Uncle Mark buried Ashley and Sarah in the sand. The rest of the time was spent...
testing the waters

Jumping waves

working on a sand castle and

digging the moat.

Friday at Lakes Park

Saturday and Shark tooth hunting

Here is a picture from the beach where we were looking for Shark teeth. Isn't it beautiful?

Ethan playing in the sand

Hunting for Sharks teeth

Scooping up shells (and teeth)

Finn playing in the shells/sand

Gabby's first time in the sand!

Pointing at the Dolphins we saw

A dolphin jumping :)

Sunday @ Downtown Disney

We spent Sunday at Downtown Disney.

We couldn't visit Downtown Disney without visiting the toy store.

Ashley was very surprised that they had a My little pony station there.

Finn bulding a Mr. Potato head.

Christian with his built Mr. Potato head.

A traditional picture.

How Gabby spent most of her day.

After visiting downtown Disney we headed over to Old town. When I was younger my parents took me there to buy $ .25 Pepsi. So naturally we HAD to get one while we were there. They are now $ .49 .

Magical Monday at Disney

This year Disney offered the "Give a day, Get a day" Program. This program allowed our family to donate labor (which ended up only being an hour and a half) to earn a Disney ticket. Ethan was the only one who did not fit into the category of donating labor or being under three. We had to pay for his ticket at the gate. It had been six years (almost) since we had been to Disney. We had tons of fun but were exhausted by about eight pm. Here are a few pictures from our stay at Disney.

Cinderella's Castle
We bought some balloons they had for sale. By the end of the day the string broke on the blue one and it went sailing up in the air. The purple one came home with us and stayed up for quite a while (until I popped it)

During our stay at Disney I was worried about the kids getting lost in the crowds so I pulled up each of their sleeves and wrote our cell phone number on their arms. Thankfully no one needed to use this emergency feature but it was nice to have.

Ashley and the Balloons

Finn loved the balloons, I think it was his favorite thing of Disney.

I don't have many pictures of Gabby at disney, because she spent most of her day napping in the stroller.

Right after we bought the balloons.

My parents also volunteered and earned tickets to Disney so we were very blessed to have them go along with us to help us with the kids.

The teacup ride

Mike and I at Disney

Ethan with the balloons.

Our family :)

What a Magical day!

we recently purchased a pitcher. Along with it it came with a few freebies.... A coupon.... two tea bags....AND a bouncy ball??!??!

I'm wondering if this is a new technique for gently shaking up your iced tea? Does the ball go round and round and swirl it up very tastefully?

What do you think?

Jumperoo

Gabby tried out her Jumperoo today. She really seemed to enjoy it.

Our mall had a "mall wide Easter Egg hunt". The kids had a great time. The sign said there was a limit of 250 kids... I figured it would be Chaos. It was a lot better than I had pictured. This is after the Egg hunt.

Bunny glasses :)

Ethan was terrified of this guy. Camden and Ashley were friends with all of them they met.

more bunny glasses

Ethan with his glasses.

Recent pics

Gabby is trying to give me a smooch :)

This is a three headed daffodil in our garden.

Here is a picture from today. This is one of my favorites of her. Hard to believe she is over two months old now. time sure goes quickly!