Disney World!!

We have spent the last week in Orlando and oh, we have had so much fun! Rainee and Doug and their 5 kids, Caitlin, Ryan and I and Joan (Doug's mom) have had a blast! Well, maybe Ryan hasn't had as much fun as the rest of us (he has been in meetings all week.) It worked out that when we had this trip planned that he was going to be in Orlando at exactly the same time so it has been great to have him here with us. On Monday we started the week by going to Magic Kingdom! It was so fun! I have to tell you though that it is the rainy season here but even with the rain we have loved it.

Here we are starting out our adventure, Notice the color of the sky, it looks like a beautiful day right?

By the time we got off the ferry to get to the park it was the biggest down pour you have ever seen! The rain is nice though because it cools everything down and it feels like you are standing in a warm shower.

Can't go to Magic Kingdom without riding the tea cups!

Not sure what this picture was of but I think we were all relieved that the rain was over.

A visit to Minnie's house was in order, i love the pink.

We couldn't get Evan and Bryce out of the kitchen they loved how Minnie cooks.

Minnie's green house was just as fun!

We had to hit the mad hatter shop and Evan had to take my picture, it was a bad hair day pretty much every day. I think there were days that I finally did not even do my hair because it pretty much looked like this everyday.

This was the hat that Evan chose!

Caitlin thinks this one is her favorite.

Rainee chose to be a bride again!

Bryce thought he should try on Evan's hat.

A favorite of the boys was of course, Pirates of the Caribbean, they all got a sword or a gun!

The home that we stayed in was fabulous! It had 5 bedrooms and this great pool in the back yard! We loved having our private pool.

The next day we went to Hollywood Studios. Guess what? It was raining again! We got some new slickers and we were off for the adventure for the day!

The Star Tour was a hit! Evan wasn't sure if he wanted to have is picture with a girl Jedi!

McKenly was such a trooper, she was very good the whole trip. her communication is now growls and it is hilarious to listen to her when you just let her down on the floor and she growls all around while she is playing. (I think she likes to hear herself.)

Yep, Layne is a star trooper!

It wouldn't be a day if you didn't have a turkey leg! Yum, are they ever good!

We finished the night watching Fantasmic! It was a fantastic show with fireworks only Disney can do!

The week has gone by so quickly and we are hating thinking that it is coming to an end!

more activities

I still have more pictures of when we were all together so I better hurry and get these posted because we are going to Florida and I'm sure I'm going to have many more pictures to show.

After Grand camp we went and visited Grandma and Grandpa Shaw and the boys couldn't wait to go to the fish pond. The fish are huge and they couldn't wait to catch some.

Even Sofia and McKenly thought it was fun.

We then went to the Dinosaur Park and even though it was way hot they all had fun exploring the prehistoric era.

I think Livy spilled her water.

Yes, dinosaurs are huge!

Sunday we celebrated Nate and Isaac's birthdays and Kace had found this little fly box in his barn and he had worked hard to clean it up and give it to his Dad for his birthday. He was so excited for Nate to open it. ( I think Tydon was excited as well.)

In the afternoon we thought we better have one more picture with all of the grand kids.( we don't get them all together in one place very often!) The dress for the day was casual as you can see, some more casual than others.

Come on Tydon look so we won't have to take anymore!

Then of course all of us together! Isaac what are you looking at?

Now everyone is looking everywhere but Jaedon and Livy are ready and so is Lincoln and Isaac!

We went to Downatta hot springs on Monday and it was great to cool off. The water was warm but it was still a great place to cool down.

The water fountains were a hit!

McKenly loved crawling throught them.

Layne I love your smile.

I think I like this water!

The fish men! Carson and Layne!

Livy loved this fountain.

Sofia is not quite sure.

I will stay by Mom these water things might go off and get me!

It was a fun day and we loved getting wet!

Grand Camp!

If you want to read about Grand Camp go here!

( I accidentally got it on the wrong blog!)

The parade and the Rodeo

We all went to the parade on Thursday night and we met Mel, Jaedon, Livy, and Sofia  at the parade because they had just drove into town after driving for 2 days to be with us! We were so excited to see all of them and the boys were so excited to go to the parade and the Rodeo!

I think they thought Mac was the "King" or maybe Mac told them he was the "King" so they were treating him like they were his lowly servants.

Here we are waiting for the parade and we were trying to tell Livy that she needed to be more aggressive than the boys if she wanted to get the candy.

Here are the boys ready to pounce on the candy!

Sofia wasn't sure about pouncing on the candy and even when a piece was right at her feet she was a little hesitant to pick it up!

Lincoln was just trying to figure out what all of the fuss was about, I love his little furrowed brow when he is trying to figure something out.

Jessica and Livy decided the "girls" should stick together.

They all were excited to go to the carnival and use all of their tickets!

If you can tell some of them were brave enough to lift up there hands!

Tydon couldn't wait until the next ride. Evan is saying "Gee that was fun".

We all went to the famous Preston night Rodeo. We enjoyed it even if it was a little damp.

Yee, haw, go you cowboys!

What a fun night we had with everyone together!