Emma

Hello friends,

We are blue this morning. Mom and Bob's dog, Emma passed away last night. She was the sweetest dog in the world. Happy, full of love and never wavering in her affection for us.So long-we will miss you sweet girl!

Disney World-Day 3

Hello friends! It's just so hard picking and choosing pictures to put on here. Note to self: I also need to do one of those Snapfish photo books.

On Day 3, we headed to Epcot for the whole day. We rode the Nemo ride 3 times and probably stayed in the aquarium a total of 2 hours.
Thank goodness, we brought Anderson's swim suit...he played for about 30 minutes in the splash fountain and loved every minute of it. We rode Test Track, which was a fast car ride. I thought Anderson would freak out...but he smiled the whole time. That was a surprise!

We visited all of the countries, which is a lot of fun for us. Anderson really liked Mexico and the boat ride there. Here we are in China and Norway!Anderson picked out an oyster in Japan and there was a pearl in the oyster, I had it set in a necklace. It was just beautiful!

We made our way over to Italy and had our picture made by this fountain that we have gotten pictures made for the last 10 years or so. Then over to France for a chocolate eclair for A and me and creme brule for Adam. YUMMY!

We had our dinner reservation at The Coral Reef ...which was EXCELLENT food and a great view of the aquarium. Somebody, just couldn't stay awake after supper...sweet boy! What a great day!

Disney World-Day 2

Hello friends!!

On Day 2 on our magical vacation we headed to Anderson's favorite, Animal Kingdom. The place is pretty amazing with so many animals...it's so much better than a zoo! What you can't see is that there is a hippo under water that he was looking at. I love that they have Rafiki's Planet, a place where you can pet animals. That was one of A's favorites of the day. :)This year, Anderson was old and tall enough to ride on Dinosaur at Animal Kingdom...boy was it scary. It scared him and me!! Then, he seemed to be scared of everything we got on. I felt so bad...bless his heart!!

Animal Kingdom has the most amazing shows..."Spirit of the Lion King" which is basically a short Broadway play...SO SUPER AWESOME! Anderson danced the whole time and we sang the whole, entire time! We love "The Lion King"! We missed the Nemo show again this year...maybe, next time.

We ventured over to Epcot that night to make our reservation at Le Cellier Steak House in Canada. BEST.MEAL.EVER!! We ate so much...it was delicious!

Of course, we did the Under the Seas ride with Nemo and they have a neat-o aquarium at the end of the ride. Anderson LOVED that!

Almost every night ended like this one. We thought it was funny to pose A in different places while he was sleeping. :)

Disney- Day 1

Hello friends!

We just back from an amazing trip to Orlando, Florida. Seriously, the place is magical...it truly is.Our sweet friends from across the street and their two kiddos went with us and we had a really great time. The first day we went to Magic Kingdom it rained for the first 20 minutes and we were soaked...but we didn't mind, we were in Disney World! :)One of the first things we rode was Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin rideThe second was the Astro Orbiter, this was my, as well as Anderson's first time on here. It was awesome...I love this picture so much. It just shows the joy in Anderson's eyes and makes me happy.Adam liked it as well ;)The boys drove the race cars while momma took pictures. Casey and Jaycie burning up the track.

Anderson and I rode Dumbo! Last year, A screamed the whole ride because he didn't want to wear his seat belt. But, NO tears this year!! Right after we got off of Dumbo, A fell asleep in my arms! What a beautiful end to a wonderful first day!

Soon

Hello friends!

I have like 2 gazillion pictures to post from our amazing trip to Disney World. I'm working on it and will be back soon! But, other things take priority, like taking my kiddo to the zoo today. See you soon!

4 days until the happiest place on earth

Hello friends!

In just 4 short days(I hope they feel short) we will be heading to Walt Disney World! We are so super excited to go again and this time, our friends will be joining us. They have two kids, Jaycie, who is 7 and Castin, who is 4. Anderson keeps telling me "Momma, let's go to Disney World right now"!! Haha!! Definitely my kiddo!!

We have already got our suitcase packed and shoes and shirt ready for the big day-Sunday!! Thank you Hillary at Mint Julep Monograms!! Woo-hoo!!

We are staying at Pop Century...you can see it here.
We've got all of our meals planned and reserved:
Sunday night: Liberty Tree in Magic Kingdom
Monday night: Le Cellier in Canada(in Epcot;)
Tuesday night: Coral Reef(thank you Tara for recommending this...it looks awesome and fun!)
Thursday morning: Chef Mickey's-where we will be dining with Mickey Mouse and all of his friends!

I am just beside myself with glee and so is Anderson!!See you next week with lots of pictures!!

RAIN!

Finally after only 4 months...we had RAIN! Anderson was so excited that he wanted to take his shoes off in the parking lot at Petco and walk in it and guess what...I let him! Awesome- Awesome!!