Winter Garden used to be groves and groves of orange trees. This has been taken over by housing and shopping; however, there are still little groves of oranges all around. We found one that lets you pick a huge Target bag full for $3. I only had a $10 so we loaded up some neighbor girls and picked 3 huge bags full. The kids had fun, but stupid me wore sandals and if you're not familiar with fire ants, you never want to be. I marched out into that orange grove and found little black ants crawling all over my feet. I had been bit before so I grabbed Summer who had sandals on too and we ran to the car. Summer was lucky enough not to get bit, but I got 4 bites. The next morning my foot felt like it was on fire - hence the name. You get blisters and itch like crazy. These little ants look just like the innocent ants in Utah, but they are wicked, wicked creatures. Back to the oranges: We got the oranges home and they are kind of ugly little fruits with brown spots unlike the pretty orange ones you buy at the grocery store. But don't let appearances deceive you - they were so sweet and delicious inside. I'm glad we picked so many now. We may even go back - with tennis shoes ofcourse.
Later that night we decided to run to Magic Kingdom for a couple of hours to ride some rides and watch the fireworks. Disneyworld is so big that even after you park and ride the tram, you have to ride the monorail to the entrance. Well we got an awesome parking place right at the front because it was about 6:30 by now. We rode Pirates without a wait and rode Rocky Mountain Railroad 3 times in 15 minutes before it shut down. It was so much fun not having to wait in line. On the last ride for the day, Dale and the kids could see the fireworks as they rode the rollercoaster. After 2 times, Summer decided she didn't like that ride and would never go on it again!
I got a new calling - Young Women's secretary. I've been this before and I'm excited to do it again. One of my assignments is to update the YW blog - good thing I learned how to do this.
It's another beautiful day in Florida!
Here is my Maxwell laughing. What a cutie!
Taylor got new skates for Christmas and the kids have been having a blast rollerskating. I remember doing this every day when I could. Ofcourse we had these cool hills in our backyard and I was a maniac. I'm surprised I didn't get hurt more. We rollerskated on the bike trail near our home to down town Winter Garden and got ice cream. I put on my rollerskates from when I was young - I'm thinking I need some new ones. I did get a new bike though - yeah!
Here is my new hair cut - much easier to handle.
Max is now 4 months and we fed him cereal for the first time - he loved it!
Okay - we have been going a little crazy with the Disney pass. Thursday we went to Magic Kingdom since the kids didn't have school Friday. We saw the awesome parade and rode lots of rides. Friday, we went to Epcot for the first time. Very fun - we will have to come back to this one to visit the different countries. Then today, Dale wakes up and wants to go to Animal kingdom. I stayed home with Summer and Max and the other kids went along. Dale said nobody was riding the river rapids so they just let them stay on the ride and they went on it 6 times. They came home soaked despite the rain gear.
