Florida Part 2- Magic Kingdom

Our second full day we went to the Magic Kingdom. My friend Kathleen made us cute shirts for our Disneyland trip earlier in the year so we reused them for this trip.

Sarah tried her hand at trying. It was as scary as I imagined. ;)

Steven had fun lizard hunting and found quite a few. 

Florida Part 1- Harry Potter World

I'm not sure if it's common knowledge, but Mike and I eloped on a trip to Disney World in 2004. (April 21, 2004 to be exact) We've wanted to go back, but plane tickets for a family of five mixed with park tickets have kept us from doing it before. We wanted to make sure the kids were tall enough for the rides. FINALLY, they were tall enough, so we made plans.

We stayed at the Shades of Green Resort, which is a Disney World resort for military personnel. (and government people, and people that know people affiliated with people...) It was a great resort. We bought a breakfast meal plan for the buffet and after a few days of eating wonderful food the kids were all sick of it but we were still paying for the full shebang. It was good food though.

We spent two days at Universal and Four at Disney. We started at Universal since we all wanted to see Harry Potter World. It was pretty fabulous. WAY bigger than California's. Adam was bummed he was too short to go on one of the rides and got stuck in a twirly ride with me. We tried to spike his hair tall, but he was barely under and they wouldn't budge. I think it was the hulk ride. Only ride he was too short for. Since we were pretending to be in England, Mother Nature decided to give us the royal treatment and it rained really good. I'm glad we brought our rain coats. :)

Congratulations Miller Family!

On October 14th, Mike's birthday, Dave and Ashley chose to have their family sealed together in the Fort Collins Temple. The kids and I drove down so we could be there with them. The sealing was so sweet and beautiful! On the day of the sealing it was REALLY windy, so Ashley and Dave had professional pictures taken the day before. Smart thinking. I took some pictures day of. They had a lot of friends there waiting, but the temple workers had them waiting at a different exit and we never saw them. Oops!

Here are some of the pictures their professional photographer took. A little better than mine. ;)

Happy Birthday Mike!

I'd make fun of the fact that Mike is old and turned 37, but I'm even older. :) Since the kids and I were headed to Colorado for Ashley and Dave's sealing Mike and I celebrated the day before. We went biking above the temple in Draper. I'm not his favorite biking partner, something about not being willing to almost die, but we still had a lot of fun.

This picture popped up, so I figured I'd add it again. I can never get enough of it. :)

The kids made him a couple happy birthday messages.

We are all incredibly lucky to have him in our lives. He's the best of the best and it doesn't hurt that he's also incredibly handsome.

School pictures

As I say every year, school pictures are a rip off, but I always love having them. My kids are getting so big! Sarah started sixth grade this year, which is Jr High at Providence Hall. Craziness, I know! Steven is in 4th Grade and has Miss Shaw, who was his 2nd grade teacher. Adam is in 2nd grade with Miss Schultz. (The red shirts were intentional of course.)