tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65461773088789586462024-03-13T22:19:14.558-07:00ZadyballAlaynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09856945343633896018noreply@blogger.comBlogger257125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546177308878958646.post-60571661596937673602011-08-22T10:00:00.000-07:002011-08-22T13:01:38.602-07:00Zander's 7th birthdayZander chose WAFFLES with LOTS of whipped cream for his birthday breakfast.
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<br />The girls and I went to the school to have lunch with him. At his school, if your parent comes to have lunch with you, you get to eat outside, AND invite a few friends to join you. It's a pretty big deal.
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<br />I asked him what he wanted for lunch, and he told me he wanted a LOT of chicken nuggets. So I got the 20 count from McDonalds. He ate about 15 of them. The girls ate the rest. He was very proud.
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<br />For his party this year, he asked if we could go camping. We invited a friend, but he wsan't able to come, so it was just family this time. Gran and Papa, Aunt Jewlee, Uncle Sean, and cousins Ashlee and Drake. It was lots of fun - even with a 6 week old baby!
<br /><p style="text-align:center">It was a little cold
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<br />But the kids had fun riding bikes
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<br />And playing hide-and-go-seek
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<br />And sometimes both
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<br />The fire was warm
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<br />The baby was good
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<br />And fun was had by all
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<br />Camping breakfast is always great
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<br />Especially when it's followed by a hike through the woods
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<br />The birthday boy didn't want cake. Just ice cream. Not exactly easy when you're camping, but Gran & Papa have a freezer in thier motor home, so we made it work.
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<br />Lots and lots of presents
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<br />Cute cousins
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<br /></p>Alaynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09856945343633896018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546177308878958646.post-54782386119140950382011-08-21T21:12:00.001-07:002011-08-22T10:00:34.315-07:00Pinkalicious Girl's NightThe "boy's" went to the Father's and Son's campout, so we had a girls night. We had been reading the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pinkalicious-Elizabeth-Kann/dp/0060776390">Pinklicious</a> A LOT, so when I asked the girls what they wanted to do, they said they wanted to make some pink cupcakes.
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<br />So that's what we did.
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<br />But we didn't turn pink.
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<br />And here's a few fun pictures - just because
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<br />Alizabeth with a flower as big as her head
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<br />Ainzlee being silly
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<br />And princess Adalen
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<br />He earned the rank of Blue Belt with White Stripe! Which means that he'll be able to compete in tournaments! Awesome! Way to go!
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<br />The girls thought it was great fun. Ady really liked Yoga. She had to try it - and she's pretty good at it!
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<br />Warrior pose
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<br />Downward facing dog
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<br />So proud of my boy! He worked hard and made it to Principal's Honor Roll for First Grade! Way to go!
<br />We got to go to the awards ceremony. A pretty big deal
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<br />He got to go up on stage and get a trophy
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<br />And pose with his teacher.
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<br />I'm pretty proud of my boy!
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<br />Alaynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09856945343633896018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546177308878958646.post-74488240687339729532011-08-21T17:05:00.000-07:002011-08-21T17:22:16.722-07:00Easter 2011The Easter Bunny came to our house this year.
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<br />And hid some eggs
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<br />And some cute new church clothes
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<br />We dyed eggs with koolaid! (ooo aah)
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<br />Just a few more pictures of tiny Alizabeth
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<br />Here she is at only four weeks old - rolling over! I think it's because she was so small, it didn't take much effort.
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<br /><p style="text-align:center">Alikzander
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<br />Adalen
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<br />Ainzlee
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<br />Alizabeth
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FPg1otFgf9g/TlGRwBVgkUI/AAAAAAAAB78/P63suOsxLiA/s1600/imthebaby_alizabeth.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FPg1otFgf9g/TlGRwBVgkUI/AAAAAAAAB78/P63suOsxLiA/s320/imthebaby_alizabeth.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643452062250340674" /></a></p>Alaynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09856945343633896018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546177308878958646.post-82425422441287214442011-08-20T13:04:00.000-07:002011-08-21T16:54:40.433-07:00Grandma's visitYes it has been more than FOUR months since I've posted. So it's time to go back in time a little and play catch up.
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<br />Honestly, the first month or so of Alizabeth's life is a bit of a blur. After we got home from the hospital, she really struggled with breastfeeding. So, every couple of hours, I would try to get her to latch on. We would keep trying until both of us were crying. Then we'd give her a bottle, and I would pump. I didn't get much sleep.
<br />And before I knew it, it was almost time for my husband to go back to work. I wasn't sure how I was going to be able to handle four kids, by myself, when I wasn't sleeping and still not fully recovered from major surgery.
<br />I was talking to my mother on the phone, and telling her all of my troubles, and she said "I wish I could come and help you..." Well, I jumped right on that offer. We figured out that there WAS a way that she could come and help. <a href="http://alaynacreations.blogspot.com/2010/12/disney-world-2010-day-one-getting-there.html">We had some flight vouchers - thanks to sitting in the airport all day back in December</a> - and so we decided that flying Grandma in to help was a very good way to use some of them.
<br />So, Grandma came to stay with us for a week. I gave her the job of taking care of the "big" kids, while I took care of the baby - and myself. I was SOOO thankful to have her there! I know I wouldn't have been able to do it alone!
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<br />I didn't get too many pictures taken -- I had other things on my mind -- but here's a few...
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<br />And some that my mom took - she had lots of fun playing "beauty salon" with the girls. Their hair looked fantastic! (I don't exactly look rested, do I?)
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LL1UVpsQHEw/TlGUYmJQM4I/AAAAAAAAB9E/gAhKh33nX0E/s1600/Slinker_035.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LL1UVpsQHEw/TlGUYmJQM4I/AAAAAAAAB9E/gAhKh33nX0E/s320/Slinker_035.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643454958349071234" /></a>Alaynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09856945343633896018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546177308878958646.post-82495363302655261022011-04-09T14:09:00.000-07:002011-04-09T14:26:01.442-07:00Fun baby pictures<a href="http://sevensubjects.blogspot.com/">My awesome friend Tamara</a> offered to take some newborn pictures of Alizabeth. It was super fun, and I think they turned out FANTASTIC!<br />They were all so great, it's hard to choose favorites!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pi7ULDHXsNw/TaDN9Qjuf6I/AAAAAAAAB7I/xSeBuGEF6aI/s1600/IMG_8169_sm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pi7ULDHXsNw/TaDN9Qjuf6I/AAAAAAAAB7I/xSeBuGEF6aI/s320/IMG_8169_sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593697189494685602" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SyXE1BMVCOM/TaDN9SHeREI/AAAAAAAAB7A/SzBGAxD4UNU/s1600/IMG_81612_sm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SyXE1BMVCOM/TaDN9SHeREI/AAAAAAAAB7A/SzBGAxD4UNU/s320/IMG_81612_sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593697189913052226" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mwWRAaqhgzY/TaDN9JPUQqI/AAAAAAAAB64/-gqaxa1JJAI/s1600/IMG_81582_sm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mwWRAaqhgzY/TaDN9JPUQqI/AAAAAAAAB64/-gqaxa1JJAI/s320/IMG_81582_sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593697187530031778" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZYJMjaXKrT0/TaDN81YCaPI/AAAAAAAAB6w/2MLR7Df6v74/s1600/IMG_8127_sm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZYJMjaXKrT0/TaDN81YCaPI/AAAAAAAAB6w/2MLR7Df6v74/s320/IMG_8127_sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593697182197901554" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0QtZLq0zKa0/TaDOf2iynlI/AAAAAAAAB7w/jI4GciUtJ24/s1600/IMG_8266_sm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0QtZLq0zKa0/TaDOf2iynlI/AAAAAAAAB7w/jI4GciUtJ24/s320/IMG_8266_sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593697783806860882" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZEWLdlJZERo/TaDOfyGxZ7I/AAAAAAAAB7o/dVfWN0-RPMU/s1600/IMG_8249_sm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZEWLdlJZERo/TaDOfyGxZ7I/AAAAAAAAB7o/dVfWN0-RPMU/s320/IMG_8249_sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593697782615599026" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7r2J37g-JZI/TaDOfnyfk6I/AAAAAAAAB7g/nLljaBMQvA4/s1600/IMG_8213_sm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7r2J37g-JZI/TaDOfnyfk6I/AAAAAAAAB7g/nLljaBMQvA4/s320/IMG_8213_sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593697779846189986" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YOVKw-gAn8s/TaDOfd3bbkI/AAAAAAAAB7Y/K3qeXIK2mDA/s1600/IMG_8187_sm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YOVKw-gAn8s/TaDOfd3bbkI/AAAAAAAAB7Y/K3qeXIK2mDA/s320/IMG_8187_sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593697777182535234" /></a>Alaynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09856945343633896018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546177308878958646.post-39446573467337808182011-04-09T09:10:00.000-07:002011-04-09T19:50:30.954-07:00HospitalAlizabeth and I stayed at the hospital for a total of 4 days. It is never easy to be away from my family, and this time was no exception. But, it's also kind of nice to have time to rest, and be waited on a bit. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-d9Mst6LDHXY/TaDEb5BZDII/AAAAAAAAB4o/vFpZx9ZmvFc/s1600/IMAG0024.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-d9Mst6LDHXY/TaDEb5BZDII/AAAAAAAAB4o/vFpZx9ZmvFc/s320/IMAG0024.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593686720636324994" /></a><br /><br />We had some visitors<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Eal2aIcR7Ac/TaDFPic0ThI/AAAAAAAAB5I/B_-YrVvgqdM/s1600/IMAG0031.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Eal2aIcR7Ac/TaDFPic0ThI/AAAAAAAAB5I/B_-YrVvgqdM/s320/IMAG0031.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593687607930539538" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ImSJdLGr3_s/TaDFPRRI4vI/AAAAAAAAB5A/bJu-ygOjnR8/s1600/IMAG0030.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ImSJdLGr3_s/TaDFPRRI4vI/AAAAAAAAB5A/bJu-ygOjnR8/s320/IMAG0030.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593687603318153970" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-013VwhmnhaM/TaDFPFsFXOI/AAAAAAAAB44/9j-GH0d5tro/s1600/IMAG0027.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-013VwhmnhaM/TaDFPFsFXOI/AAAAAAAAB44/9j-GH0d5tro/s320/IMAG0027.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593687600209943778" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P6tP3ez3Ohk/TaDFO876ZbI/AAAAAAAAB4w/2nRqN-7AaEs/s1600/IMAG0026.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P6tP3ez3Ohk/TaDFO876ZbI/AAAAAAAAB4w/2nRqN-7AaEs/s320/IMAG0026.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593687597860414898" /></a><br />My feet were HUGE! It took more than a week for them to go back to normal<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_Dn3P6SDLpw/TaDFkYJOQJI/AAAAAAAAB5Q/mLcYd-T-HXw/s1600/IMAG0033.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_Dn3P6SDLpw/TaDFkYJOQJI/AAAAAAAAB5Q/mLcYd-T-HXw/s320/IMAG0033.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593687965941252242" /></a><br />Brandon brought the kids to visit us every day. It was a bit hard to entertain them in a hospital room. Their visits were pretty chaotic. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zOChF36-mb8/TaDHwq8Qw2I/AAAAAAAAB5o/9bVKhwGf0Wg/s1600/IMAG0044.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zOChF36-mb8/TaDHwq8Qw2I/AAAAAAAAB5o/9bVKhwGf0Wg/s320/IMAG0044.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593690376168850274" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V-ecVbwq9qI/TaDHwSrJzkI/AAAAAAAAB5g/HbkKojEqlkk/s1600/IMAG0042.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V-ecVbwq9qI/TaDHwSrJzkI/AAAAAAAAB5g/HbkKojEqlkk/s320/IMAG0042.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593690369654640194" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aeGTsIiSGdE/TaDHwE3pqwI/AAAAAAAAB5Y/5-3Q0ugRZJI/s1600/IMAG0036.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aeGTsIiSGdE/TaDHwE3pqwI/AAAAAAAAB5Y/5-3Q0ugRZJI/s320/IMAG0036.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593690365948963586" /></a><br /><br />The nurses were all wonderful. They helped whenever I needed them to. And thanks to my little one, I ended up needing a bit of help.<br /><br />Since she is my fourth baby, I figured I know what I'm doing, and shouldn't need any help. Especially with feeding her. But she had other ideas. The first couple of days, Alizabeth nursed without any trouble. But gradually, she started to get angry every time I offered. Each feeding session ended with both of us in tears, and her not getting much to eat. And she started to lose weight. Finally, I asked the nurses for some help. Even with reinforcements, she still refused to latch on, and they told me that I needed to supplement with formula. ick. <br />Thankfully - I had planned ahead a little bit, and brought my breast pump from home. I pumped and asked the nurse if I could give her that milk instead of the formula. They agreed, which made me happy. So, I spent quite a bit of time pumping so that my baby could have something to eat.<br />But, the pediatrician was still concerned about the weight she had lost. Even though my doctor said that I was ready to leave on Friday, her doctor wanted to have her stay one more night to make sure she didn't lose any more weight. My husband was pretty disappointed that we weren't coming home, but I guess it's better to make sure that our baby is healthy before leaving.<br />So, we came home on Saturday. At that point, Alizabeth had gone from 6lbs 3oz to 5lbs 8oz. But, she had only lost 1/2 and ounce between Friday and Saturday, so the doctor was optimistic that she would start gaining again soon. She still wasn't latching on well, so they recommended that we rent a hospital grade, double pump to feed her with. So we came home with that.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CtZYimYfM30/TaDIeTxqnKI/AAAAAAAAB6A/JqQ32Hglo0o/s1600/IMAG0054.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CtZYimYfM30/TaDIeTxqnKI/AAAAAAAAB6A/JqQ32Hglo0o/s320/IMAG0054.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593691160224373922" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P-Ier3Zsw70/TaDId7SfvMI/AAAAAAAAB54/0IS5_1XrW5g/s1600/IMAG0053.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P-Ier3Zsw70/TaDId7SfvMI/AAAAAAAAB54/0IS5_1XrW5g/s320/IMAG0053.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593691153651186882" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KtyxviDhygQ/TaDId83wInI/AAAAAAAAB5w/Erif8tNRFQs/s1600/IMAG0052.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KtyxviDhygQ/TaDId83wInI/AAAAAAAAB5w/Erif8tNRFQs/s320/IMAG0052.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593691154075886194" /></a><br /><br />And so, for the last week my life has been pretty much focused on feeding the baby. I try to nurse her as much as possible. I finally got a <a href="http://www.target.com/Medela-Standard-Contact-Nipple-Shield/dp/B000067PQ0/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&searchView=grid3&keywords=nipple%20shield&fromGsearch=true&sr=1-3&qid=1302382773&rh=&searchRank=target104545&id=Medela%20Standard%20Contact%20Nipple%20Shield&node=1038576|1287991011&searchSize=30&searchPage=1&searchNodeID=1038576|1287991011&searchBinNameList=subjectbin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_primary_color-bin%2Ctarget_com_size-bin%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&frombrowse=0">nipple shield</a>, and she will take the breast with it, be still is not willing to breast feed au-natural. Supposedly, using a nipple shield can reduce the milk supply, so I have to continue pumping to keep it up. I haven't been getting much sleep, but I thankfully have a wonderful husband who has taken time off work so I can sleep when the baby is sleeping.<br />The other kids LOVE their new baby sister and fight over who's turn it is to hold her. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M12u6vSuaNw/TaDKhT79IrI/AAAAAAAAB6o/76jLWP71cIs/s1600/P1040143.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M12u6vSuaNw/TaDKhT79IrI/AAAAAAAAB6o/76jLWP71cIs/s320/P1040143.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593693410830394034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mHr3hfQnZyI/TaDKg5SzfAI/AAAAAAAAB6g/_cew1R1CJnI/s1600/P1040142.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mHr3hfQnZyI/TaDKg5SzfAI/AAAAAAAAB6g/_cew1R1CJnI/s320/P1040142.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593693403678473218" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zVUSij_xZ50/TaDKgSP8KtI/AAAAAAAAB6Y/Q66UoCXB4_g/s1600/P1040138.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zVUSij_xZ50/TaDKgSP8KtI/AAAAAAAAB6Y/Q66UoCXB4_g/s320/P1040138.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593693393197476562" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfLUxkRI9VI/TaDKf-okcZI/AAAAAAAAB6Q/s52IgW9OwsA/s1600/P1040140.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZfLUxkRI9VI/TaDKf-okcZI/AAAAAAAAB6Q/s52IgW9OwsA/s320/P1040140.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593693387932070290" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Tm_oV1DJsqs/TaDKfsJ9knI/AAAAAAAAB6I/vMnxHo3QFes/s1600/P1040137.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Tm_oV1DJsqs/TaDKfsJ9knI/AAAAAAAAB6I/vMnxHo3QFes/s320/P1040137.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593693382971855474" /></a>Alaynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09856945343633896018noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546177308878958646.post-40248186380676595432011-04-08T14:48:00.000-07:002011-04-08T15:48:34.884-07:00Alizabeth Jayne - March 29thOn March 29th, 2011, we welcomed a new little person into our family. Although I tried - unsuccessfully - to encourage her arrival a little earlier, she made her entrance just as scheduled. (I was a little irritated that I didn't get the day that I wanted, but we survived)<br /><br />The night before, we took our three other kids to spend the night at a friend's house, and then my husband and I went home to try to sleep. I was surprised that I actually managed to sleep at all. The alarm went off at 4:00am and we showered and headed off to the hospital.<br />We got checked in, and got ready. A nurse came in and asked a bazillion questions, and then put in an IV to get me hydrated, since I wasn't allowed to have anything to eat or drink. I'm not sure why she stuck it in the side of my arm. It hurt... a lot...<br />And then, we waited.<br />For me, the WORST part of the whole c-section process is the waiting... and knowing what is coming next... Somehow, Brandon was able to sleep while we waited. I just tried not to freak out too much.<br />This is me - ready to have a baby<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-41ILpJGK6gk/TZ-E59TZqhI/AAAAAAAAB2w/BieQhGiulTA/s1600/P1040092.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-41ILpJGK6gk/TZ-E59TZqhI/AAAAAAAAB2w/BieQhGiulTA/s320/P1040092.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593335393460791826" /></a><br />Daddy - ready to watch<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x0bN_JXsNVU/TZ-FMAnTl3I/AAAAAAAAB24/5PbCyllTHiA/s1600/P1040094.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x0bN_JXsNVU/TZ-FMAnTl3I/AAAAAAAAB24/5PbCyllTHiA/s320/P1040094.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593335703587231602" /></a><br />Then, they took us down the hall to the operating room. Brandon had to wait outside until they had everything ready. They had me sit on the table while the anesthesiologist put the spinal in. That was the part that I was really dreading, but it wasn't as bad as I remembered it being. But, before they could do much else, the anesthesiologist looked at my IV and said that it wasn't put in right, and I needed a new one in. Then he started yelling at the nurses because apparently there weren't any IV kits in the OR. He used a rubber glove as a tourniquet and ANGERLY put a new IV in my other hand. OUCH. He mumbled about the IV for the rest of the surgery. Nice.<br />Once everything was set, they called Brandon in and got started. <br />A c-section is a really strange thing to experience. I can't see what's going on - thankfully - and I can't really feel much more than tugging and moving on the lower half of my body. At one point, I asked Brandon if they had started. I thought they were still cleaning the area. He told me they were almost done cutting. Wow.<br />Then, when it's time for the baby to come out, they push REALLY hard on my belly. And pull her out. They held her up so I could see. She was crying and I couldn't help but cry too. (Brandon took VIDEO of her coming out. I'm not going to post it, because it's rather... icky...)<br />At 8:02am, Alizabeth Jayne had arrived! Brandon went with her while the doctors sewed me up.<br />She was a tiny little thing - only 6lbs, 3oz<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w235pS8Cnjw/TZ-H0WdJS9I/AAAAAAAAB3A/W3FsoXvd08k/s1600/P1040100.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w235pS8Cnjw/TZ-H0WdJS9I/AAAAAAAAB3A/W3FsoXvd08k/s320/P1040100.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593338595668216786" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LjV38Q52yms/TZ-IQgc8DQI/AAAAAAAAB3I/e89bSe1TdgU/s1600/P1040101.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LjV38Q52yms/TZ-IQgc8DQI/AAAAAAAAB3I/e89bSe1TdgU/s320/P1040101.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593339079388040450" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VsHTT-AhAoE/TZ-IoSKLpYI/AAAAAAAAB3Q/Mqjshb4JH48/s1600/P1040102.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VsHTT-AhAoE/TZ-IoSKLpYI/AAAAAAAAB3Q/Mqjshb4JH48/s320/P1040102.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593339487868134786" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IGjeeFIRTUM/TZ-Oe__J8oI/AAAAAAAAB34/JWtRhfoJh9o/s1600/209655_1992503770885_1192119090_2429326_630873_o.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IGjeeFIRTUM/TZ-Oe__J8oI/AAAAAAAAB34/JWtRhfoJh9o/s320/209655_1992503770885_1192119090_2429326_630873_o.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593345925440991874" /></a><br />One of the things that I really don't like about the giving birth process - and I don't know if this is just with a c-section or not - is the SHAKING that happens afterwards. As soon as she was out, my whole body started shaking uncontrollably. Like I was really cold. They covered me (at least the part of me that wasn't cut open) with warm blankets, but it didn't really make a difference. I didn't even want to hold the baby, because I was shaking so bad I thought I might drop her. Finally, in the recovery room, they gave me something to help with the shaking. And, since I'm allergic to the morphine that was in my spinal, they gave something for that too. But of course it all made me feel pretty dopey. I don't remember a whole lot of the next few hours. I know that I was able to feed the baby. And they took me upstairs to my room. And our friends Hillari and Keith stopped by to visit. (Thank you!) I must have been pretty drugged up because I really don't remember anything that was said. (Sorry if I said anything too crazy, guys!)<br /><br />Ready for her first bath after getting her footprints taken<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UUyhwGo7RIo/TZ-La5KM4WI/AAAAAAAAB3g/eL6nLWc-CHg/s1600/P1040112.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UUyhwGo7RIo/TZ-La5KM4WI/AAAAAAAAB3g/eL6nLWc-CHg/s320/P1040112.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593342556353913186" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rid3gikHvWI/TZ-Las3JmFI/AAAAAAAAB3Y/5E4e34mhDU4/s1600/P1040111.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Rid3gikHvWI/TZ-Las3JmFI/AAAAAAAAB3Y/5E4e34mhDU4/s320/P1040111.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593342553052780626" /></a><br />First bath<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t0BWGPMk914/TZ-LbKCYuLI/AAAAAAAAB3o/TGSynXxZNQk/s1600/P1040117.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t0BWGPMk914/TZ-LbKCYuLI/AAAAAAAAB3o/TGSynXxZNQk/s320/P1040117.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593342560884537522" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BheFhUJYmf4/TZ-OeiNdOSI/AAAAAAAAB3w/R_oZGLoChrc/s1600/201757_1992744576905_1192119090_2429618_1696308_o.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BheFhUJYmf4/TZ-OeiNdOSI/AAAAAAAAB3w/R_oZGLoChrc/s320/201757_1992744576905_1192119090_2429618_1696308_o.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593345917447911714" /></a><br /><br />After the baby and I were situated, Brandon went home to get the kids. He took Ady to her dance class, picked Zander up from school, and then came back to the hospital so that they could meet their new baby sister.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8vYskJCv4Nc/TZ-P3YbuM6I/AAAAAAAAB4g/eMiVU4fyuBs/s1600/P1040125.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8vYskJCv4Nc/TZ-P3YbuM6I/AAAAAAAAB4g/eMiVU4fyuBs/s320/P1040125.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593347443831747490" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4LruPuztS9Y/TZ-P3FMI7kI/AAAAAAAAB4Y/0uBS-w7Cbt8/s1600/P1040126.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4LruPuztS9Y/TZ-P3FMI7kI/AAAAAAAAB4Y/0uBS-w7Cbt8/s320/P1040126.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593347438666116674" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r4Iv107oRI8/TZ-P26c6sSI/AAAAAAAAB4Q/bEl5iEXnaxQ/s1600/P1040130.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-r4Iv107oRI8/TZ-P26c6sSI/AAAAAAAAB4Q/bEl5iEXnaxQ/s320/P1040130.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593347435783696674" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-umcS9xK4S-g/TZ-P2XqqrQI/AAAAAAAAB4I/-5hIvy9wJJ8/s1600/P1040123.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-umcS9xK4S-g/TZ-P2XqqrQI/AAAAAAAAB4I/-5hIvy9wJJ8/s320/P1040123.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593347426446126338" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t6ce2CNs0Bo/TZ-P2JbWHDI/AAAAAAAAB4A/9y8dKcogH9o/s1600/P1040124.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t6ce2CNs0Bo/TZ-P2JbWHDI/AAAAAAAAB4A/9y8dKcogH9o/s320/P1040124.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593347422623767602" /></a><br /><br />We are so excited to have her in our family!Alaynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09856945343633896018noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546177308878958646.post-58626924324229431452011-03-28T13:06:00.000-07:002011-03-28T13:21:29.932-07:00SuperMoonThe Supermoon was all over the news. I guess it's a phenomenon that only happens like once every 18 years - or something like that. So, we thought it would be fun to see it. We put the mattress from the camp trailer in the back of the truck, and drove down the street where we could get a better view. Unfortunately, it was a little bit cloudy, so we didn't get a great view of the moon, but we tried.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LOV6Zv2_kqQ/TZDs6hl4_UI/AAAAAAAAB2g/swnIjROKwP8/s1600/P1040081.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 310px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LOV6Zv2_kqQ/TZDs6hl4_UI/AAAAAAAAB2g/swnIjROKwP8/s320/P1040081.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589227627760647490" /></a><br /><br />We hung out for 20 minutes or so. And just had a nice little evening together.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2CSheUsbWiA/TZDtbzSR0dI/AAAAAAAAB2o/3teu5abTvx0/s1600/P1040083.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2CSheUsbWiA/TZDtbzSR0dI/AAAAAAAAB2o/3teu5abTvx0/s320/P1040083.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589228199445909970" /></a>Alaynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09856945343633896018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546177308878958646.post-67600288000023526312011-03-28T10:10:00.000-07:002011-03-28T12:54:32.277-07:00Luke DaysSince the girls got to have some fun with Dad, the next day, he thought it would be fun to take the boy for some boy fun. So, they went to a gun show that was being held at the Cardinal's Stadium. But, on the way there, Brandon saw a sign announcing an air show, and he realized that it was the bi-annual "Luke Days" at Luke Air Force Base. So he called me and asked if I wanted to go. I was a little hesitant, but agreed. So, the girls and I met the boys at the stadium (after daddy bought his 6-year old boy a LARGE pocket knife. Seriously. I don't know what he was thinking.) And we drove to the show.<br />That is, we tried to. <br />Luke Days is a BIG DEAL. There were TONS of people there. Traffic was crazy. Parking was worse.<br />We finally found a place to park AT LEAST a mile from the entrance. We followed the crowd of people and slowly made our way. We had to wait in a LONG line just to get in as they were doing security screenings as you walked in. It took about an hour from when we parked to actually getting on the base. And then we had to walk MORE to get to where the planes were on display. But, at least we got to watch some neat planes doing tricks in the air while we walked and waited.<br /><br />There were all kinds of airplanes on display. The kids had fun looking at them.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QGX1_P72lnw/TZDkIH1oLMI/AAAAAAAAB1Q/oz4ND3Fir8o/s1600/P1040038.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QGX1_P72lnw/TZDkIH1oLMI/AAAAAAAAB1Q/oz4ND3Fir8o/s320/P1040038.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589217965760851138" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iwfEZnpqNFc/TZDkHnVWgdI/AAAAAAAAB1I/F-7QSRDcoHo/s1600/P1040039.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iwfEZnpqNFc/TZDkHnVWgdI/AAAAAAAAB1I/F-7QSRDcoHo/s320/P1040039.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589217957035540946" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tvl5iDSK2Yc/TZDkhGJD3LI/AAAAAAAAB1Y/47L7JW8ofV8/s1600/P1040042.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tvl5iDSK2Yc/TZDkhGJD3LI/AAAAAAAAB1Y/47L7JW8ofV8/s320/P1040042.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589218394802216114" /></a><br />Ady liked the PINK fire trucks<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pqe5gX58ZBo/TZDk9HEbPxI/AAAAAAAAB1g/X8b4fiRoodQ/s1600/P1040043.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pqe5gX58ZBo/TZDk9HEbPxI/AAAAAAAAB1g/X8b4fiRoodQ/s320/P1040043.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589218876087549714" /></a><br /><br />Daddy was excited to show the kids a C-130 - the type of plane that he flew on when he was in the Air Force.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4ZPpf034mr0/TZDlts2uhEI/AAAAAAAAB14/dLvSigLV58A/s1600/P1040044.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4ZPpf034mr0/TZDlts2uhEI/AAAAAAAAB14/dLvSigLV58A/s320/P1040044.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589219710864360514" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Sl-QWxcUbtw/TZDltYThJJI/AAAAAAAAB1w/Vydp2eOs6_4/s1600/P1040045.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 255px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Sl-QWxcUbtw/TZDltYThJJI/AAAAAAAAB1w/Vydp2eOs6_4/s320/P1040045.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589219705347974290" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lXJ3cd7xPs0/TZDls0eYHEI/AAAAAAAAB1o/DLJYEdd7oU8/s1600/P1040047.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 270px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lXJ3cd7xPs0/TZDls0eYHEI/AAAAAAAAB1o/DLJYEdd7oU8/s320/P1040047.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589219695729843266" /></a><br /><br />Then we sat and watched the air show. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NGcVJNCLqe8/TZDmaTlO9NI/AAAAAAAAB2I/M8X6AFJrp8Q/s1600/P1040068.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 278px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NGcVJNCLqe8/TZDmaTlO9NI/AAAAAAAAB2I/M8X6AFJrp8Q/s320/P1040068.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589220477174215890" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T4TugiW-qxo/TZDmaOMyxGI/AAAAAAAAB2A/Dte0f5p_tSI/s1600/P1040069.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 196px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T4TugiW-qxo/TZDmaOMyxGI/AAAAAAAAB2A/Dte0f5p_tSI/s320/P1040069.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589220475729527906" /></a><br /><br />They announced that the Thunderbirds would be flying soon, so we decided to wait. The kids played with the camera while we were waiting. Zander is a pretty good photographer. I thought these turned out pretty cool.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LOLrri9iZUk/TZDnLDFE6mI/AAAAAAAAB2Y/WwLfQqzcOGI/s1600/P1040062.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LOLrri9iZUk/TZDnLDFE6mI/AAAAAAAAB2Y/WwLfQqzcOGI/s320/P1040062.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589221314557962850" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WhhEHioU-4Q/TZDnKsZ1wxI/AAAAAAAAB2Q/o0n5Dps9Ftw/s1600/P1040066.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 209px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WhhEHioU-4Q/TZDnKsZ1wxI/AAAAAAAAB2Q/o0n5Dps9Ftw/s320/P1040066.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589221308471034642" /></a><br /><br /><br />After waiting, and waiting, and WAITING.... we decided it wasn't worth it and started the trek back to the car. They were in the air more than an HOUR after they had originally said they would be. At least we got to see them fly over us a couple of times as we were walking. The kids liked that.<br />We were very TIRED by the time we were done! But it was a fun day, I'm glad we went.Alaynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09856945343633896018noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546177308878958646.post-44531596673354381612011-03-28T10:03:00.000-07:002011-03-28T10:10:03.234-07:00A Daddy Daughter DateOur favorite restaurant - <a href="http://www.chick-fil-a.com/">Chick-Fil-A</a> - had a fun event: A Daddy Daughter Date. They recommended that you had a reservation. So, Brandon took the girls for a date!<br /><br />They got dressed up and went for some fun!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-h5CZyp71Bc8/TZDAaWuDSZI/AAAAAAAAB04/Xx-jEJQF81M/s1600/P1040034.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-h5CZyp71Bc8/TZDAaWuDSZI/AAAAAAAAB04/Xx-jEJQF81M/s320/P1040034.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589178696574650770" /></a><br />I told Brandon to take pictures, but this is all I got. Bummer.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-E6eDAUJIAGs/TZDApgB_8nI/AAAAAAAAB1A/emeRMkFA2SI/s1600/cfa_ady.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-E6eDAUJIAGs/TZDApgB_8nI/AAAAAAAAB1A/emeRMkFA2SI/s320/cfa_ady.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589178956772274802" /></a><br /><br />But, they had fun. They had candles and flowers on the tables, and the food was served to them. They had some fun little crafts for the girls to do, and they had fun spending time together!<br />Zander and I hung out together at home.Alaynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09856945343633896018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546177308878958646.post-27088414324825323682011-03-28T08:23:00.000-07:002011-03-28T09:19:12.679-07:00Spring Break 2011For obvious reasons, we didn't go anywhere for Spring Break this year. But, I still wanted to get the kids out of the house and have some fun, so we tried to find some things to do.<br />The week before the break, Zander's class went on a field trip to the Arizona Mining Mineral Museum. He couldn't stop talking about how great it was, and asked if we could go back there. I told him that I would look into it. So, I found <a href="http://www.azcama.com/museums/azmine_min.html">their website</a>, and discovered just how inexpensive it is. Only $2 for adults, and kids under 18 are FREE. So, I figured, why not?<br />For some reason, I didn't take any pictures inside the museum. But here's some from outside.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z7-z_xr0BdE/TZCqh4NSoaI/AAAAAAAAByQ/tx9LkMyzKE4/s1600/P1030987.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z7-z_xr0BdE/TZCqh4NSoaI/AAAAAAAAByQ/tx9LkMyzKE4/s320/P1030987.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589154636567323042" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6w_e9RplO-w/TZCqhjhPNcI/AAAAAAAAByI/sSN3v5ivrRc/s1600/P1030988.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6w_e9RplO-w/TZCqhjhPNcI/AAAAAAAAByI/sSN3v5ivrRc/s320/P1030988.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589154631013840322" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jnh4hsaiee8/TZCqhF6uWrI/AAAAAAAAByA/kpeAagSXK7w/s1600/P1030989.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jnh4hsaiee8/TZCqhF6uWrI/AAAAAAAAByA/kpeAagSXK7w/s320/P1030989.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589154623067675314" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n0Ksg1_HnzI/TZCqgQzuRsI/AAAAAAAABx4/OurMEQnEk40/s1600/P1030990.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n0Ksg1_HnzI/TZCqgQzuRsI/AAAAAAAABx4/OurMEQnEk40/s320/P1030990.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589154608811230914" /></a><br />It was pretty neat. They had all kinds of rocks and minerals on display. And there were some really inexpensive things in the gift shop - starting with polished rocks for $.25. So, I let the kids each pick something out. They thought it was a fun time. <br /><br />When we were done, we walked across the street to the state capital mall. I thought I had remembered there being picnic benches where we could eat, but I couldn't find any. But we did find a place to sit in the shade for a little lunch that I had packed. Brandon met us there and we had a nice time.<br />We could hear shouts coming from the capital, and we wondered what was going on, but we didn't want to get close enough to find out. <br />As we were getting ready to leave, a news reporter stopped us and asked if she could ask us a few questions. We weren't sure what to expect, but we agreed. She asked if we were involved in the protest at all. We told her we had been to the museum and were just there for lunch. She said that she wanted to talk to someone with kids who wasn't involved... then she asked if we thought that people should involve their kids - as young as 1st graders - in politics. Of course, we told her "no". Brandon's "sound bite" was "politics is a nasty business. Why involve kids in something that's nasty?"<br />Anyway, we ended up on the evening news. Apparently, the protesters brought in busloads of kids to protest immigration and education reform. Or something like that. It was kind of silly how they made it sound like we were upset about it or something. We didn't even know what was going on. Oh well. It was fun anyway.<br /><br />The next day, we had some more fun. I had my doctor's appointment in Scottsdale, so we drove all the way out there. Earlier in the week, we had gone to the library and gotten a culture pass for the <a href="http://www.arizonamuseumforyouth.com/">Arizona Museum for Youth</a>. Since we were on that side of town, I thought we would use it. The museum is less than a mile from the temple, so we went there first. They have a really neat art display in the visitor's center. It is <a href="http://lds.org/ch/rane/rane.html">Book of Mormon Images by Walter Rane</a>. I thought the kids would like it. We spent some time looking at them, and the kids each picked their favorite. Zander's was the one of Nephi and Laban. Ady and Ainzlee liked the ones with Jesus. My favorite is Captain Moroni. <br /><br />After the temple, we had some lunch, and then went to the museum. <br />It had been at least a year since I'd been there, and they've completely remolded since then. They have some really neat things. There's a whole section right now about Fairy Tales. The kids got to dress up as different Fairy Tale stories, and make different crafts to go along with it. (I should mention that this was St. Patrick's day - that's why the kids are in green. Ady picked the camo shirt because, it's green, of course ;)<br /><br />Puppet shows<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ONqRgKyuGLQ/TZCuWWRJ5lI/AAAAAAAAByg/k6N_kEANGEw/s1600/P1030992.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ONqRgKyuGLQ/TZCuWWRJ5lI/AAAAAAAAByg/k6N_kEANGEw/s320/P1030992.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589158836524672594" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5oxgHtwZnHY/TZCuWO4wVQI/AAAAAAAAByY/TunMzrRYlMA/s1600/P1030993.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5oxgHtwZnHY/TZCuWO4wVQI/AAAAAAAAByY/TunMzrRYlMA/s320/P1030993.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589158834543285506" /></a><br /><br />Little Red Riding Hood<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jJvBVlN9jJY/TZCvSFshGBI/AAAAAAAABzA/EV5ZuUqoDJI/s1600/P1030996.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jJvBVlN9jJY/TZCvSFshGBI/AAAAAAAABzA/EV5ZuUqoDJI/s320/P1030996.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589159862868187154" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_cW2HKnGWzw/TZCvRhjiRPI/AAAAAAAABy4/otKuVzYMg3k/s1600/P1030997.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_cW2HKnGWzw/TZCvRhjiRPI/AAAAAAAABy4/otKuVzYMg3k/s320/P1030997.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589159853166839026" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PU8dAIUFTe4/TZCvRbWF-kI/AAAAAAAAByw/u2wuR6OMSIg/s1600/P1030998.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PU8dAIUFTe4/TZCvRbWF-kI/AAAAAAAAByw/u2wuR6OMSIg/s320/P1030998.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589159851499846210" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OKos27sefWY/TZCvRNdm6sI/AAAAAAAAByo/woBmLgGe--0/s1600/P1030999.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OKos27sefWY/TZCvRNdm6sI/AAAAAAAAByo/woBmLgGe--0/s320/P1030999.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589159847773268674" /></a><br />Mad Hatter Hats <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5eH6xaJRARI/TZCv0DVbFAI/AAAAAAAABzQ/EJ2sp903EQ0/s1600/P1030991.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5eH6xaJRARI/TZCv0DVbFAI/AAAAAAAABzQ/EJ2sp903EQ0/s320/P1030991.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589160446350005250" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iSwjFskHmqU/TZCvzmFzHAI/AAAAAAAABzI/TaR4uiQwPpU/s1600/P1040003.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iSwjFskHmqU/TZCvzmFzHAI/AAAAAAAABzI/TaR4uiQwPpU/s320/P1040003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589160438499843074" /></a><br /><br />Princesses (check out the SHOES!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hB41HYCUP6s/TZCwXZs-6YI/AAAAAAAABzg/oRQ2zKGJZoA/s1600/P1040001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hB41HYCUP6s/TZCwXZs-6YI/AAAAAAAABzg/oRQ2zKGJZoA/s320/P1040001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589161053649824130" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wgPLEbwI4Hk/TZCwWzsPsAI/AAAAAAAABzY/TEQnGs2u8G8/s1600/P1040002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wgPLEbwI4Hk/TZCwWzsPsAI/AAAAAAAABzY/TEQnGs2u8G8/s320/P1040002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589161043446181890" /></a><br />Frogs and Fairies<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2P3imv0IAU0/TZCxbqiRyHI/AAAAAAAABz4/tC8ew7EuCgw/s1600/P1040008.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2P3imv0IAU0/TZCxbqiRyHI/AAAAAAAABz4/tC8ew7EuCgw/s320/P1040008.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589162226399430770" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i1vgI7JYe9I/TZCxawpERPI/AAAAAAAABzw/7W9SZRbqRfo/s1600/P1040005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i1vgI7JYe9I/TZCxawpERPI/AAAAAAAABzw/7W9SZRbqRfo/s320/P1040005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589162210858648818" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PHxterQ0GaQ/TZCxaR-3VOI/AAAAAAAABzo/k3s3CzcRsiU/s1600/P1040006.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PHxterQ0GaQ/TZCxaR-3VOI/AAAAAAAABzo/k3s3CzcRsiU/s320/P1040006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589162202628576482" /></a><br /><br />3 Little Pigs<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mFhtYjmqoM0/TZCx3VOMS2I/AAAAAAAAB0A/A7V_pX4y56s/s1600/P1040011.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mFhtYjmqoM0/TZCx3VOMS2I/AAAAAAAAB0A/A7V_pX4y56s/s320/P1040011.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589162701714377570" /></a><br /><br />Baseball<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P46aJ8ENdyE/TZCyrDftBJI/AAAAAAAAB0Q/Xz_z_gRfmug/s1600/P1040013.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P46aJ8ENdyE/TZCyrDftBJI/AAAAAAAAB0Q/Xz_z_gRfmug/s320/P1040013.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589163590309184658" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dPC1ZZ9Gp_Q/TZCyqjXD6eI/AAAAAAAAB0I/pbfO2kJZC2c/s1600/P1040014.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dPC1ZZ9Gp_Q/TZCyqjXD6eI/AAAAAAAAB0I/pbfO2kJZC2c/s320/P1040014.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589163581683001826" /></a><br /><br />PLAY TIME<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oRd6A41_eck/TZCziedMZyI/AAAAAAAAB0o/hI_tUhxCtP8/s1600/P1040028.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oRd6A41_eck/TZCziedMZyI/AAAAAAAAB0o/hI_tUhxCtP8/s320/P1040028.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589164542439221026" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tBBC82rsrws/TZCzh5-dUVI/AAAAAAAAB0g/YJRxVrQrG-A/s1600/P1040021.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tBBC82rsrws/TZCzh5-dUVI/AAAAAAAAB0g/YJRxVrQrG-A/s320/P1040021.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589164532646629714" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kvVwY4F8yso/TZC0n4ob4fI/AAAAAAAAB0w/Y-523nqbWIQ/s1600/P1040027.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kvVwY4F8yso/TZC0n4ob4fI/AAAAAAAAB0w/Y-523nqbWIQ/s320/P1040027.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589165734876668402" /></a><br /><br />All in all, it was a great time. They have lots of fun, hands on things for kids to do. And with the culture pass, I only paid $7 for us to get it. Can't beat that!Alaynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09856945343633896018noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546177308878958646.post-85743280219496564522011-03-15T08:43:00.000-07:002011-03-15T09:15:29.907-07:00Family PicturesMy wonderful, talented friend, <a href="http://www.yoktom.blogspot.com/">Tamara Hancock</a>, was kind enough to spend some time taking pictures of me and my family. They turned out great!<br /><br />Me & my belly:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5y0QOmb4zMc/TX-N0_EQXoI/AAAAAAAABu4/oyZODlKtE-M/s1600/belly1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5y0QOmb4zMc/TX-N0_EQXoI/AAAAAAAABu4/oyZODlKtE-M/s320/belly1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584338004384702082" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eqPThbtflMY/TX-N0jFC5II/AAAAAAAABuw/6mKOue6hHXA/s1600/belly2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eqPThbtflMY/TX-N0jFC5II/AAAAAAAABuw/6mKOue6hHXA/s320/belly2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584337996871820418" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VE7J0Wkc71A/TX-N0C3HmhI/AAAAAAAABuo/GofbYky5vzg/s1600/belly3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VE7J0Wkc71A/TX-N0C3HmhI/AAAAAAAABuo/GofbYky5vzg/s320/belly3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584337988223474194" /></a><br /><br />Me, my hunny, and the belly<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e-a8FncBnZI/TX-Olm416jI/AAAAAAAABvg/IvbdCB5sBs0/s1600/hunnybench2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e-a8FncBnZI/TX-Olm416jI/AAAAAAAABvg/IvbdCB5sBs0/s320/hunnybench2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584338839707970098" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4N1nhcqYCmw/TX-OlIXxhFI/AAAAAAAABvY/8BrUXW6joEk/s1600/hunnybench1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4N1nhcqYCmw/TX-OlIXxhFI/AAAAAAAABvY/8BrUXW6joEk/s320/hunnybench1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584338831516206162" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vIKm9Nmk7nU/TX-Okui7dHI/AAAAAAAABvQ/2IcaPoobH-k/s1600/bellyhunny1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vIKm9Nmk7nU/TX-Okui7dHI/AAAAAAAABvQ/2IcaPoobH-k/s320/bellyhunny1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584338824583672946" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KqR2JwQ7roY/TX-OkN11neI/AAAAAAAABvI/mIz2ET6LVn4/s1600/bwbelly.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 198px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KqR2JwQ7roY/TX-OkN11neI/AAAAAAAABvI/mIz2ET6LVn4/s320/bwbelly.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584338815804612066" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i4NxzMD5lM4/TX-OjnNQ5rI/AAAAAAAABvA/GGXmqIO13ds/s1600/bellyhunny2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i4NxzMD5lM4/TX-OjnNQ5rI/AAAAAAAABvA/GGXmqIO13ds/s320/bellyhunny2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584338805433886386" /></a><br /><br />My cute kiddos<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xA1JYnDLGeU/TX-PZQIZXnI/AAAAAAAABwQ/y2HIiuaGdxA/s1600/maycute.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xA1JYnDLGeU/TX-PZQIZXnI/AAAAAAAABwQ/y2HIiuaGdxA/s320/maycute.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584339726952390258" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_vo6CRFAL58/TX-PP7nyjAI/AAAAAAAABwI/3bM9lGakY_8/s1600/mayscowl.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_vo6CRFAL58/TX-PP7nyjAI/AAAAAAAABwI/3bM9lGakY_8/s320/mayscowl.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584339566828096514" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wFsOb6zNeTE/TX-PPUdb_7I/AAAAAAAABwA/v6SCDMacgEU/s1600/adyhips.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wFsOb6zNeTE/TX-PPUdb_7I/AAAAAAAABwA/v6SCDMacgEU/s320/adyhips.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584339556315692978" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nQJafffvcDk/TX-POsT8UzI/AAAAAAAABv4/ATyuoly8iD8/s1600/ady.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nQJafffvcDk/TX-POsT8UzI/AAAAAAAABv4/ATyuoly8iD8/s320/ady.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584339545538450226" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0okMmwdZHLw/TX-POIpwEXI/AAAAAAAABvw/sgDR1jp-Ytw/s1600/zander.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 253px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0okMmwdZHLw/TX-POIpwEXI/AAAAAAAABvw/sgDR1jp-Ytw/s320/zander.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584339535966245234" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-psq-q9HR2xA/TX-PNk_PbXI/AAAAAAAABvo/rfWzPKSRnPg/s1600/zanderstand.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-psq-q9HR2xA/TX-PNk_PbXI/AAAAAAAABvo/rfWzPKSRnPg/s320/zanderstand.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584339526392704370" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ceXSk9Xd1qo/TX-P4LGRQcI/AAAAAAAABww/jUHB0NFABfc/s1600/mommygirl.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ceXSk9Xd1qo/TX-P4LGRQcI/AAAAAAAABww/jUHB0NFABfc/s320/mommygirl.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584340258177237442" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-F34nktAmuV4/TX-P3wD5KQI/AAAAAAAABwo/3pFO__x0Qvw/s1600/daddymay.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-F34nktAmuV4/TX-P3wD5KQI/AAAAAAAABwo/3pFO__x0Qvw/s320/daddymay.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584340250919512322" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6s9bIIfAu9s/TX-P3TE5A_I/AAAAAAAABwg/ukeftDlMmO8/s1600/dadyady.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6s9bIIfAu9s/TX-P3TE5A_I/AAAAAAAABwg/ukeftDlMmO8/s320/dadyady.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584340243139068914" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E7BblZQ6f7s/TX-P3F5hktI/AAAAAAAABwY/bxfzFWajZUE/s1600/dadyboy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E7BblZQ6f7s/TX-P3F5hktI/AAAAAAAABwY/bxfzFWajZUE/s320/dadyboy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584340239601734354" /></a><br /><br />The whole family<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U69sMFjaje8/TX-QZsb2ZAI/AAAAAAAABxI/2EvoU598axQ/s1600/familylogs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 190px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U69sMFjaje8/TX-QZsb2ZAI/AAAAAAAABxI/2EvoU598axQ/s320/familylogs.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584340834061804546" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3EnxsqTk_Zk/TX-QZPwDS2I/AAAAAAAABxA/jyevTZTOPeY/s1600/fambridge1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3EnxsqTk_Zk/TX-QZPwDS2I/AAAAAAAABxA/jyevTZTOPeY/s320/fambridge1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584340826361908066" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1ic4pzQYeD0/TX-QY5oLGFI/AAAAAAAABw4/ZEyfvbNY9hg/s1600/kidsbelly1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1ic4pzQYeD0/TX-QY5oLGFI/AAAAAAAABw4/ZEyfvbNY9hg/s320/kidsbelly1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584340820423284818" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Am5XN9ngCY/TX-QZyGg5bI/AAAAAAAABxQ/pZ7R-G0zdow/s1600/familywalk.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 193px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Am5XN9ngCY/TX-QZyGg5bI/AAAAAAAABxQ/pZ7R-G0zdow/s320/familywalk.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584340835582928306" /></a>Alaynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09856945343633896018noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546177308878958646.post-59939431864321131922011-03-01T10:10:00.000-08:002011-03-02T08:40:38.870-08:00Happy Birthday Ainzlee!It's hard to believe that my baby girl is TWO years old! She has grown so fast!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XubaBGTkTp0/TW5w_ULrGWI/AAAAAAAABtw/ctxEvz794TI/s1600/P1030624.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XubaBGTkTp0/TW5w_ULrGWI/AAAAAAAABtw/ctxEvz794TI/s320/P1030624.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579521221410363746" /></a><br /><br />We decided to keep her birthday party fairly simple. We only invited family and a few close friends. For the theme, I asked her what she wanted. He response: TINKERBELL.<br />So, I did the best that I could to make a Tinkerbell themed party.<br /><br /><br /><h3>The Cake:</h3><br />For the cake, I searched high and low for a cute little Tinkerbell doll to put on top. I didn't have much luck. Most of the ones that I found were either too big, or not at all cute. So I finally decided that I would have to improvise. I found a few little princess dolls. One was Cinderella, and one was Tiana. Since Cinderella has blond hair, and Tiana was wearing a green dress, I decided to get them both and make a Tinkerbell. <br />I had to paint Cinderella's headband green, since it was blue, and I made some wings for her out of vinyl and some glitter. I attached them with a little rubber band. I think it ended up pretty good. The cake wasn't quite what I had originally envisioned, but it worked, I guess.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gBdJgBytRa8/TW5vtL2sQgI/AAAAAAAABtY/9ixAWUA7wfQ/s1600/P1030619.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gBdJgBytRa8/TW5vtL2sQgI/AAAAAAAABtY/9ixAWUA7wfQ/s320/P1030619.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579519810425602562" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cPlog1R51KU/TW5vsh9wzII/AAAAAAAABtQ/stVb79uOETs/s1600/P1030620.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cPlog1R51KU/TW5vsh9wzII/AAAAAAAABtQ/stVb79uOETs/s320/P1030620.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579519799180971138" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ALcWeD9H7k0/TW5vsWKSCvI/AAAAAAAABtI/Nnwji2DVmaY/s1600/P1030621.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ALcWeD9H7k0/TW5vsWKSCvI/AAAAAAAABtI/Nnwji2DVmaY/s320/P1030621.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579519796012255986" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZNkT7JZuYkI/TW5vsHc12AI/AAAAAAAABtA/Vv-Di09-roE/s1600/P1030622.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZNkT7JZuYkI/TW5vsHc12AI/AAAAAAAABtA/Vv-Di09-roE/s320/P1030622.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579519792063567874" /></a><br /><br /><h3>LUNCH</h3><br />For lunch, Ainzlee said she wanted chicken nuggets and french fries. So, we invited the family to meet us at our favorite place: Chick-Fil-A.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Dnl3u6skN6I/TW5wjRNm2wI/AAAAAAAABto/mSope4RHx7Y/s1600/P1030634.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Dnl3u6skN6I/TW5wjRNm2wI/AAAAAAAABto/mSope4RHx7Y/s320/P1030634.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579520739576830722" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RD1eYO7eyWU/TW5wi27-fBI/AAAAAAAABtg/_VgOntiraNQ/s1600/P1030626.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RD1eYO7eyWU/TW5wi27-fBI/AAAAAAAABtg/_VgOntiraNQ/s320/P1030626.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579520732523559954" /></a><br /><br /><h3>THE PARTY</h3><br />After lunch, it was time to PARTY!<br />We had cake and ice cream<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gmoeEKMhAe8/TW5x90kdXdI/AAAAAAAABt4/jaTFegyqDIo/s1600/P1030640.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gmoeEKMhAe8/TW5x90kdXdI/AAAAAAAABt4/jaTFegyqDIo/s320/P1030640.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579522295256145362" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NmarDbPS5y8/TW5x-B2NnvI/AAAAAAAABuA/Ffng1Dv2tmk/s1600/P1030643.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NmarDbPS5y8/TW5x-B2NnvI/AAAAAAAABuA/Ffng1Dv2tmk/s320/P1030643.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579522298820271858" /></a><br /><br />And opened gifts<br />She asked for a bracelet, and a ball... and got LOTS of each!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CSAsy8kqlJM/TW5yrZuQGgI/AAAAAAAABuY/wb9ulIltZMs/s1600/P1030648.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CSAsy8kqlJM/TW5yrZuQGgI/AAAAAAAABuY/wb9ulIltZMs/s320/P1030648.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579523078323444226" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qqKOtjSRBQQ/TW5yq1SNqMI/AAAAAAAABuQ/24FSs0bY6QU/s1600/P1030647.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qqKOtjSRBQQ/TW5yq1SNqMI/AAAAAAAABuQ/24FSs0bY6QU/s320/P1030647.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579523068542167234" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5uEunlL9FIw/TW5yqgqRTvI/AAAAAAAABuI/_g8efJWke1k/s1600/P1030655.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5uEunlL9FIw/TW5yqgqRTvI/AAAAAAAABuI/_g8efJWke1k/s320/P1030655.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579523063005925106" /></a><br /><br />What a fun day!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rbZe7eudph8/TW5y7TKpznI/AAAAAAAABug/A8EYBPTwr2Y/s1600/P1030660.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rbZe7eudph8/TW5y7TKpznI/AAAAAAAABug/A8EYBPTwr2Y/s320/P1030660.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579523351441428082" /></a>Alaynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09856945343633896018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546177308878958646.post-31567055410185351752011-03-01T09:34:00.000-08:002011-03-01T09:46:17.567-08:00KarateZander really enjoys his karate class. He has a goal of getting his black belt. I know it will take time, but I hope he sticks to it! <br /><br />They have an awards ceremony at the end of every semester. The students get the chance to show of their moves and they get their new rankings.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PUY35IWIYLs/TW0wMV5p56I/AAAAAAAABso/EBMznL03ZUA/s1600/P1030612.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PUY35IWIYLs/TW0wMV5p56I/AAAAAAAABso/EBMznL03ZUA/s320/P1030612.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579168501977442210" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-67qEh2t1Usk/TW0wMIPqbTI/AAAAAAAABsg/tvTLCT1WkO8/s1600/P1030610.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-67qEh2t1Usk/TW0wMIPqbTI/AAAAAAAABsg/tvTLCT1WkO8/s320/P1030610.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579168498311654706" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SwASY2SD2hA/TW0wL8hPnGI/AAAAAAAABsY/9X3GLErTQgY/s1600/P1030607.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SwASY2SD2hA/TW0wL8hPnGI/AAAAAAAABsY/9X3GLErTQgY/s320/P1030607.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579168495164169314" /></a><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzyJjBroXfDfOcXb_Ctu0XxrXAZeLg3wY0dhjRKb6fObedztHFHjKX6K1hUwtoAx2oYx4Ls886p9ZUSZpHqKg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />Brandon wasn't able to come this time, so I tried to do the best I could with two not so patient girls with me. <br /><br />Zander was a green belt with a black stripe, his new rank: green belt with blue stripe. Really, it doesn't mean a whole lot right now. He's still in the green belt class. Up until now, he's skipped a rank every time. This time, he didn't. I was glad that the teachers decided to keep him with the green belts. I think he could use a little bit more practice. But Zander was pretty disappointed. He was really hoping to move up to BLUE belt. They get to start learning to spar and their tournaments are held on Saturdays (instead of Sundays). But, next time, he'll be blue belt for sure!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EDE9lGdjXQM/TW0wuHVG2OI/AAAAAAAABs4/IRsJx9KAdXQ/s1600/P1030616.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EDE9lGdjXQM/TW0wuHVG2OI/AAAAAAAABs4/IRsJx9KAdXQ/s320/P1030616.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579169082181605602" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DD2BfjBLeuU/TW0wt3HizSI/AAAAAAAABsw/6KbqTLgvjls/s1600/P1030618.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DD2BfjBLeuU/TW0wt3HizSI/AAAAAAAABsw/6KbqTLgvjls/s320/P1030618.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579169077829750050" /></a>Alaynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09856945343633896018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546177308878958646.post-10562922686071400802011-02-28T07:23:00.000-08:002011-02-28T07:48:00.476-08:00Christmas 2010Yes, I know it's almost March, but I'm pretty far behind. I made a goal for myself to get this thing updated before the baby comes. And I'm running out of time.<br /><br />SO, here we go.<br /><br />We flew home from Florida on Christmas Eve. I was worried that it would be a terrible day to fly, but it actually wasn't too bad. Everyone was in a holiday mood, and pretty nice. We had a fairly uneventful flight.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yr28-nMEuWE/TWu_EYL0_ZI/AAAAAAAABqI/20RHrPI-578/s1600/P1030542.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yr28-nMEuWE/TWu_EYL0_ZI/AAAAAAAABqI/20RHrPI-578/s320/P1030542.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578762645360934290" /></a><br /><br />After we got unpacked (phew!) we had time to make some cookies for Santa. The kids had fun "helping".<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o8jPfLh5XuA/TWu_dcL0SZI/AAAAAAAABqQ/UZzeJf3-3oc/s1600/P1030543.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o8jPfLh5XuA/TWu_dcL0SZI/AAAAAAAABqQ/UZzeJf3-3oc/s320/P1030543.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578763075931359634" /></a><br /><br />Then we had our traditional reading / acting out of the Christmas story. Because of the flour mess, Ainzlee didn't have her clothes, so she was a naked angel.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SBy6CaMtDns/TWvAZIcmfUI/AAAAAAAABqY/V0f9n0wZG4A/s1600/P1030546.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SBy6CaMtDns/TWvAZIcmfUI/AAAAAAAABqY/V0f9n0wZG4A/s320/P1030546.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578764101425200450" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-irGG9N1D4vU/TWvAZh3F0cI/AAAAAAAABqg/umrQZ4RPHLs/s1600/P1030548.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-irGG9N1D4vU/TWvAZh3F0cI/AAAAAAAABqg/umrQZ4RPHLs/s320/P1030548.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578764108247192002" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2Vm8cTBC3Xw/TWvAZ-rd07I/AAAAAAAABqo/-G0f3xNy2Uk/s1600/P1030551.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2Vm8cTBC3Xw/TWvAZ-rd07I/AAAAAAAABqo/-G0f3xNy2Uk/s320/P1030551.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578764115983061938" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fNENlx-q8mk/TWvAaU-cBaI/AAAAAAAABqw/0UMx7GgrBxU/s1600/P1030553.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fNENlx-q8mk/TWvAaU-cBaI/AAAAAAAABqw/0UMx7GgrBxU/s320/P1030553.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578764121968215458" /></a><br /><br />Then we each got to open our Christmas Eve gift. New pajamas!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u9xTtHurjwI/TWvBRxKqYLI/AAAAAAAABrA/ffG3QmlQbm0/s1600/P1030560.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u9xTtHurjwI/TWvBRxKqYLI/AAAAAAAABrA/ffG3QmlQbm0/s320/P1030560.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578765074428485810" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TK8oo2yju1c/TWvBRlOxC8I/AAAAAAAABq4/-BJxB4wwkh4/s1600/P1030562.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TK8oo2yju1c/TWvBRlOxC8I/AAAAAAAABq4/-BJxB4wwkh4/s320/P1030562.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578765071224474562" /></a><br /><br />Then it was bed time... and while we slept... we had a special visitor! SANTA CAME!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZNIkjqxqqis/TWvCAztKupI/AAAAAAAABrY/mHVQRoNeDWg/s1600/P1030564.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZNIkjqxqqis/TWvCAztKupI/AAAAAAAABrY/mHVQRoNeDWg/s320/P1030564.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578765882563934866" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8LUtvmqCjCk/TWvCArpLJiI/AAAAAAAABrQ/Aef9TKFF_w8/s1600/P1030565.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8LUtvmqCjCk/TWvCArpLJiI/AAAAAAAABrQ/Aef9TKFF_w8/s320/P1030565.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578765880399701538" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sWDekH8pZYc/TWvCAPeT1sI/AAAAAAAABrI/934uB3sTv1w/s1600/P1030567.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sWDekH8pZYc/TWvCAPeT1sI/AAAAAAAABrI/934uB3sTv1w/s320/P1030567.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578765872837940930" /></a><br />We had lots of fun opening and playing with our gifts<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LqQaPgl8Rd0/TWvC-lWogTI/AAAAAAAABsA/l017fMC7ksw/s1600/P1030569.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LqQaPgl8Rd0/TWvC-lWogTI/AAAAAAAABsA/l017fMC7ksw/s320/P1030569.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578766943863210290" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0wupxYMDnlA/TWvC-c-ktnI/AAAAAAAABr4/P_KGJEfy5PM/s1600/P1030572.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0wupxYMDnlA/TWvC-c-ktnI/AAAAAAAABr4/P_KGJEfy5PM/s320/P1030572.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578766941614814834" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-po9yiTP_v60/TWvC-Ao21pI/AAAAAAAABrw/4AjRDb3PVhY/s1600/P1030573.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-po9yiTP_v60/TWvC-Ao21pI/AAAAAAAABrw/4AjRDb3PVhY/s320/P1030573.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578766934007535250" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PC8sD9X4Ui4/TWvC9quXHvI/AAAAAAAABro/efudc7Y0qCA/s1600/P1030574.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PC8sD9X4Ui4/TWvC9quXHvI/AAAAAAAABro/efudc7Y0qCA/s320/P1030574.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578766928125042418" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HYTnZdCayPQ/TWvC9dO-bUI/AAAAAAAABrg/vxfVkrdULDc/s1600/P1030575.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HYTnZdCayPQ/TWvC9dO-bUI/AAAAAAAABrg/vxfVkrdULDc/s320/P1030575.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578766924503739714" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AD-LMdOQeP0/TWvDbJayh0I/AAAAAAAABsI/OC_Ds9ffmIc/s1600/P1030579.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AD-LMdOQeP0/TWvDbJayh0I/AAAAAAAABsI/OC_Ds9ffmIc/s320/P1030579.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578767434580657986" /></a><br /><br />And we had a yummy Christmas dinner<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4xCvp5Am9cY/TWvDnRNc53I/AAAAAAAABsQ/s4Mwie2ZiuE/s1600/P1030577.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4xCvp5Am9cY/TWvDnRNc53I/AAAAAAAABsQ/s4Mwie2ZiuE/s320/P1030577.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578767642830628722" /></a><br /><br />What a great day!Alaynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09856945343633896018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546177308878958646.post-42032777276080296492011-01-05T08:52:00.001-08:002011-01-05T09:24:36.292-08:00Universal Studios - Day 7Thursday was the day we went to Universal Studios. Zander was VERY excited to see the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.<br />We headed there first, but were told that there was a 75 minute wait just to get it. So, we were given a "Return Pass" to come back at 11:30. We saw Jurassic Park stuff while we waited.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSihzhpr5I/AAAAAAAABoQ/PWesOup9_oU/s1600/P1030527.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSihzhpr5I/AAAAAAAABoQ/PWesOup9_oU/s320/P1030527.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558746541732769682" /></a><br />Brandon and Zander went on the Jurrasic Park raft ride. The girls and I walked around. We went down the Triceratops trail where there was a "REAL" Triceratops with dinosaur experts to tell us all about it. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSi3PcydcI/AAAAAAAABoY/eoouxk6_w2c/s1600/P1030528.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSi3PcydcI/AAAAAAAABoY/eoouxk6_w2c/s320/P1030528.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558746910005818818" /></a><br />We stopped by the dinosaur discover center to learn about dinosaurs.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSjO9LsyRI/AAAAAAAABog/HR-8LxZVKvE/s1600/P1030529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSjO9LsyRI/AAAAAAAABog/HR-8LxZVKvE/s320/P1030529.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558747317419165970" /></a><br />Finally, it was time to go to see Harry Potter stuff.<br />Entering Hogsmead<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSjpy3ZHqI/AAAAAAAABoo/Hdqe7nNoFn0/s1600/P1030530.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSjpy3ZHqI/AAAAAAAABoo/Hdqe7nNoFn0/s320/P1030530.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558747778506104482" /></a><br />Hogwarts Castle<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSj2_l4NJI/AAAAAAAABow/ses6mAReUzg/s1600/P1030533.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSj2_l4NJI/AAAAAAAABow/ses6mAReUzg/s320/P1030533.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558748005260604562" /></a><br />The original plan was that Brandon and Zander would go ride the rides and the girls and I would look in the shops for the Harry Potter things - gifts for Zander.<br />BUT, it didn't work out that way. First of all, they wouldn't let Zander on the ride. He was 1/4 inch too short - even with the boots we bought for him. But, he did get to walk through the castle, and there was a smaller ride - The Flight of the Hippogriff - that he was able to go on.<br />As for shopping - there was an hour wait JUST to get in the shops. It was SO crowded. As I've mentioned, I do NOT function well in crowds. I found a little corner to "park" in as we figured out what to do. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSkvZZ-OHI/AAAAAAAABo4/Ag2lRRHWWxo/s1600/P1030535.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSkvZZ-OHI/AAAAAAAABo4/Ag2lRRHWWxo/s320/P1030535.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558748974262663282" /></a><br />There were a few neat things to see - I kept having to explain to Ady that it was NOT real snow, it was not REALLY cold, and she didn't need to touch it to see. Notice ALL the people? It was NUTS!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSlN1zpDPI/AAAAAAAABpQ/_Ur0lsx9iNE/s1600/P1030538.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSlN1zpDPI/AAAAAAAABpQ/_Ur0lsx9iNE/s320/P1030538.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558749497282596082" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSlNn5hzVI/AAAAAAAABpI/t-QEFcmfM6c/s1600/P1030536.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSlNn5hzVI/AAAAAAAABpI/t-QEFcmfM6c/s320/P1030536.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558749493549190482" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSlNaAAc4I/AAAAAAAABpA/9S6G69HUNQE/s1600/P1030534.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSlNaAAc4I/AAAAAAAABpA/9S6G69HUNQE/s320/P1030534.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558749489818268546" /></a><br />Thanks to modern technology - texting - I was able to let Brandon know that we were leaving, and the girls and I headed to Suess Landing. <br />It was all decked out for Christmas.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSmBYPgjbI/AAAAAAAABpY/owdeNH-Oo7I/s1600/P1030539.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSmBYPgjbI/AAAAAAAABpY/owdeNH-Oo7I/s320/P1030539.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558750382699613618" /></a><br />We rode on the Cara-Suess-el<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSmTrfGBQI/AAAAAAAABpo/egeV-UKl084/s1600/P1030541.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSmTrfGBQI/AAAAAAAABpo/egeV-UKl084/s320/P1030541.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558750697102902530" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSmTSJOc8I/AAAAAAAABpg/OBHZVaWo-CY/s1600/P1030540.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSmTSJOc8I/AAAAAAAABpg/OBHZVaWo-CY/s320/P1030540.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558750690300294082" /></a><br />And we looked around a bit while we waited for Brandon and Zander. They waited in line to shop and got a "real" Harry Potter wand and a time turner.<br />Then it was lunch time and the fun REALLY started.<br /><br />What do you get when you mix an already defiantly independent almost-two year old with a week of late nights, early mornings and naps on the run? NO FUN! We had to wait in line for lunch, and they wouldn't let us bring the stroller in. She didn't want to stay with us, and we couldn't exactly have her running around. She refused to be held in my arms, so I was holding on to her arm as she pulled and pulled trying to get away. <br />And then there was a pop, and a scream.<br />When Zander was about the same age, his elbow was dislocated while playing "monkey" with dad. So, we figured it was the same thing. They had shown us then how to pop it back in place. Brandon tried, and it didn't work.<br />So, while Zander, Ady and I ate, he took Ainzlee to the nearest first aid station. They gave him some ice for it, and told him where the nearest emergency room was.<br />Great.<br />So we left. She cried the whole way there. And screamed louder if we tried to move her arm at all.<br />ERs are never much fun, but at least we didn't have to wait very long before they took us back. They took her for an X-ray - Brandon went along. After she got back, the nurse gave her some Motrin. 5 minutes later, she was jumping around as if nothing had ever happened. By the time the doctor came to see her, she was perfectly fine. <br />Apparently, when they moved her arm to get it in place for the x-ray, they popped her elbow back into place. Brandon hadn't been twisting it far enough when he tried. Lesson learned.<br />Even though we hadn't done everything we had wanted to at Universal Studios, we decided that we were tired, and just called it a day. We went back to the timeshare to pack and get ready for the trip home.Alaynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09856945343633896018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546177308878958646.post-3198451675945100572011-01-05T07:51:00.000-08:002011-01-05T09:42:02.941-08:00Disney World 2010 - Day 6Wednesday was Princess Day!<br />Papa and Gran wanted Ady to feel like a real princess, so they got her an authentic Sleeping Beauty costume, and reservations for a Princess Tea party. I was lucky enough to accompany the little princess. <br />We took the monorail to the Grand Floridian where the party was taking place.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs817.snc4/69696_1801545517048_1192119090_2096683_6089568_n.jpg" height="350"><br />Ainzlee didn't want to feel left out, so she dressed up like Tinkerbell<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs756.ash1/164724_1801545637051_1192119090_2096684_6434477_n.jpg" width="350"><br />Zander wore his new Indiana Jones hat<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1357.snc4/162975_1801545757054_1192119090_2096685_4940377_n.jpg" width="350"><br />We looked around the Grand Floridian resort while we waited for it to be time for the party. It was a NICE place - Ady decided that a Princess MUST live there.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1366.snc4/163867_1801546077062_1192119090_2096687_4461584_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1362.snc4/163472_1801546197065_1192119090_2096688_8226911_n.jpg" height="350"><br />A giant gingerbread house - with a sweet shop INSIDE<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs744.ash1/163630_1801546357069_1192119090_2096689_36212_n.jpg" width="350"><br />The princess in her throne<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs620.snc4/58022_1801546517073_1192119090_2096690_3527934_n.jpg" width="350"><br />Lots of pretty flowers outside<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs352.ash2/63270_1801546637076_1192119090_2096691_3195043_n.jpg" width="350"><br />A beach<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs745.ash1/163792_1801546757079_1192119090_2096692_2542623_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs822.snc4/68241_1801547077087_1192119090_2096694_3756913_n.jpg" width="350"><br />More flowers<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs742.ash1/163423_1801547437096_1192119090_2096696_2866331_n.jpg" width="350"><br />At last, it was time for the party to begin.<br />They had all of the princesses line up to be greeted by the hostess - Miss Rose Petal<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs003.snc6/165343_1801547877107_1192119090_2096698_6164515_n.jpg" height="350"><br />They announced each princess as she entered the tea room and gave her a new crown and sprinkled "magic" rose petals on her head.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1391.snc4/164326_1801548077112_1192119090_2096699_6844175_n.jpg" width="350"><br />And of course they had to pose for a picture with the hostess<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs380.ash2/65865_1801548357119_1192119090_2096700_7344425_n.jpg" width="350"><br />When we got to our seat, we found a new friend waiting for us. At first, Ady was just happy to see a pretty doll. But when I told her she got to take her home - she was THRILLED!<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs733.ash1/162700_1801548477122_1192119090_2096701_4447296_n.jpg" width="350"><br />After everyone was seated, Miss Rose Petal told them that before she could serve them their tea, they needed to take out their napkin and place it in their lap. But, when they pulled out the napkin, there was a surprise - a new bracelet!<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs761.ash1/165285_1801548797130_1192119090_2096703_444888_n.jpg" width="350"><br />Then they served the "tea" - apple juice. Ady told me that this is how princesses drink - they have to hold the plate under the cup.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1337.snc4/162957_1801549237141_1192119090_2096704_5163717_n.jpg" width="350"><br />Yum!<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs058.ash2/36238_1801549317143_1192119090_2096705_6580431_n.jpg" width="350"><br />Giving dolly a hug<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs712.snc4/63281_1801549477147_1192119090_2096706_2733048_n.jpg" width="350"><br />Then it was time for the food - yummy!<br /><img src="http://l12.sphotos.l3.fbcdn.net/hphotos-l3-snc4/hs242.snc4/39440_1801549557149_1192119090_2096707_2032459_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs771.ash1/166110_1801550397170_1192119090_2096713_7161518_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs618.ash2/157082_1801550517173_1192119090_2096714_4964727_n.jpg" width="350"><br />Miss Rose Petal went around and talked with each girl and signed her note card.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs733.ash1/162731_1801549677152_1192119090_2096708_6099023_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs213.ash2/47628_1801549797155_1192119090_2096709_7114565_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1388.snc4/164002_1801549917158_1192119090_2096710_4606395_n.jpg" width="350"><br />The Musical Baron talked with us too<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1360.snc4/163226_1801550117163_1192119090_2096711_1216208_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1380.snc4/163245_1801550277167_1192119090_2096712_8081611_n.jpg" width="350"><br />We listened to Miss Rose Petal tell a story about who she is. She was once the most beautiful flower in the garden of the king and queen - Sleeping Beauty's castle. When Princess Aurora was born, the good fairies wanted to give her magical gifts - of beauty and song. In order to make the magic, they needed a petal from the most beautiful flower in the land. Miss Rose Petal willingly gave of herself, and was then magically transformed into a human. (ta-da!)<br /><br />Then it was time for all the princesses to get up and dance<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1382.snc4/163435_1801550957184_1192119090_2096716_3696514_n.jpg" width="350"><br />And then... SLEEPING BEAUTY arrived!<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs352.ash2/63248_1801551117188_1192119090_2096717_1775410_n.jpg" width="350"><br />SO Excited!<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs771.snc4/67116_1801551317193_1192119090_2096718_2643509_n.jpg" width="350"><br />Sleeping Beauty went around and talked to each girl. While we were waiting for our turn, we got some cake.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs772.ash1/166226_1801551517198_1192119090_2096719_7536350_n.jpg" width="350"><br />And we had our picture taken<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs356.ash2/63621_1801551637201_1192119090_2096720_2194586_n.jpg" width="350"><br />And then Sleeping Beauty came! She gave Ady a rose.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs029.ash2/34828_1801551757204_1192119090_2096721_6079980_n.jpg" width="350"><br />And they chatted a while<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs015.snc6/166561_1801551957209_1192119090_2096722_6333296_n.jpg" width="350"><br />When she asked Ady what her favorite thing she had done at Disney World was, Ady's response was "coming here today and seeing you." Awesome!<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs012.snc6/166231_1801552037211_1192119090_2096723_6562785_n.jpg" width="350"><br />After Sleeping Beauty left, the princesses lined up for a princess parade.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs755.ash1/164639_1801552157214_1192119090_2096724_4287397_n.jpg" width="350"><br />And we posed for some pictures<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs007.snc6/165698_1801552277217_1192119090_2096725_6002173_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs791.snc4/67192_1801552437221_1192119090_2096726_6759503_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSasA-rKCI/AAAAAAAABl4/_Fr9eMiSuNw/s1600/princess5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 217px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSasA-rKCI/AAAAAAAABl4/_Fr9eMiSuNw/s320/princess5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558737921049831458" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSasOmA-dI/AAAAAAAABlw/s2yRfnoYfMo/s1600/princess4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSasOmA-dI/AAAAAAAABlw/s2yRfnoYfMo/s320/princess4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558737924704500178" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSarxh6y-I/AAAAAAAABlo/8V8TgleEetY/s1600/princess2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 217px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSarxh6y-I/AAAAAAAABlo/8V8TgleEetY/s320/princess2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558737916902689762" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSarjtY55I/AAAAAAAABlg/r1sP8MBFjl4/s1600/princess1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSarjtY55I/AAAAAAAABlg/r1sP8MBFjl4/s320/princess1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558737913192703890" /></a><br />It was really a fun party and I'm very glad that we were able to go.<br /><br />After we left, it was time for another thing that Gran and Papa wanted us all to do - family pictures. So we rode a BUS to the Wilderness Lodge and had pictures taken.<br />It was quite the event, but we got some good ones, I think. Here's some of my favorites<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSScLMgsCRI/AAAAAAAABmQ/gWd3aJdQhaA/s1600/Ainzlee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 305px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSScLMgsCRI/AAAAAAAABmQ/gWd3aJdQhaA/s320/Ainzlee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558739556232857874" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSScLJ2v0UI/AAAAAAAABmI/XMd2vbQset4/s1600/adalen.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 302px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSScLJ2v0UI/AAAAAAAABmI/XMd2vbQset4/s320/adalen.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558739555520074050" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSScLOVNWSI/AAAAAAAABmA/coLD2rwPKRU/s1600/zander.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSScLOVNWSI/AAAAAAAABmA/coLD2rwPKRU/s320/zander.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558739556721580322" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSScLkxX4BI/AAAAAAAABmg/OHA8-6U4BMQ/s1600/DisneyPhotoImage007.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSScLkxX4BI/AAAAAAAABmg/OHA8-6U4BMQ/s320/DisneyPhotoImage007.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558739562745290770" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSScLaoD8zI/AAAAAAAABmY/cjjufzKlj_E/s1600/DisneyPhotoImage003.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSScLaoD8zI/AAAAAAAABmY/cjjufzKlj_E/s320/DisneyPhotoImage003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558739560021881650" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSdT0NSX3I/AAAAAAAABnA/OUz9CJ-KwDA/s1600/DisneyPhotoImage150.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSdT0NSX3I/AAAAAAAABnA/OUz9CJ-KwDA/s320/DisneyPhotoImage150.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558740803839483762" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSdTBW1nFI/AAAAAAAABm4/rjfmiP34D-w/s1600/DisneyPhotoImage141.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSdTBW1nFI/AAAAAAAABm4/rjfmiP34D-w/s320/DisneyPhotoImage141.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558740790189333586" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSdSpjTi7I/AAAAAAAABmo/AN1n6G8rLi0/s1600/DisneyPhotoImage134.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSdSpjTi7I/AAAAAAAABmo/AN1n6G8rLi0/s320/DisneyPhotoImage134.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558740783799176114" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSd4lPetjI/AAAAAAAABno/kp8rjRnOoYI/s1600/grangirls.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSd4lPetjI/AAAAAAAABno/kp8rjRnOoYI/s320/grangirls.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558741435477308978" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSd4Y2SjqI/AAAAAAAABng/SVE6zwMmCAI/s1600/grandkids.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSd4Y2SjqI/AAAAAAAABng/SVE6zwMmCAI/s320/grandkids.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558741432150429346" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSd4OKGJzI/AAAAAAAABnY/UcuXynf8kb4/s1600/girls.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSd4OKGJzI/AAAAAAAABnY/UcuXynf8kb4/s320/girls.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558741429280712498" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSd4MSLCfI/AAAAAAAABnQ/BlxSfxVrDNs/s1600/familytree.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSd4MSLCfI/AAAAAAAABnQ/BlxSfxVrDNs/s320/familytree.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558741428777716210" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSd3_2aZfI/AAAAAAAABnI/ifeyUUq_rIM/s1600/Familypicture.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSd3_2aZfI/AAAAAAAABnI/ifeyUUq_rIM/s320/Familypicture.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558741425440056818" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSeR-AVS7I/AAAAAAAABoA/_uIFyKbo444/s1600/wholefam.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSeR-AVS7I/AAAAAAAABoA/_uIFyKbo444/s320/wholefam.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558741871621393330" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSeR-beZgI/AAAAAAAABn4/HPQOvq9GPoM/s1600/slinker1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSeR-beZgI/AAAAAAAABn4/HPQOvq9GPoM/s320/slinker1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558741871735236098" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSeRqZKw3I/AAAAAAAABnw/z0WwJvJ7cZU/s1600/granpapakids.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSeRqZKw3I/AAAAAAAABnw/z0WwJvJ7cZU/s320/granpapakids.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558741866356851570" /></a><br /><br />After pictures, we went to Magic Kingdom. I decided that it is really just a bad copy of Disneyland. Disneyland is SO much better. We went to the Tiki Room - one of my all time favorites from Disneyland. They have pretty much destroyed it by having it "Under New Management". The annoying parrot from Alladin interrupts the show. Not cool. They did have the Hall of Presidents which was pretty neat. I was surprised that the kids (except for Ainzlee who fell asleep) really liked it. And we saw the Country Bear Jamboree - it just didn't seem as magical as it did when I was a kid. (Why is that?) I really wanted to do the Peter Pan ride, but the line was too long. We rode the train to Toon Town and found out that the line to see Mickey was only about 15 minutes long. When we had been there a few nights before, it was over an hour. So we decided to see the Big Cheese. Minnie was there too!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSf7ncpI1I/AAAAAAAABoI/SESanWm--zg/s1600/mickey4_cropped.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 219px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSf7ncpI1I/AAAAAAAABoI/SESanWm--zg/s320/mickey4_cropped.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558743686632252242" /></a><br />Ainzlee was actually willing to "cheese", as long as she didn't have to get too close to them. <br />Zander and Daddy went on the Toon Town roller coaster again.<br />It was getting pretty late by then, and we didn't want to fight the crowds again, so we decided to call it a night.<br />So long Disney World!Alaynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09856945343633896018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546177308878958646.post-60197533699508015882011-01-05T07:05:00.000-08:002011-01-05T07:50:11.398-08:00Disney World 2010 - Day 5After getting some much needed sleep, we headed to Hollywood Studios. They have some really fun shows that we wanted to see. The first one was Playhouse Disney Live on Stage. <br />Waiting for the show to start<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs262.snc4/39426_1801539836906_1192119090_2096646_6678_n.jpg" width="350"><br />It was a fun show with puppets from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Little Einsteins and Handy Manny. The kids really liked it.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs748.ash1/163909_1801539956909_1192119090_2096647_5811483_n.jpg" width="350"><br />We met up with Gran and Papa and went on the Backlot Tour. They started with a little demonstration of how they do special effects on water for movies. There was explosions and fire. And Ady cried. And cried and cried. (She is a very sensitive princess)<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs712.snc4/63189_1801540196915_1192119090_2096649_6564996_n.jpg" width="350"><br />We rode on a truck that took us around the studio backlot. We got to see how they created special effects and saw a "boneyard" of large movie props.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs817.snc4/69764_1801540356919_1192119090_2096651_8316162_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><br />After the tour, we ran into Mike and Sully from Monsters, Inc. Ainzlee was too scared to even get out of the stroller.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs022.snc6/165197_1801540956934_1192119090_2096654_4376874_n.jpg" width="350"><br />We had some FastPasses for the Tower of Terror. Since I'm pregnant, and Ady's not big enough, we gave our passes to Gran and Papa, and they went with Brandon and Zander. While we were waiting, I noticed that there was a Beauty and the Beast show about to start. So, the girls and I went it. Ainzlee fell asleep, but Ady thought it was great.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs009.ash2/33824_1801541116938_1192119090_2096655_1810638_n.jpg" height="350"><br />There was lots of singing and dancing - as good as a Broadway show, just not as long. It was great fun!<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs771.snc4/67126_1801541396945_1192119090_2096657_1364802_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1375.snc4/164731_1801541556949_1192119090_2096659_425916_n.jpg" width="350"><br />After we found Daddy and Zander, we decided to check out the "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" play area. Unfortunately, we weren't the only ones with that idea. It was VERY crowded. And Zander took off as soon as we went in and got lost among the crowd of children. Brandon went to try to find him and left me with the girls. I do NOT do well in large crowds, especially where my kids are involved. So, I wanted to get out of there are soon as we could. But the girls got to ride on a giant ant first. <br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1215.snc4/156713_1801541716953_1192119090_2096660_4798474_n.jpg" width="350"><br />Then it was time for Jedi Training Academy. We had actually planned to go to an earlier show. We saw a show the last time we were in Disneyland, and they chose kids from the audience to be the trainees. We figured that's how it would work there too. But, we found out that they actually had a sign up list, and there was still an opening in the 4:30 show - the last one of the day. We hadn't planned on staying that late, but since that was one of the main things Zander wanted to do while we were there, we signed him up.<br />We were told to arrive 15 minutes early.<br />This crazy girl had fun jumping off of rocks while we waited.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1238.snc4/157093_1801541836956_1192119090_2096661_4181119_n.jpg" width="350"><br />Ady was scared before it even started. She didn't even want to watch the show because of the bad guys.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs933.snc4/74683_1801542076962_1192119090_2096663_6253701_n.jpg" width="350"><br />Waiting for the show<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs817.snc4/69710_1801542316968_1192119090_2096665_1380428_n.jpg" width="350"><br />Lined up with the other trainees<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs791.snc4/67176_1801542596975_1192119090_2096667_6281905_n.jpg" width="350"><br />Getting a Jedi cloak<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1384.snc4/163637_1801543356994_1192119090_2096671_7271380_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs736.ash1/162914_1801543677002_1192119090_2096672_32785_n.jpg" width="350"><br />Ready to begin<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs404.ash2/68234_1801543877007_1192119090_2096673_4318058_n.jpg" width="350"><br />I thought that I had a good seat - right in front of the stage - but I didn't realize that they would have some of the trainees on the floor. Naturally, that's where they had Zander stand. Right behind some other kids, so I couldn't get very many good pictures. <br /><img src="http://l2.sphotos.l3.fbcdn.net/hphotos-l3-snc4/hs085.snc4/35588_1801543997010_1192119090_2096674_3201994_n.jpg" height="350"><br />Ainzlee got a little scared when the bad guys came out.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSQlfNGl9I/AAAAAAAABkw/yzXmfYNlW1E/s1600/P1030381.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSQlfNGl9I/AAAAAAAABkw/yzXmfYNlW1E/s320/P1030381.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558726813788051410" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSQlH92kFI/AAAAAAAABko/sciwTeRBOhc/s1600/P1030374.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSQlH92kFI/AAAAAAAABko/sciwTeRBOhc/s320/P1030374.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558726807550070866" /></a><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs433.snc4/47580_1801544277017_1192119090_2096675_8195996_n.jpg" width="350"><br />Zander got to fight Darth Maul<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs739.ash1/163173_1801545037036_1192119090_2096679_1815011_n.jpg" height="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs213.ash2/47595_1801545197040_1192119090_2096680_6862196_n.jpg" height="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs023.snc6/165371_1801545277042_1192119090_2096681_214470_n.jpg" width="350"><br />These are pictures taken by the Disney photographer. Not great quality, but the best I can get without paying $15 each. (yikes!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSR8VPFJuI/AAAAAAAABlI/GwVBbFG6fbE/s1600/starwars1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSR8VPFJuI/AAAAAAAABlI/GwVBbFG6fbE/s320/starwars1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558728305760610018" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSR8P5nEdI/AAAAAAAABlA/-r1REzxhre4/s1600/starwars2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 217px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSR8P5nEdI/AAAAAAAABlA/-r1REzxhre4/s320/starwars2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558728304328380882" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSR7-d7-0I/AAAAAAAABk4/VQlILIJPmGI/s1600/starwars5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSR7-d7-0I/AAAAAAAABk4/VQlILIJPmGI/s320/starwars5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558728299648908098" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSSUgfHdqI/AAAAAAAABlY/tHfMv4m0DIY/s1600/starwars14.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 217px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSSUgfHdqI/AAAAAAAABlY/tHfMv4m0DIY/s320/starwars14.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558728721097520802" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSSUaDB35I/AAAAAAAABlQ/gXnBIGg5E7Q/s1600/starwars8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TSSSUaDB35I/AAAAAAAABlQ/gXnBIGg5E7Q/s320/starwars8.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558728719369101202" /></a><br />It got dark not long after the Star Wars show. We left to have dinner, and came back a bit later with Gran and Papa so that Zander and Daddy could see the Indiana Jones stunt show and Gran and Papa could see the lights.Alaynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09856945343633896018noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546177308878958646.post-62963609296739155302011-01-01T12:32:00.000-08:002011-01-01T13:21:59.999-08:00Disney World 2010 - Day 4Monday we started at Epcot. We got there a few minutes before they opened, so we got the "fun" of waiting with the crowd. Ady wanted to take some pictures of the flowers while we were waiting.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs029.ash2/34835_1801533156739_1192119090_2096596_4783449_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><br />We headed right to the "Seas with Nemo and Friends" and got on that ride first. We got to ride in a seashell and watch the fish search for Nemo. Then we looked around at the fish tanks while we waited for the "Talk to Crush" show. There was a little play area in there with the sharks from the movie, but Ady was TERRIFIED and wouldn't go anywhere near it - even though they were plastic. Silly silly girl.<br />The Talk to Crush show was awesome - I would highly recommend it. The kids got to sit up front, and Crush came and talked to them. He took questions and it was totally interactive. Pretty neat. Our kids were slightly disappointed that they didn't get picked to ask a question, but they enjoyed it a lot anyway. And they tried to follow Crush's advice and use the word "Dude" as much as possible.<br /><br />Then we went on the imagination with Figment ride. It was silly, but cute. And they had some interactive activities for the kids afterward. Here, they are trying to step on the lights to make sounds.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs026.snc6/165693_1801533316743_1192119090_2096597_2214811_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs352.ash2/63212_1801533436746_1192119090_2096599_3129129_n.jpg" width="350"><br />This part of Epcot is all about Innovation and the Future. The kids really liked this "Upside-down water fall".<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1394.snc4/164631_1801533676752_1192119090_2096600_7030626_n.jpg" width="350"><br />Then we headed to the other part of Epcot - the World Showcase. They have areas that are transformed into different countries around the world. Here they are in Canada.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1237.snc4/156994_1801533876757_1192119090_2096601_3072803_n.jpg" width="350"><br />And Great Britain<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs380.ash2/65885_1801534196765_1192119090_2096603_1312643_n.jpg" width="350"><br />We saw some princesses - Ady was thrilled, Ainzlee wasn't scared, Zander wasn't interested. <br />Princess Jasmine in Morocco.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs756.ash1/164730_1801534396770_1192119090_2096605_7828070_n.jpg" width="350"><br />Belle in France<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs027.snc6/165736_1801534636776_1192119090_2096607_587504_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs600.snc4/58044_1801534756779_1192119090_2096608_4561069_n.jpg" width="350"><br />We had lunch in good old America - at a Colonial style diner. They had hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken nuggets -- foods our kids like to eat. <br /><br />We met up with the rest of Brandon's family. And we saw Alice in Wonderland - in Great Britain, I think.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs738.snc4/65796_1801535116788_1192119090_2096611_4305476_n.jpg" width="350"><br />Ainzlee fell asleep and stayed with Gran while we rode on a couple of rides - a little boat ride in Mexico, and a Viking voyage in Norway. We saw Donald Duck along the way - in Mexico.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1378.snc4/165034_1801535236791_1192119090_2096612_1264351_n.jpg" width="350"><br />We also did the Soarin' ride. The kids were scared to go on it at first, but they LOVED it. Ady told me it was her FAVORITE. Especially since you see Tinkerbell at the end.<br />Later, we ran into Chip and Dale - notice Ainzlee's "angry eyes". She didn't like any of the characters. <br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1379.snc4/163133_1801535916808_1192119090_2096617_6594564_n.jpg" width="350"><br />And we had to pose for a picture in front of "Spaceship Earth" - what Epcot is known for. (And in case you've never been there, there is NOT a fast roller coaster inside. Just a slow-moving, informative ride about the different technological advances made by the human race. So don't get too excited about it.)<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs801.snc4/68102_1801536156814_1192119090_2096618_5296647_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><br />We left Epcot to take a break and go have some dinner. Then we decided to go to Magic Kingdom for the evening. Something that we didn't know - but found out... The parking lot (at least where we ended up parking) is NOT at Magic Kingdom. After we parked, we rode a tram to the "Transportation Station". Then, we had a ride the Mono-Rail about 1.5 miles - across a lake - to the entrance to the park. Crazy.<br />Sleeping Beauty's castle was beautiful lit up at night.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs021.snc6/165128_1801536276817_1192119090_2096620_2292816_n.jpg" width="350"><br />Ady wanted to see what was INSIDE the castle. Most of it is not exactly accessible. There's a little beauty shop, a fancy restaurant, and the backstage area for shows. So we took this picture outside of the restaurant - inside the castle.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs380.ash2/65849_1801536556824_1192119090_2096622_7173357_n.jpg" width="350"><br />We rode on the carousel - this was Ainzlee's favorite.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs742.ash1/163414_1801536756829_1192119090_2096623_6392540_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1385.snc4/163736_1801536836831_1192119090_2096624_263449_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1379.snc4/163162_1801537036836_1192119090_2096626_660266_n.jpg" width="350"><br />We rode on It's a Small World - NOT the same as the one in Disneyland (sad).<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs021.snc6/165186_1801537276842_1192119090_2096628_317528_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1378.snc4/165070_1801537556849_1192119090_2096630_8264634_n.jpg" width="350"><br />And the spinning tea cups<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs754.snc4/65403_1801537836856_1192119090_2096633_2071137_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs887.snc4/72079_1801538116863_1192119090_2096635_4151615_n.jpg" width="350"><br />(Ainzlee didn't like it so much after it started moving<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs380.ash2/65853_1801538556874_1192119090_2096637_7876308_n.jpg" width="350"><br />We took a trip through Toon Town. Zander wanted to ride the little roller coaster there, Ady didn't. So we visited Minnie's house while we waited.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs404.ash2/68293_1801538756879_1192119090_2096639_370355_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1385.snc4/163733_1801538996885_1192119090_2096640_6775353_n.jpg" width="350"><br />Zander LOVED the roller coaster (surprisingly). Then we stopped by Mickey's place. <br /><img src="http://l24.sphotos.l3.fbcdn.net/hphotos-l3-snc4/hs1335.snc4/162755_1801539356894_1192119090_2096642_6183016_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs754.snc4/65407_1801539556899_1192119090_2096644_2637003_n.jpg" width="350"><br />We thought it would be a good idea to stay late for the fireworks show that started at 10pm. We found a pretty good spot right in front of the Dumbo ride with a great view of the castle. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TR-XjnktkeI/AAAAAAAABkI/sji9xwe8DuA/s1600/P1030295.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TR-XjnktkeI/AAAAAAAABkI/sji9xwe8DuA/s320/P1030295.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557327103372661218" /></a><br />The fireworks were very impressive, and they launched them from two different locations - one in front of us, and one behind us, so we kept having to turn around to get the full view.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TR-YMMYUIrI/AAAAAAAABkg/e-oMG75YjB0/s1600/P1030296.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TR-YMMYUIrI/AAAAAAAABkg/e-oMG75YjB0/s320/P1030296.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557327800447541938" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TR-YL05VlCI/AAAAAAAABkY/iLbDQLfno9I/s1600/P1030307.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TR-YL05VlCI/AAAAAAAABkY/iLbDQLfno9I/s320/P1030307.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557327794143597602" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TR-YLod7vrI/AAAAAAAABkQ/NJv4M_z62ic/s1600/P1030303.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PilSDcTsZzs/TR-YLod7vrI/AAAAAAAABkQ/NJv4M_z62ic/s320/P1030303.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557327790807432882" /></a><br />The neatest part of the fireworks display was when Tinkerbell herself came out and flew over the castle - just like at the start of every Disney movie. <br /><br />After the fireworks, we decided it was time to head out. Afterall, it was after 10 and our kids were pretty tired. Well, apparently, we weren't the only ones with the same idea. We had to fight with the THOUSANDS of other people leaving at the same time. Because of the way the transportation system is set up, we not only had to find our way out of the park, then we had to wait to get on the monorail. And THEN we had to wait to get on the tram to take us to our car. It took about an hour and a half to get from where we watched the fireworks to where we parked. It was after midnight when we finally got to our beds. NOT much fun. at all.<br /><br />Here's what we learned, and if you are planning on going to Disney World, this might help. DON'T EVER PARK AT MAGIC KINGDOM. It is the most popular of the four parks, and the most frustrating, transportation-wise. The best alternative is to park at EPCOT and take the mono-rail from Epcot to the transportation station, and then to Magic Kingdom. Also, DON'T take the "Express" mono-rail that goes directly to Magic Kingdom from transportation. There is also a "Resort" train that stops at a couple of the resorts along the way. While it may take slightly longer to get there, the line is a lot shorter and makes it worthwhile.<br />Finally - USE THE TRAIN INSIDE MAGIC KINGDOM to get around. It stops in Frontierland, Toon Town and at the Main Gate. What we SHOULD have done instead of fighting our way through Main Street, is take the train from Toon Town to the main gate. Would have saved us a lot of time and trouble.<br />Anyway, now we know. I'm glad we saw the fireworks, because I don't have to do that ever again.Alaynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09856945343633896018noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546177308878958646.post-82319122137097848952010-12-28T15:24:00.000-08:002010-12-28T15:36:05.332-08:00Disney World 2010 - Day 3Day 3 was Sunday and we decided to make it a day of rest. We figured out where the temple was, and there was a chapel right across the street. Church started at 11, we got there at about 10:15. So, we decided to wander around the neighborhood and see what we could see. It happened to be a VERY nice part of town. Right next to a lake. Big, fancy houses. We found one with a for sale sign - with a .com of the address. So, just for fun, we looked it up. It was going for $8,000,000. Yikes! There was another house right down the street that looked like a castle. With a draw bridge and everything. Crazy!<br /><br />Anyway, we attended Sacrament Meeting, and then spent some time on the temple grounds. It was in the 50s and the wind was blowing. A little chilly for us. There was another family there from Wisconsin. They thought the weather was perfect. All about perspective I guess.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs817.snc4/69787_1791631509204_1192119090_2078361_2724408_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1366.snc4/163830_1791632069218_1192119090_2078364_3815134_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs695.snc4/63553_1791632389226_1192119090_2078367_1398745_n.jpg" width="350"><br />Zander wanted to take pictures, so a lot of these are his.<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1360.snc4/163254_1791632549230_1192119090_2078368_1460875_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs771.ash1/166146_1791632829237_1192119090_2078371_2724706_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs752.ash1/164304_1791633069243_1192119090_2078373_7538305_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs753.ash1/164429_1791633869263_1192119090_2078379_7189296_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1376.snc4/164895_1791634029267_1192119090_2078380_2846883_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs760.ash1/165134_1791634269273_1192119090_2078381_2528267_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1382.snc4/163452_1791634549280_1192119090_2078382_3776449_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><br />My sweet kiddos<br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1392.snc4/164472_1791634789286_1192119090_2078383_2913939_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1376.snc4/164837_1791634989291_1192119090_2078384_7170680_n.jpg" width="350"><br /><br />We took the rest of the day to catch up on sleep and get ready for the rest of the week. It was nice to have a bit of a break.Alaynahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09856945343633896018noreply@blogger.com1