Really??? A Kidney Stone....

Dave ended up in the ER on Sunday night with a kidney stone. Crazy!! Today is Wednesday, and the poor guy hasn't passed it yet.

All I can say is loopy :)

In the ER we asked if he was kinda young to get a kidney stone...(like we thought) The ER doc kinda laughed and said no, he starts seeing them in patients at age 16, and all the way up. The doc said they see a lot of them in the ER. Because they are SOOO painful.

Hopefully, it won't be too much longer....

Happy Valentine's Day

The kids and I made cookies, and frosted & sprinkled them :)

They were delious!

Blogging

Recently I've been peeking at many different blogs, and blogging "styles". It is very interesting to all the differing ways people use blogs, format them, and how they write on them.
I may be changing my style, maybe not....I will have to see.

Our Visiting Friends

A girlfriend of mine asked if two of her kids could come and spend some time at our house while she took care of some things out of town. We were thrilled to have Levi and Mitchell with us for two "sleepovers" The kids completely entertained each other...lots of giggling all throughout the time. Levi and Mitchell were both great! Very well mannered, listened well, and of course were lots of fun to have around. Levi looked at me at lunch today and said, "I really like being able to stay here all day and play!"

I quickly realized while trying to take a picture of all 5 of them, that is was kind of rediculous to think it would look anywhere near normal. But this one is a perfect representation of all the fun that was had by all :)

Hockey was a big hit with Levi and Jacob. They got really into it. Jacob insisted that they wear his helmets for safety. Pretty cute!

Regan ran her fastest to try to get into the picture, but she didn't quite make it in time, so this is her courtesy shot! She is such a ham, always loves to have her picture taken!

Happy 4th Birthday Sydney!!

You are 4 today!You have such a kindness and gentleness about you, but you can wrestle around with the boys any day. You are social at school, and knew all 20 kids in your class with 3 days! You are confident at school and have no idea you are the youngest in your class, and your classmates don't seem to notice either. You are always watching out for your baby sister Regan and are the first to coming running to her aid. You and Jacob are the best of friends and are together all the time. You are my little snuggle bug, and often ask if we can cuddle for a little while. (Silky and Blankie Bear are both present as well) You love to dress up in princess dresses and feel pretty. We've recently witnessed you peering at yourself in the mirror when you think no one is watching...kinda a funny kinda scary :) You are a wonderful girl inside and out, and you bring so much joy to everyone around you!!! You are such a blessing!

Happy 4th Birthday my sweetie.... Love, Mom

Making smoothies in your new smoothie maker :)

Animal Kingdom & Magic Kingdom 2nd Round

Animal Kingdom is a smaller park, and has shorter hours than the other parks. Here are some of the rides we did; It's Tough to be a Bug, Kilimanjaro Safaris (Very Cool!), Expedition Everest (I was totally freaked to do this ride, but LOVED it, Jake went on it twice!) , TriceraTop Spin, and Dinosaur.

Regan absolutely LOVED all the parades! She was waving and blowing kisses at all the characters. Her and Mickey had a moment of two or three straight blowings back and forth.

We did Magic Kingdom for a 2nd day. It is just so magical and there are such fun things to do there! We spent hours in "Tomorrowland"; mostly at Space Mountain, luckily we got some extra "Fastpasses" because the Carousel of Progress broke down while we were sitting there watching the show. We did Space Mountain several times, Indy Speedway, Tomorrowland Transit Authority, Buzz Lightyear's Space Spin, Stitch's Great Escape (we'll pass on this one next time...boring). We walked through Mickey's Toontown Fair for the first time, the kids seemed kinda a over it. We took Sydney and Jake on Goofy's kiddie coaster because had become a little afraid of the rides after going on the scary Dinosaur ride at Animal Kindgom. She was upset on Goofy's coaster with her face buried into mine. Poor girl...We stayed for the fireworks, and they were absolutely amazing. We were right down by the castle and had a great view!

On one of the cloudy days we went and walked around Downtown Disney for a bit. Seems like most of the stuff wasn't open for the day. We ate at this cool, but very overpriced Trex restaurant. Ice caves and Dinosaur bones were lit up all around us. The kids thought it was cool. We hit the Lego play area and a fun disney shop with faux princesses outside.

Magic Kingdom & Epcot

We got a late start today, but we headed to the Magic Kingdom. We made it through about half of the park. We went on Swiss Family Treehouse, Magic Carpet of Aladdin, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Haunted Mansion, Its a Small World, Peter Pan's Flight, Snow White's Scary Adventure, Many adventures of Pooh, and the Teacups. The Parade was great, the kids really liked it! Regan was so happy to sit with Papa and watch. We stayed for the fireworks, which were great! Not bad for a half a day! January is definitely the time to hit Disney, that is barely any lines. But the weather is always questionable.

Epcot was great! I love how the parks are all different in their own way. We had arranged to surprise Sydney with lunch with the Princesses. She was thrilled! Just started out nervous, and didn't want to meet or have her picture taken with Belle. She quickly warmed up to the others though.

Jake was not interested in the Princesses at all. Kind of surprising. Regan was happy to look at them and smile, but would not them get close to her for a picture :)

These are the rides we went on in Epcot:

Reimagined, Mission:Space (I'll NEVER do this one again, made me sick, weird), Test Track (D&J), Finding Nemo & Friends, Turtle Talk with Crush, Living in the Land, Circle of Life, Missed: Soarin' (which I totally LOVE). We went to a watch a Belly Dancer, which was kinda cool. And we stayed for the Fireworks, which were absolutely AMAZING!

It is FREEZING in FL right now!!! Waiting for fireworks...

I cannot believe how long the lines can be for some of these rides. The roping setup for many of the popular rides (the roping wasn't needed when we were there) was just unbelieveable. The Nemo ride for example looked like it could hold hundreds of people in line at a time, taking probably 2-3 hours....for a 2 minute ride! Glad we only waited 5 minutes. Crazy! I'll never go to Disney during peak season, that is for sure.