Thursday, February 26, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
The Joys of a Family Vacation
Since we just moved here, and the boys really don't have friends yet, we (jason and me)decided to take the boys to disney world and celebrate their bdays as well as a family vacation since we have been apart for so long...
Our journey began on Wed. Feb. 11th when we headed towards the NE GA Mountains to drop off Jason's vehicle at his parents. We needed to come up with a plan so that we would just have on vehicle on vaca, but we could start and end with two since we would be going back to two seperate home bases. So we spent the night with the in-laws, and we were off Thurs. Feb 12th. We plan to get there and settle in to begin our week long tour. We planned to start our first day on the 13th, Ty's bday.
We got there in about 7 hours...not bad. It was a jump and a skip considering we are no strangers to cross country driving (hehe). The boys did great with game system and toys in hand. Dinner bath and bed was on tap, and we would hit the ground running the next day!
Friday 13th, we got up way to early. The boys could not contain themslves after we told them what we were doing. Up until this point they had no idea. It was a total surprise! So we had breakfast and waited for our shuttle. Jas bought us matching shirts so we were set. We were under the impression that the shttle took us to all disney parks, and we were told wrong. We were dropped off at Epcot, and had to take buses and monorail to other parks...it only took us a bit to realize and find out the 411. We it the Magic Kingdom the first day. The tickets we bought were for 5 days and we could park hop at any time we wanted. It was really a great deal! The day was so fun and Ty had a blast on his special day. We made it in time to take our shuttle back to the hotel so all was good.
Saturday the 14th...happy love day!
My honey started off the day going out and getting me some Starbucks coffee...yum and went and got snacks for the boys. We found out the day before that we could take snacks in the parks. Big savings there. We headed to Epcot iin the am and Hollywood Studios which used to be MGM , but they changed the name in the pm. The highlight of that day was Ty fighting Darth Vader @ hollywood studios. He was chosen to participate in the Jedi Training, and to their surprise the students had to fight the dark side to become official. It was so awesome! Jason and I were so excited for him. I asked him if he was nervous and he said he was not! He's a tough cookie. We spent the rest of the day there, and of course bought souveniers for the boys...star wars stuff for Ty and toy story for Cade.
Sunday 15th...we went to Animal Kingdom. The day was yucky, and we really should have taken a day off cause the boys were exhausted! This was not a day we had a "blast" so to speak. We called it an early day, and all went to bed!
Monday we took the day off and went shopping...the whole fam got some new Nike kicks...fun!
Tuesday 17th we hopped between hollywood studios and magic kingdom....we stayed really late to see lighted parade and fireworks...it was beautiful!!!! Of course I videoed everything. I have 6 dvd's of fun!
Wednesday 18th...My baby's bday...Cade turns 4
We spent that whole day @ hollywood stu. We wanted to ride toy story, see playhouse disney live and talk with al characters. They really have some fab rides and things for the kids...never a dul moment. His fav I think was playing in the "Honey I shrunk the kids" replica of the backyard. We were in grass and we were like the size of ants. I take that back the ants were bigger! I think he had a great day. If you know Cade, he is a boy of very few words! He chooses when and who to talk to. Very selective!
Thursday came and it was time to head back to the mountains. We had a pit stop in Columbus for Jason and Friday we were in the mountains. We had a small bday party with cake, icecream, balloons etc. Lots of sugar you know! As if I didn't have a hard enough time getting them down from their high....
I made it back to SC on Sunday. Glad to be home, but soooo much to catch up on. I will post pics soon.
More to come!
Our journey began on Wed. Feb. 11th when we headed towards the NE GA Mountains to drop off Jason's vehicle at his parents. We needed to come up with a plan so that we would just have on vehicle on vaca, but we could start and end with two since we would be going back to two seperate home bases. So we spent the night with the in-laws, and we were off Thurs. Feb 12th. We plan to get there and settle in to begin our week long tour. We planned to start our first day on the 13th, Ty's bday.
We got there in about 7 hours...not bad. It was a jump and a skip considering we are no strangers to cross country driving (hehe). The boys did great with game system and toys in hand. Dinner bath and bed was on tap, and we would hit the ground running the next day!
Friday 13th, we got up way to early. The boys could not contain themslves after we told them what we were doing. Up until this point they had no idea. It was a total surprise! So we had breakfast and waited for our shuttle. Jas bought us matching shirts so we were set. We were under the impression that the shttle took us to all disney parks, and we were told wrong. We were dropped off at Epcot, and had to take buses and monorail to other parks...it only took us a bit to realize and find out the 411. We it the Magic Kingdom the first day. The tickets we bought were for 5 days and we could park hop at any time we wanted. It was really a great deal! The day was so fun and Ty had a blast on his special day. We made it in time to take our shuttle back to the hotel so all was good.
Saturday the 14th...happy love day!
My honey started off the day going out and getting me some Starbucks coffee...yum and went and got snacks for the boys. We found out the day before that we could take snacks in the parks. Big savings there. We headed to Epcot iin the am and Hollywood Studios which used to be MGM , but they changed the name in the pm. The highlight of that day was Ty fighting Darth Vader @ hollywood studios. He was chosen to participate in the Jedi Training, and to their surprise the students had to fight the dark side to become official. It was so awesome! Jason and I were so excited for him. I asked him if he was nervous and he said he was not! He's a tough cookie. We spent the rest of the day there, and of course bought souveniers for the boys...star wars stuff for Ty and toy story for Cade.
Sunday 15th...we went to Animal Kingdom. The day was yucky, and we really should have taken a day off cause the boys were exhausted! This was not a day we had a "blast" so to speak. We called it an early day, and all went to bed!
Monday we took the day off and went shopping...the whole fam got some new Nike kicks...fun!
Tuesday 17th we hopped between hollywood studios and magic kingdom....we stayed really late to see lighted parade and fireworks...it was beautiful!!!! Of course I videoed everything. I have 6 dvd's of fun!
Wednesday 18th...My baby's bday...Cade turns 4
We spent that whole day @ hollywood stu. We wanted to ride toy story, see playhouse disney live and talk with al characters. They really have some fab rides and things for the kids...never a dul moment. His fav I think was playing in the "Honey I shrunk the kids" replica of the backyard. We were in grass and we were like the size of ants. I take that back the ants were bigger! I think he had a great day. If you know Cade, he is a boy of very few words! He chooses when and who to talk to. Very selective!
Thursday came and it was time to head back to the mountains. We had a pit stop in Columbus for Jason and Friday we were in the mountains. We had a small bday party with cake, icecream, balloons etc. Lots of sugar you know! As if I didn't have a hard enough time getting them down from their high....
I made it back to SC on Sunday. Glad to be home, but soooo much to catch up on. I will post pics soon.
More to come!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
ok...been slacking off!
So, I have been bad! Not kept up like I wanted and should, but really things have been CRAZY!! Yes caps...CRAZY..there I said it again!
Long story short (because the boys are with me..yes I know 11 am and they are not in school)I have been running around, went through two days of crying, Jason came home to try to fix situation, and the boys are still the boys.
As to not get into the story right now, boys are with me at home. We pulled them from the school they were at, and I am looking for another program. I am still learning my way around, but missing my family, friends and hubby! There you have the cliff notes of my past weeks.
We are off on a fam vay-cay next week for the boys bday. They have no idea that we are taking them to Disney World etc. They are gonna freak, and well we all need that fam time, and laughing together!!
More to come when I am not rushed!
OH BY THE WAY..BECOME A FOLLOWER...CHECK IT OUT TO THE RIGHT OF THE PAGE :)
Long story short (because the boys are with me..yes I know 11 am and they are not in school)I have been running around, went through two days of crying, Jason came home to try to fix situation, and the boys are still the boys.
As to not get into the story right now, boys are with me at home. We pulled them from the school they were at, and I am looking for another program. I am still learning my way around, but missing my family, friends and hubby! There you have the cliff notes of my past weeks.
We are off on a fam vay-cay next week for the boys bday. They have no idea that we are taking them to Disney World etc. They are gonna freak, and well we all need that fam time, and laughing together!!
More to come when I am not rushed!
OH BY THE WAY..BECOME A FOLLOWER...CHECK IT OUT TO THE RIGHT OF THE PAGE :)
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