Slip slidin' away

The kids have so much fun on these big slides. Especially this one at Bounce U.

Going for a nature hike

We were going to hike the paved trail but the kids wanted to go on the dirt tracks. Off we went & we found all sorts of pretty & interesting things.

A passion flower.

The kids had fun watching the butterflies & caterpillars.

We hiked the dry river bed.

We found some butterflies apparently eating a snail. Do they do that?

Yea! We found the water.

A happy end to our trail.

Cicada song

The kids were amazed to see one of these up close. It was really loud!

Some school photos

Actually excited to go to school!

Those backpacks look so big.

Adrienne in her class.

Adrienne's first day of Kindergarten

The serious photo.


The smiley photo.


Ready to go off to school.


My big girl with all her gear!

E & A

Adrienne with her teacher Mrs. Lane.

Adrienne's classroom.

Adrienne & her flowers

Adrienne picked out the seeds, planted the seeds & watered her plants until they flowered for her. She was so proud of her pretty sunflowers.

Eli's first day of Second Grade

Eli all ready to go to school.

Eli with his teacher Mrs. Wright.

Last day before school

We spent our last day before school at the pool swimming.

Adrienne is fascinated with bats & discovered she could make a shadow in the shape of a bat.

Eli's skinny bat. :)

Then we went to Art in the Park to do some crafting. The kids made some kaleidoscopes.

We also painted fish to hang as windsocks. (They are now decorating our staircase where it is not very windy.)

Walt Disney World Day 7 - Epcot

The kids were freaked out to ride this one. Mission Space was new to us. Once we rode it though it was fun. Not at all what I was expecting.


The kids in France with the Eiffel Tower. Oooh la la!


The kids got a Kim Possible special mission phone in Italy & we went on several top secret missions in a couple of different countries.

It was entertaining & it kept us moving. You can't see it, but on the phone is a photo of the kids & I dressed in Viking outfits that they beamed to our phone in Norway.

In Germany, we made the clock tower play music & got to watch the bad guy get beat over the head with a mallet. The singing beer steins were pretty priceless too. :)

We got to have Lunner (lunch/dinner) with the princesses.
Eli & Adrienne with Belle.

Adrienne with Aurora.

The kids with Cinderella.

Ariel sans fins.

Snow White was quite the flirt with Eli. She asked if he would come rescue her someday if she were in trouble. She also wanted to know where Adrienne's castle was...in the clouds or here on the ground. The kids had fun speaking like her the rest of the day.

This woman is making candy sculptures in Japan. We watched her show three times before the kids were picked. They had decided before hand that they would like a red dragon, and that's what they asked for when she finally called on them.

As she crafted the different animals she would repeat over & over, "Shiny, shiny, canella, sweet, in only two minutes I make ...insert name of animal here....shiny, shiny". Needless to say the kids were very pleased with their dragon.

The rain came down while we were in Japan, but there was a beautiful rainbow after.

Across the lagoon, looking at the big ball at night after the light show & fireworks.

The Epcot ball. Shiny!