Tinkerbell

These are the Tinkerbell pictures I talked about a couple of weeks ago. They are some of my favorite pictures from our trip. Look at Chloe's face in the first one. Precious!
If you click on the pictures, they are clear. I'm not sure why they look grainy on here.

Avery and Chloe

I'm still trying to get all my favorite Disney pictures on here. I'm not sure I'll ever finish, but here are a few more at least. These pictures aren't the best, but I wanted to show how much Avery and Chloe were together on the rides. Also, in many of them, he's watching her enjoy it. Avery has always been good with Chloe, but because he's seven years older, they don't play together that often. It was so much fun to watch them together. Avery's definitely still young enough to enjoy Disney World, and he did, but he's also old enough to see how it's special to Chloe in a completely different way. From the beginning, he wanted to ride just about everything with her. He loved watching her take it all in, and I think he made it even more special for her because he was so excited. He's such a good big brother, (so is Brady!), but he surprised me on this trip. I've noticed a change in him lately, in a good way. He's becoming more responsible, and caring. I think he's starting to notice more around him. We are rapidly approaching the teenage years, but for right now, I'm going live in the moment, and enjoy this!

My sweet girl...

...believes that I really have eyes in the back of my head. She questioned me about it one day, after I caught her doing something. I had jokingly told her that I had eyes in the back of my head. After testing me by hiding behind me and seeing if I knew where she was, she was amazed. (Not only could I hear where she was, but I was standing in front of a mirror!) I couldn't help but crack up at her! She just couldn't believe it. She said, "No fair!" What a funny little girl!!

Chloe's dream

This morning Chloe told me that she had a good dream last night. She told me that she got to wear big puffy dresses(makes me think of Anne of Green Gables!). She said that Katie and Owen got married, (friends from preschool) and she and Reed got married. She said, "I love Reed!" I think Keith's blood pressure might have gone up when he heard that! It was funny/weird to hear her say that. She's always had a great imagination, but she doesn't usually pretend to get married. Scary! :)

Sea World

I'm determined to get our fall break pictures on here, even if it takes me a month or two. We went to SW mostly for me, but we all had a great time. I tried to narrow it down, but this is the best I could do! And that was only one day! the boys petting a stingray


waiting on one of the shows. it was SO hot!



seeing the Clydesdales is always a highlight for me

this picture is on here to prove that Chloe was excited about this ride initially...
(also, please notice how she's holding on to both of the boys.)


but she quickly lost her excitment, and this is how she looked at the end.


the boys and i paid to feed the dolphins, and Keith and Chloe found a great spot to watch. they got to touch one, and it even splashed Chloe.






We had a wonderful time at SW! The boys loved the big roller coasters and feeding the dolphins. That was definitely the highlight for me! I loved experiencing that with Avery and Brady.
Chloe had a great time as well, but we made a bit of a mistake with her. We all rode Journey to Atlantis, a ride similar to Splash Mountain. We didn't talk to her about it too much, because we didn't want to scare her. Well, she hated the big drop. I'm not sure if it was just too much, or the fact that she was so close to the lap bar that she got a bloody nose when we got to the bottom. We had to let her warm up after that, and every ride she would ask if it went down a big hill, and did it go really fast. Lesson learned!

Chloe story

I am planning on getting a few more Disney pictures on here one day, but I really want to share this story.

Chloe and I were eating lunch, and she was talking about what she's going to be for Halloween. I've been telling her that she should be Little Red Riding Hood, but she really doesn't like that idea. Today she said she wants to be Dora, but not only that, she wants the whole family to dress up as Dora characters. She wants me to be her mom, Keith to be Swiper, Brady will be Boots, and Avery will be the Troll under the bridge. I guess Avery is on her bad side today!! After this she started listing all the possibilities for halloween. Here are the things she wants to choose from: a grape, strawberry, flower, butterfly, rainbow and my personal favorite, a piece of grass. She's such a nut!

Fall Break

We recently went to Disney World (and Sea World) on fall break. We had a wonderful time! It was a much needed break from the normal routine. I already miss being there! The kids were really wonderful, and even though it wasn't relaxing, it was a blast.
I have a ton of pictures that I want to share, but I'm going to try and narrow it down. We'll see...



We left at 4:30 am to get down there in time to go buy our tickets. We loved getting there so early, and not having to try to get everyone in bed right away. This was our first picture, and Chloe decided it should be a goofy one.


Bright and early on our first day, we had breakfast at Chef Mickeys. We wanted to do something Disney since our first day was at Sea World.


We all enjoyed seeing the characters, especially Chloe.


If you click on these last two pictures, you can see us on Manta, at SW. It was our first ride of the trip, and it was a wild one. Any ride that they have restraints for your feet is going to be crazy! I was terrified, but thankfully I loved it! The boys had no fear, even though they had never really been on a ride this big.