Monday, December 29, 2008

Christmas

The boys got rollerblades and so did I. And I also got this white TV stand that I have been wanting.

Summer got a blow up swimming pool and thanks to the 80 degree weather and a little hot water from the tub, the girls played in it for 2 hours.

Taylor also got this pogo stick and they got some video games they have been playing a lot.

Amy got a new bike. Max got the talking Elmo and I have to say that all of the kids have enjoyed playing with it. We got Horton Hears a Who which is a great movie and also from my parents we got a Clearplay DVD player which takes the garbage out of any DVD. Shelby got Pedipaws - I'll have to practice with it though - it's basically a dremmel sander.

It's orange season again.

We actually went to the beach the day after Christmas because it was so warm, but we didn't takes our suits, just played on the beach.

Max still isn't too sure about the beach.


Sunday, December 21, 2008

Last day at Disneyworld

Today was our last day at Disney before our passes run out. Can you believe it is almost Christmas and there are gorgeous flowers blooming? I couldn't resist taking a picture of the kids in front of them by the ferry. All the kids have grown - Summer started out at about 40" and is now 44" and could ride Space Mountain.
Dale's trying to pull out the sword in the stone - you go babe!


The Merry -go-round


Captain Hook and Smee


The Wishing Well

Max waiting for the kids on the race track.

It was 80 degrees today - I'm still amazed at the weather here.

Cute Boys

I found Max snuggled up with these two one morning.
He has learned to climb and gets up onto the table. He thinks he's pretty clever.

Here Taylor is ready to go to his first concert to play the handbells. He did a terrific job.




Monday, December 8, 2008

Gingerbread Houses

Before After


Our fun friends the Smithsons suggested getting together to make gingerbread houses which was a great idea. They taught us the trick - hot glue the pieces together! How smart are they. Also, the kits from Target come with the frosting already made.
The kids had so much fun.



Hollywood & Bear

Taylor has been wanting a Turkey leg at Disney World all year so when I took the three older kids to Hollywood Studios Saturday, I decided to get them all a turkey leg. A few bites in and they all were gagging it down. Word of wisdom - stick with the pizza.
We waited in line for 90 minutes for Toy Story Mania which was totally not worth the wait. Rockin' Rollercoaster and Tower of Terror were good though and Fantasmic was pretty good.

Kendall earned his Bear and is now in the Webelos den. Yay! I'm thinking of darkening my hair back to its natural color, what do you think?