My life is filled with blessings. I have a fabulous husband. I have 3 beautiful children. My house is a mess and
there are chickens in my backyard. What more could you want out of life?

Friday, December 28, 2012

Disney World Day 2

On to Day 2 : Epcot
But first, I left out a very important fact from Day 1.  I must brag that I got all 5 of us into 4 carry-ons, 2 backpacks and a diaper bag!  That included all of Jack's food and diapers for 5 days!!  Toot Toot!! (That was the sound of my horn, by the way.)
 
I had to wake the kids up the morning of Day 2.  I had to shake Sadie awake.  She was in the same position she fell asleep in.  Vacations are exhausting!
 
We met lots of characters at Epcot.  I thought it would be the place we would meet the least, but I was sure wrong.  First was Daisy...
 
 
 



Goofy!!


After seeing all the pictures and hearing all the stories I'm sure Jack will wonder if he really was there...so here...yes, he was there!


"Where should we go next?"
 
 
We spotted Donald Duck in Mexico...


Our princesses waiting to dine with royalty...
We had lunch at a Norwegian restaurant where we were able to be greeted throughout our meal by princesses.  The food was really good.  That was one thing that so impressed me.  The food was good everywhere!  Beau was impressed that everyone who worked in the different countries in Epcot were actually from that country!

As we entered we met Belle...
 
Jasmine was quite taken with my little prince...


Elijah's favorite princess...



Aurora...



Of course, Cinderella...


Ariel...
 
At one point in the meal the children all did a "parade" through the restaurant with the princesses.





And now on to my favorite part of the whole trip.  It wasn't meeting a character, it wasn't visiting a park, or a special meal.  It was a simple act from one of my own little characters.  For some background, Elijah, Brooklyn and Cale were looking at a fountain.  Katy said she wanted to take a family picture (of her family) so her and Jon went and joined their kids.  We said "Say cheese!" and Elijah decided he would be in the picture too.  Only his idea of "Saying Cheese" was a little different than most... (you really need to click on it to blow it up and savor it)
It quickly became a highlight to our trip.  From then on everyone was attempting to "photo bomb" everyone else's pictures.
 
 
Next we me Alice...

This was my favorite thing.  We stood in line after line waiting to meet these characters.  Once it was our turn we were not rushed through like I thought we would be.  The character (totally in character, accents and all) would sit and talk to the kids, asking their names...unless they themselves were dressed up, and tell them how pleased they were have met.  It really made standing in line worth it.
 


Mary Poppins...


I don't know why the next few pictures turned out fuzzy, its very upsetting...
 
Tiger and Pooh


Snow White...
 
It was a magical day. 


Saturday, December 22, 2012

Disney World Day 1

Our trip to Disney World was quite memorable!  We wore ourselves out with all the fun!  We left our house on Saturday and drove to Ft Worth.  We had dinner and spent the night with Zac and Heather.  We left for the airport at 5 on Sunday morning.  That's AM people!  That was not great waking up the kids at 5am on a chilly Sunday morning!  We made it to the plane just in time to be the last ones to board.  Wheels up at 7:45am...off to Florida!
 
 
Elijah was nervous, but luckily he sat next to a sweet college-age girl who chatted him up the whole flight...leaving no time for nerves.  Sadie loved it...
 
 
 
Now some foreshadowing into the rest of the week...that's Sadie's suitcase Brooklyn is pulling.




 By the time we got onto the bus to our resort Sadie had given up...


 
We dropped our luggage off in our hotel rooms and had lunch at the resort.  The food was amazing!!  Not sure if the rest of our family liked it, but it was Indian food so Beau and I were in Heaven!
 
 
Then we headed to Magic Kingdom!  As soon as we showed up there was a show at Cinderella's castle...
 That is pretty much where Sadie spent the rest of the week...on my dad (or her dad's) shoulders!




 Riding the carousel...



We rushed off to meet Merida (Brave).  Sadie colored a picture while we waited in line...



Elijah practiced his bow skills...


Meeting Merida and getting her autograph...



Our first day was busy!  We were plum pooped by the time we made it back to the hotel.  Luckily I had spent a few minutes at the hotel earlier and set our beds up and set out the kids pajamas so we were able to get into bed somewhat easily.  Stay tuned for Day 2!

Thursday, December 6, 2012

This is why there won't be a Christmas card

I wanted to get a picture of our family to put on a Christmas card.  Easily said, not so easily done.  My family is not very cooperative.  I'll prove it to you.
 
At Thanksgiving since we were all appropriately dressed I asked my SIL Katy to take our picture.  She waited outside for us...big mistake....

 
 
This is the best picture..but do Beau's legs not look gigantic?!  All I see when I look at this picture are Beau's legs.




Another cute one, but it doesn't look very good on a card.  Its like its too far away.  (and Sadie's not looking at the camera)


I don't know what Sadie is doing...


I thought I would take some close ups of the kids in case I wanted to use them on a card.  Of course Elijah cooperated very well.


Sadie...not so much.  But it does sum up her personality...




So then I thought I would just try a pic of the kids.  What. is. Sadie. doing?



Have you noticed Elijah is the same in every picture?

So that is why we probably won't be sending out a Christmas card.  

 
 
Then I just had to throw in these last pictures.  I don't know why they didn't turn out, but I was trying to hurry.  Dad fixed Sadie and Brooklyn ice cream cones.  Henley was feeling very left out.


So the girls took turns feeding her...too cute!
I love my very cute, very quirky family.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

A Day of Thanksgiving

We spent Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving with Beau's family in Rosebud.  Elijah kept asking to play a game.  I think he found his match in Mamaw!  They both LOVE to play games and when Elijah said he didn't know how to play dominoes it was game on!
 
 
 
 Sadie wanted to help Amy "make".  She helped make a pumpkin pie...


The kids table.  Next year Bella and Jack will be there...we may need a bigger table!

 
 
Later we headed out for some family pictures...
 
Mamaw joined in...good thing she's not a few inches shorter!



Just may be our Christmas card! 


The whole gang!  Hopefully the ones we were missing will be there for Christmas and we can get another, bigger picture!



Elijah finally talked Mimi into playing Hungry Hippos!



 All tuckered out!
It was a great day.  Wonderful weather, fabulous food, happy memories.  We have lots to be thankful for!