A MAGICAL VACATION!!!

Can you guess where we were?????

Ok, I'll give you a few hints...





Figure it out? Well if not, then you need to get out more! WE WERE IN DISNEY WORLD!!! WE MET MICKEY!!!Yes folks, the HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH was our home away from home for too short of a time.

We dined with MICKEY, MINNEY, DONALD, GOOFEY, POOH, TIGGER, EEYORE AND PIGLET! We enjoyed all four of the DISNEY PARKS!...MAGIC KINGDOM WAS MY FAVORITE!!! Did you know that they do a whole production in the mornings before opening the Magic Kingdom? Seriously, it's worth going early to see it!

Let's do a day to day recap...over the next week or so I'll try to post pictures daily of our vacation. Keep checking back for updates!

Day 1...
Our trip to the airport was uneventful. The plane ride was even uneventful (thank goodness). The boys even did well on the plane...plenty of snacks always keep kids happy!










I almost forgot to mention one important thing...we flew out on my big guy's 12th birthday!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TYLER!!! We celebraterd Tyler all week long!!!!

We got to the resort quite late that night...about 10pm and were definitely ready for bed. One nice thing was the weather was BEAUTIFUL!!!!

Early the next morning we had breakfast (bright and early...I feel the need to repeat how early it really since we had VERY little sleep) with Mickey, Minney, Goofy and Pluto at "Chef Mickey's". I HIGHLY reccomend this place if you happen to be in Disney! The service was great, the food was AMAZING and the characters make each kid feel so special! ...They even brought Tyler a "birthday cupcake"! It was just a wonderful experience!

Well, it's late and I've rambled on long enough. I'll start my next post with pics from Chef Mickey's! I'll post again soon, promise!

SCHOOL DAYS

Tyler brought home his 6th GRADE school pictures. Um, hello...when did he get old enough to be in the 6th GRADE? Take a gander at this handsome guy...if only I could get him to smile :)

TRICK OR TREAT!!!

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So yes it's been awhile since I've blogged, sorry! Honestly, life just got in the way of my computer time :( Here's an attempt to get back into the blogging world! First off, HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! I can't believe it's the end of October already! Where did the year go? Next thing you know it will be time to bake Christmas cookies...ok who am I kidding; it will be time to beg MOM for some of her Christmas cookies ;)

Enjoy some Halloween Pictures of my favorite guys....







Now really; could Trick Or Treat night have gotten any sweeter than that? I think it's time to go raid their candy....

NEW PICS!

So I've finally started to update some of my pictures for your viewing pleasure. The first album that I put up can be seen here (it's my smugmug account...gotta love smugmug!) The most recent album is titled kids and ducks. The pics are from our camping trip we took about two weeks ago. We found this great little park to go feed ducks at and I was pleasantly amazed at the beautiful scenery the park offered for pictures. Ian, well, he was happier chasing the ducks than feeding them and Tyler was happier to be messing with the large fish in the pond. Boys will be boys! Enjoy the pics!

STELLAN UPDATE

Yes I promise a real update and post is coming soon...let me finish my work week tonight and I will put it on the top of my priority list...I have so many pictures to share!
For now, little Stellan (see post below) is headed into surgery today! Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers as you go thru your normal day...life is anything but "normal" for this familiy right now.

CAN YOU SAY A QUICK PRAYER?

I frequently find new blogs that I read...yea I know kind of wierd...but anyway I do and I've recently come across this one. This little 5 month old is fighting for his little life right now. Please keep this precious little guy in your thoughts and prayers. Do I know these people? Well, no but no family should have to feel the pain that this one is feeling right now. "Stellan, I'm thinking about you and your family"

NEW MOON BOOK REVIEW

WHAT IT'S ABOUT:
(taken from Doubledaybookclub.com)
For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with this impossibly handsome vampire is more dangerous than this ordinary girl could have ever imagined. Edward has already rescued her from the clutches of an evil vampire, but will he be able to resist his own bloodlust? As their relationship threatens all that is dear to them, the star-crossed lovers realize that their troubles may just be beginning. Is their love worth the cost?

(and this one is from Amazon.com)
Recovered from the vampire attack that hospitalized her in the conclusion of Twilight (Little, Brown, 2005), Bella celebrates her birthday with her boyfriend Edward and his family, a unique clan of vampires that has sworn off human blood. But the celebration abruptly ends when the teen accidentally cuts her arm on broken glass. The sight and smell of her blood trickling away forces the Cullen family to retreat lest they be tempted to make a meal of her. After all is mended, Edward, realizing the danger that he and his family create for Bella, sees no option for her safety but to leave. Mourning his departure, she slips into a downward spiral of depression that penetrates and lingers over her every step. Vampire fans will appreciate the subsequently dour mood that permeates the novel, and it's not until Bella befriends Jacob, a sophomore from her school with a penchant for motorcycles, that both the pace and her disposition begin to take off. Their adventures are wild, dare-devilish, and teeter on the brink of romance, but memories of Edward pervade Bella's emotions, and soon their fun quickly morphs into danger, especially when she uncovers the true identities of Jacob and his pack of friends. Less streamlined than Twilight yet just as exciting, New Moon will more than feed the bloodthirsty hankerings of fans of the first volume and leave them breathless for the third.

WHAT I THOUGHT: OH MY GOD I LOVED THIS BOOK!!! This book kept me turning the pages just like Twilight did. I went from loving Edward (who doesn't) to seriously hating him, then to loving Jacob, back to really hating Edward to finally thinking that there is just something seriously wrong with Bella. Stephenie Meyer has done another fantastic job with this book...I just wonder what's wrong with her to have thought up all these crazy story lines. I'm onto book 3!