and Goofy....

...and Donald (Ty's favorite)...

...and Minnie...

...and of course, the big mouse himself, Mickey Mouse....

Carter wasn't so sure of the characters...

...but he had a great time singing and dancing with the group...

Thanks Grandpa Puppy for a fun night out!

Disney Day 2: Part 1

Still recovering from the drive, and waiting for the rest of the family to arrive, we spent most of Saturday at the hotel and pool too. The boys had no complaints about that!


Ty checked out the slides.....



Carter played in the fountains with Grandpa...



and practiced his rope climbing....



And everyone enjoyed each other's company....

Disney: Finally Here!

We finally made it to Orlando, Florida on Friday. Yea!! The boys were really good on the drive, all things considering, but it was still long...really long! So, needless to say, when we arrived at noon on Friday the boys were ready to play! We stay at the Marriott Horizons Resort and it is awesome for the kids! The whole theme is a pirates theme and the pools have pirate ships, slides and interactive water parks--a little boy's dream!

We drove down with Keith's parents and Kevin (Keith's brother) and his family arrived the same day. The boys had a blast playing in the pools. That night we went to an awesome sea food buffet at the Marriott World Center. It had been a very long two days for the boys, so we spent most of our time walking the boys around-but not before Carter ate our money's worth of food from the buffet!

Busy Saturday

Saturday was a busy, but fun day. Keith's been working on the pile of mulch in our driveway for a week now and was finally able to finish laying it all in the yard--with the help fom a very cute 1 1/2 year old. Carter is totally on a Daddy kick right now and has to be by his side at all times. He spends his days while Keith's at work carrying Keith's shoes around calling "Dad-dy, Dad-dy."

Next--Ty's second soccer game. I was so happy I could make this one! Ty actually does really well. He listens to the coach and really concentrates on learning the new skills. He told Keith and I he scored a goal--but apparently we missed it! He did, however, get a penatly for pushing (thanks to Keith's advice last week)! So fun to watch and think of all the future sporting events I'm going to be attending. This is only the beginning I'm sure!

My mom surprised us in the afternoon with an offer for free babysitting--how could we pass that up?! Keith and I went to Brio (one of my favorite restaurants) for dinner, where we ran in to our good friends, Yvonne and Brian. We were able to spend a nice, unexpected evening with some good friends--and no kids!!! After dinner Keith and I ran over to church for a regional meeting--again so enjoyable with no kids. We were actually able to hear the speakers! Thanks mom for the nice treat. (And the boys loved having Grandma over to babysit!)

Keith had been promising Ty a sleepover all day, so after church we ran home to see if he was awake. Ty had been on his best behavior all day, anticipating this event. When we got home he was waiting with his "sleepover game" all set up. The two played their game, ate popcorn, watched a movie and slept on the air matress in the basement. (I wasn't allowed because I'm a girl. When asked if I could participateTy said, "No thank you.") So fun to watch my boys bond. Keith is such a good dad to these guys. We are so lucky!

Flashback Friday

My friend does "flashback Friday's" and I love the idea, so I thought I'd give it a shot.

Since we are gearing up for our Disney trip next week, I've been thinking a lot about how fun our last trip was.

We went two years ago, right before Ty turned two and I was prego with Carter. We had so much fun! Ty was at the perfect age.

A little curious how this trip will be with Carter in tow. He is three months younger than Ty was last trip and completely oblivious to the characters--should be interesting. Can't wait!

Craft Shows

Well, I survived my first two craft shows! They actually went really well. I picked two small shows to start with, just to get my feet wet and see how the whole thing worked. I didn't do too bad, considering everyone told me spring shows can be really slow. I actually got ton of custom orders, but people seemed to like the boards too. Best of all, I was able to do a lot of networking and learn what steps I want to take next. Thanks Keith and Stephanie for your help!

Last Chapel Day

The last Wednesday of every month Ty has "chapel" at school. For the last 1/2 hour of the school day parents and family can come to the chapel upstairs and the children perform all the songs they've been learning for the month. Priceless!

Since school ends mid-May they had their May chapel this week. Unforunately I didn't bring my Nikon, so I only had my point in shoot in my purse, so my zoom pictures are horrible, but I had to capture the moment. Ty LOVES to perform and his facial expressions are hilarious! So dramatic! Hard to believe their is only one week left for school (Ty will miss the official last week because we'll be in Disney)

It was also Indians day, hence the Indians jersey--thanks Grandma Noll!