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Tag: Jade

  • Charlestown State Park Balloon Glow

    Charlestown State Park Balloon Glow

    Yesterday, Jim was pushing us to finish our work early so we could have a family surprise. What was our surprise? The Charlestown Hot Air Balloon Glow. It was a hot, muggy evening with no breeze. (On a side note, we used our bug off lotion stick b/c the bugs were awful and they worked…

  • Having Dinner with the Gang

    Having Dinner with the Gang

    Our last night at Disney, we had dinner at the Liberty Tree Tavern. They normally don’t have character dining, but since the Crystal Palace is being renovated, they moved the characters to the Liberty Tree. So we got to share our dinner with some good friends:   Mom and Dad’s favorite part was that the…

  • Pretty Princesses

    Pretty Princesses

    Indigo and Jade decided they wanted to be princesses today:       But then it was time for lunch and my messy eaters didn’t want to stop being princesses.  So Mommy had to come up with a creative solution.  Enter Daddy t-shirts:         But the funniest part of the day was…

  • Ohana

    Ohana

    Our absolute favorite restaurant of our entire Disney vacation (and this is unanimous) was:   It had the most amazing family buffet you can imagine.  We didn’t take pictures of the food (because we were too busy eating it), but they brought around huge skewers of the tenderest food ever.  My mouth is watering just…

  • Pool Time

    Pool Time

    Swimming is always a highlight of our Florida vacations.  Here Brett is trying to explain to the girls that it is too cold for them to swim: The older children all had a great time:   Hewitt put on a brave face despite the fact that he wasn’t swimming: Jade – not so brave a…

  • Flying to Africa

    Flying to Africa

    We were having dinner at Boma’s restaurant one night. I was very excited about it because it was an African buffet style restaurant and I couldn’t wait to try some of the food that I’d heard about from our African friends. Boma’s is located at the Animal Kingdom Lodge, so Indigo and Jade decided they…

  • How Old Are You?

    How Old Are You?

    Jim asked Jade how old she was. She answered, “I’m two.” Then she paused and thought for a while… And added, “I’m going to be four in my life.” It’s good to see she’s planning for the future.   

  • So, Children, Why Do We Celebrate?

    So, Children, Why Do We Celebrate?

    During dinner last night, I asked the children why we celebrated Easter. When I ask questions like this, I always start with the youngest and go up. Mom: “So, why do we celebrate Easter?” Jade: “Cause we make soap” Indigo: “Cause we make lots of soap” Hewitt: “Cause we make soap and sell it to…

  • Jade

    Jade

    Jade had so much fun at Disney, but it wore her out a little:    

  • Norway

    Norway

    Norway (in Epcot) had a little ride and a movie about the country. Afterwards they let you out through their gift shop. Hmmmm…. not sure that was a great idea: Do you know what it took to get the children to put down those weapons? Especially Jade:  

  • The Littles go Horse Back Riding

    The Littles go Horse Back Riding

    Jim and I have categorized our children. Brett, Cole, and Emery are the “seniors”, Fletcher and Greyden are the “juniors”, and Hewitt, Indigo, and Jade are the “littles”. Grandma took the seniors and juniors to Disney Quest, so Jim and I got to spend some time with the littles. Hewitt kept saying how much he…

  • Happy Jade

    Happy Jade

    Apparently, being in Florida really agrees with Jade. She was so cute and happy during our vacation: OK, she was sad once: But then she was happy again:   Hmmmm… maybe I’ll have to take her back.     

  • More Disney

    More Disney

    On the Disney bus headed toward Epcot: Colter was the only one who wanted to go on Mission Space. The rest of us knew we’d vomit if we did. So here are the older kids waiting for Cole: While we were doing Mission Space and Test Track, the girls were having fun with Grandma at…

  • Back from Disney World

    Back from Disney World

    We’re back from our vacation. We had wonderful park weather (mostly 70’s) and still managed to get in a lot of swimming time. Thanks Grandma and Poppy for working at Disney World to make it possible! I’ve got tons of photos to post. So get ready! Driving to the airport (just a bit excited): Brett…

  • Silly Hats

    Silly Hats

    I suppose I should be happy that they played silly hats with their plates before dinner. Instead of after.