Florida

Anyone who knows my dad knows that his favorite places in the world are Disneyland and DisneyWorld. We usually go to one or the other about every other year.

This year, we went to

DisneyWorld
The Happiest Place on Earth
(or a least that is what Grandpa Tom says)
and we agree!!!


We arrived in Florida on Sunday afternoon. We eat a quick dinner at our hotel cafe and then headed over to Magic Kingdom for the night. It was such a hot and humid night!

DAY 2
Animal Kingdom

This is probably my least favorite park.


DAY 3
Hollywood Studios

This is our favorite park!
My boys favorite ride: TOWER OF TERROR
I think they went on it 12 times that day!
We even got my mom to ride it once:) She hated it.

Tanner, Troy and Carter got to customize their own lightsabers.


We had a very YUMMY dinner at an old 50's style cafe.

DAY 4
Hollywood Studios

We had so much fun at this park that we wanted to go again!

My boys chillin' with the Monsters Inc. characters!

We went to "Lights, Camera, Action" stunt show.

We went back to our hotel to go swimming that night.
The kids had a blast swimming in the dark.


They had fun practicing their one man pyramids!


DAY 5
Magic Kingdom and Epcot


We went to a "Winnie the Pooh and Friends" character luncheon. We got to eat lunch with Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and Eeyore.


After lunch, we decided to go over to Epcot.
We went on Soarin' which just happens to be my mom's favorite ride. We had to wait for over a hour to get on. Tanner gave Troy his lap to lay on. Thanks Tan for being such a sweet big brother.


Blakley found her own way to relax!!

Day 6
Typhoon Lagoon
and
Disney's Marketplace

My mom, Blakley and I went to Disney's Marketplace for a day of shopping. While the boys went to Typhoon Lagoon (one of Disney's water park) and then met us later for lunch. After lunch, we headed back to our hotel for some more swimming!

All of the swimming they did wore Carter right out.
Luckily, Troy's lap makes a great pillow:)

4-WhEeLiNg

A couple of weeks ago, the boys took a little trip to the dunes.
They had a blast.

Tan Tan

Carter in the Rhino

Lookin' good pops

Boys and their toys

Jordan pretending he's having fun :)

Scoob

The girls met up with them for the 2nd night.

After going through what pictures I took, I noticed that Troy was not in one of them. Once again, I should be on the top of the recommendations list for the "Mother of the Year Award"

Next time Troy, I promise!

Carter's Preschool

Carter started his 2nd year of preschool!

What a little Stud Muffin!

His first day of school went a little like this: He wakes up as happy as can be, SUPER EXCITED to start school. He asks if he can put on his new school clothes, which I have been promising him since his older brothers school started a month ago. I pull out the bag from my closet and there is not one thing in his size. NOTHING! What how can this be??? I swear I bought him school clothes. LOSER MOM with a capital L! I frantically start thinking how we can pull this off. I remember that he got a shirt a bit ago that he hasn't worn yet. I pulled it out and put it on him. Smile on his face :) Phew flew under that radar.

Next he asked if he could see his backpack. Again I go pale, did I forget to get this poor kid a backpack too? Seriously what is my problem? Luckily I found one that Tanner had used when he was in preschool that has been put away and Carter loved it. Phew once again I pulled it off.

The last thing to do before he could go was put on his new shoes. This I did remember to buy, unfortunately he did not like the shoes. More like hated them. And now the tears starts. He marches up to his room sadly and lays on his bed. While he is up there, he is looking out the window (his preschool is across the street from our house) and notices that the morning class is over and going home. He thinks it is his class and starts bawling. I go upstairs to talk to him and explain that it is not his class, but he just keeps saying "You made me miss my school". I finally get him calmed down enough to try to find some other shoes that will put a smile on his face. Nothing will do. I try to think fast, School will be starting in 10 mins. I run to my sister-in-law's and ask if I can borrow some of Brooks's shoes. Carter got to pick out a pair he liked and we ran out the door. Poor Kid! What a way to start your first day of Preschool.

I am proud to say that while he was at school that day, I went out and purchased him a new backpack and some new shirts. I laid them out on his bed for him to find when he got home. At least we ended that day on a good note:)

What a Doll!

My friend Amelia did a photo shoot with Blakley.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE (can't say it enough) how her pictures turned out!
Thanks Amelia! You are the BEST!
Here are some of my Favorites.

Kindergarten Field Trip

Troy's Kindergarten class had their very 1st field trip!

They went to the farm.
Troy was sooo excited to ride on the bus.
Carter and I met him there.

Troy and his cute friend Dylan.

Carter feeding corn to the goats.

Carter and his cute friend Alex.

Carter and Alex got to ride on the horses while we were waiting.
Carter chose the biggest horse there to ride on and was lovin every minute of it.

In jail again?
What did you do this time??????

The whole class got to go on a hay wagon ride.

I can't believe that my little boy is old enough to go to school, ride the bus, and have field trips. Please don't grow up so fast!