Orlando 2009

Marty and I took the kids on an awesome 10 day vacation earlier this month. We went to Orlando, FL and enjoyed all of the Disney theme parks. We went to Magic Kingd0m, Epcot, Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom. We went on some wild roller~coasters, saw some amazing animals, took in several great shows and had a super fun time.

Paxton next to a large can of Play~Dough in "Honey I Shrunk the Kids."

Paxton and Avery at Hollywood Studios.


The kids playing around in the parking lot while waiting for our shuttle.
Paxton and Marty after we all went on the Everest Rollercoaster. It was wickedly crazy. I spent the entire ride soothing Avery, which actually helped me from freaking out myself!!!
Flamingos that we spotted on our safari ride
Our Safari bus
We went to Rafiki's Island where they have one of the largest animal hospitals in the world. We actually got to observe the doctors perform a surgery on a small gazelle. She made it through her surgery without any complications.



Avery on Marty's shoulders while waving at all of the princesses in the parade.

We enjoyed our front row seats to "Off Kilter" a Celtic band that we all enjoyed.







Enjoying a couple of sweet treats at the bakery in Holland at Epcot.


A very, very wet ride that soaked all of us.


Some of the animals that we saw on our safari tour

Some crocs catching some rays

Avery and Marty went on this dreadful looking ride "Hollywood Tower" where they went up on an elevator and dropped several stories!!!

My Mommy's Hummingbird

My mommy sent us a picture of one of her loyal hummingbirds. She looks like a very sweet gentle soul; her name shall be Helen Hoyt, the hummingbird.

Home For the Holidays

Winter came early this year. And it is STILL snowing! We went to The Erickson's house for the annual Christmas boat parade on Phinney Bay. This year there was only about 5 or 6 boats, but it was great. Eric had a roaring fire down by the water that kept us warm. Late into the night, we all headed back to our house and went in the hot tub and we soaked way into the night. The Ericksons headed home on foot about 3:00 in the the morning. Good times.

Avery, Paxton and Carter took turns running around in the snow in their swim suits. Paxton ran in the snow all the way around our house in his swim trunks and Avery was went for a little swing on the swingset!

Me getting ready to hit the great outdoors.

Making Christmas cookies.