Norway
Norway (in Epcot) had a little ride and a movie about the country. Afterwards they let you out through their gift shop. Hmmmm…. not sure that was a great idea: Do you know what it took to get the...
View ArticleMy Colter
Colter is such an awesome young man. He is so strong and so capable. And he’s also a real cutie: He’s going to make some young lady very happy some day. Til then, he makes me happy. (Most of the time)
View ArticleSo, Children, Why Do We Celebrate?
During dinner last night, I asked the children why we celebrated Easter. When I ask questions like this, I always start with the youngest and go up. Mom: “So, why do we celebrate Easter?” Jade: “Cause...
View ArticleNot the Correct Use of Crayons
We had dinner out and the children were all given a few crayons to color with (God Bless whoever came up with that distraction). We enjoyed our dinner and left. A few hours later, I discovered Indigo...
View ArticleFlying to Africa
We were having dinner at Boma’s restaurant one night. I was very excited about it because it was an African buffet style restaurant and I couldn’t wait to try some of the food that I’d heard about from...
View ArticlePool Time
Swimming is always a highlight of our Florida vacations. Here Brett is trying to explain to the girls that it is too cold for them to swim: The older children all had a great time: Hewitt put on a...
View ArticleKim Possible
This was one of the the kids’ favorite things to do at Disney: Here they are accepting their mission and Secret Agent status and receiving their Kimmunicator: They’ve been sworn in and are now...
View ArticleHaving Dinner with the Gang
Our last night at Disney, we had dinner at the Liberty Tree Tavern. They normally don’t have character dining, but since the Crystal Palace is being renovated, they moved the characters to the Liberty...
View ArticleCrazy Inventions
All of the children are supposed to be sleeping because we have to get up wicked early tomorrow. We have a soap show (Madison Old Court Days) that is an hour away and we have to be completely set up by...
View ArticleCharlestown State Park Balloon Glow
Yesterday, Jim was pushing us to finish our work early so we could have a family surprise. What was our surprise? The Charlestown Hot Air Balloon Glow. It was a hot, muggy evening with no breeze. (On a...
View ArticleConfidence
During our vacation, we visited good friends of ours who are living on a 300+ acre Christmas tree farm outside of Blacksburg, Virginia. Cole and I were walking down one of their hills together. This...
View ArticleTime for the Beach
It’s time for the beach!! First priority, suntan lotion: Once everyone is covered, it’s time to head to the ocean. Here are a couple of shots of Colter enjoying the sand and sun: And then a shot of...
View ArticleKing of the Ocean
Colter was the undisputed King of the Ocean this vacation. The kid basically lived in the water. The morning we had to leave was very windy. It was the roughest the ocean had been our whole week....
View ArticleJumpy Things
Once we had base camp set up, it was time to go check out the air show stuff. So off we headed: And we found the jumpy things: It was a lot of fun until Indigo got hurt: So we gathered everyone...
View ArticleI Just Don’t Look
When we got back to base camp, Emery and Cole decided to climb the tree. Jim took these photos, because I refuse to look at them while they’re climbing. So if you’re a nervous mom, you may not want to...
View ArticleThe Golden Knights
The Golden Knights are an army parachute group. Cole especially thought jumping out of a plane was VERY cool: They made a second pass: I’m pretty sure I could never actually jump out of a plane....
View ArticleHow Many Jonases Fit in the Cockpit?
We have a friend who flew the KC-10 for the Air Force. So we decided to go and check it out. First, we all crammed into the cockpit: Then we each got to be the pilot: The children are all now talking...
View ArticleThe Mighty C-130 Hercules
Our favorite plane is the C-130. That’s because it’s what Uncle Adam flies. Unfortunately, by the time we went to check it out, they weren’t letting people inside of it. But we got to pose with it: And...
View ArticleOdds n Ends
I have a few random photos leftover from the air show, so I thought I’d post them all here. Hewitt and me admiring the corvettes: Greyden all scrunched into the stroller and watching the airplanes:...
View ArticleBlowing Bubbles
I never finished blogging all of our vacation photos, and the children have been asking for them, so I’m going to try to get them up. My mom had gotten all of the children bubble wands and we broke...
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