The Post with No Pictures

Spring Break is over at our house.

We didn't go to the beach.

We didn't go  to Disney World.

We didn't go anywhere, really.

It was wonderful.

My husband is a teacher and he worked extra hours at his 'second job' to earn a little extra money. (I'm so grateful for him ~ he never complained.)
The kids and I hung out at the house a lot.
The weather was COLD and rainy, but we tried to make the best of it.

We played Wii.
We watched movies.
Lots of movies.
Old movies like Dr. Dolittle. (the original one)
We played games.
We had "cleaning parties".
We drank pop and ate candy because it was Spring Break.
We had friends over for play dates.
We stayed up late.
We slept in.
We read lots of book.

I didn't fill up the gas tank once.

It was wonderful.

Several times I thought I should be taking pictures of everything, but then I decided not to and to just soak in the fun.

I don't have any photos, but I do have a ton of very fond memories of Spring Break 2011.

Florida - Part 3

Helloooo! 
I AM still alive!
I have been so very busy doing the things people do during the holidays, so I really haven't had any time to sit down and blog. 

I wanted to share the last set of Florida pics before I moved onto all my Christmasy pics.
I promise I won't wait so long in between posts again. (maybe)

See you soon!

Florida - part 2

Oh my!!

I took almost 600 pics while we were at Disney.  I chose a few of my favorites to share with you.

We went to Animal Kingdom the first day.

We got completely SOAKED on the river rapids ride.

Expedition Everest was a favorite ride and we didn't have to wait in line at all for it!!

We saw tons of animals on the safari ride. Caroline really liked that.

Goofy posed with us.

Pocahontas was so sweet to Caroline.

Jake discovered funnel cakes.

Minnie was sooo sweet.

Minnie's float in the Christmas parade was piping out chocolate smell . . .mmmmm.

The kids got Mickey's autograph.

The second day, we headed over to the Magic Kingdom.

On our way to the Magic Kingdom.

We took the ferry.

There it is!!

We finally made it to the Magic Kingdom!!

Caleb loved the "It's a Small World" ride.  Uncle Colin and Auntie Diane did, too. :)

I would go on this ride again just to watch the look on the kids' faces as they looked around at everything.

We had to go on the teacups!! Can I say . . . d i z z y ??

Big Thunder Mountain . . . a favorite.

I completely remember this bridge as a child.  So fun!

Turkey legs anyone??

I really could not keep my eyes off of the castle at night. . . .

. . . and it kept changing colors.

Yes . . . it SNOWED on Main Street USA . . . magical indeed.  Like goose bump magical.



 . . . to be continued . . .

Florida part 1

Whew! . . . Thanksgiving is over already!
(now it's CHRISTMAS TIME!!)
Before I post pics of  Thanksgiving, I wanted to share some pics of our Florida trip.
This was one of the most exciting parts of our trip.
The kids had never flown before (Jake did when he was a baby) so they were pretty nervous.  Once we got up in the air, they were fine.

When we got to our resort, the kids swam for a while in the water park.

We all enjoyed the palm trees that were everywhere.

Our resort was lovely.

Caroline managed to catch a gecko, which she brought in the tub to play with. (can you see it on her finger??)

There it is!!

Luke and Caleb enjoyed "making cookies" on the iphone cookie app.  (sooo cute!!)

We went to bed in anticipation of going to Disney's Animal Kingdom the next day.

To be continued . . .