Tuesday, August 14, 2012

1/4th of July

Jo was interested in how to draw Mickey after seeing all the photos from Disney World.  So I used the memory on how we were taught at the Disney class to teach her.
AWESOME!  She is such a good student and was very proud of her Mickey.

Paper Thompson Rifle w/clip
We are going to have to take stock in scotch tape and paper.  Cole sure creates impressive guns with detail and movable parts.

Another tooth!
Jo wrote to the Tooth Fairy again asking what she looked like and the tooth fair wrote back!
Jo said she is going to ask the Tooth Fairy next time if she could have a picture of her.  Oma and I will see if we can't catch the Fairy in the act of putting that gold coin under the pillow.

Time for a kiddy pool for Doug.
Ok, it turns out that Doug isn't thrilled with water yet but his best buddy Leroy and Jo love the pool.  We will just have to work with Doug and loving water.

Happy 4th!
Their Loot
Those loud ones are horrible! Their called screaming cats or screaming whistles, or screaming *^#(@&!
We also learned that Doug does not much like fireworks.  Poor guy.  We took care of him though.

We then drove to the side of the Expressway like many other spectators and watched the big fireworks after the local rodeo.
Maybe next year we will just go to the Rodeo and enjoy that too.

Family trip to Mt Hood
We met up with the S side of the family for a day in the sun.
Always wanted to try out the Alpine Slide and what a gorgeous day to do it!
Dan (in blue) and then ALL the kids.
(left to right) Cole, Sam, Jo, Lanna, Maggie, Chloe and Jordyn.

The Hamster Balls were a HUGE hit with the kids.
Climb inside and run to make them roll in about a foot of water.
Yes, the kids fell through the holes many times and ended up soaked, and loving it.

Carol and Dan with Mt Hood in the background.
WHAT? Sandy photo bombing!
Lot's of laughs and good family fun.





Jo was the only one who rock climbed.



She climbed up almost as fast as she came down only run to the next activity.








Family picture with Mt Hood.
Kids are sure growing up.

The trampoline bungee was also a hit.
Lanna, Sam and Jo.

Thanks, Bets, for planning this day!
BS Family w/ Jordyn & Uncle Don, Cousin Betsy with Chloe and Sam.

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Welcome to Epcot!

Our last full day at Walt Disney World was spent eating our way through Epcot.  We did see quite a few people drinking their way around the world and by the time they were in Canada they were quite "happy".

I didn't really grasp what the Epcot park was like.  I knew it was set up with countries around the world but it still didn't make complete sense.  Oh, I understand now and it was a wonderful way to end our trip.

Started off with tasting drinks from around the world.
They all tasted GREAT!
Ok, not really.
Italy was REALLY bad tasting to all five of us.
However we all enjoyed the soda from Germany.

Still sporting my poncho as Debby was still here.
Or, rather, I was told to take my poncho off as the sun did smile on us this whole day.
Sunny and warm all day!!

And we played a little in each country as well as ate.
 See, no wet heads and still smiling after many days.
This was France and the food was delish!

I just really like this photo of Riley and Mandy.
So I'm posting it.

When I say we ate around the world I wasn't kidding.
We only bought samplers and shared with each other so we could keep eating around the world.  Heck, even Riley was all over tasting each food by this day.  (I don't think he will just be a steak and potato's guy any more.)

Our Moracan Dinner

Waiting for the evening show over the water.
This was a wonderful show with lots of lights and fireworks.  I think the best show is still the Hollywood Disney park.  But all very different and very fun.

Our day of departure we walked around Down Towne Disney a little.  Did a little shopping and just kept it casual and not hurry.
The cartoons came to life in Lego's.  Just amazing!

And time to leave our home away from home.
What a vacation to remember!
The best group of goofballs to vacation with as we came, we saw and we left our mark on some of the employees I'm sure!
Thank you Trish, Andrew, Mandy & Riley!