Look Who's 6!

As per tradition in our home, we had breakfast with the Birthday Boy in his bedroom!

We had some wild fun at a bounce house!

This slide was huge!

I was given very strict instructions about how to make his cake:

"Just make a cake that has rainbow sprinkle frosting and put my dinosaurs on top with letters"

Opening the oodles of presents!

We love you Birthday Boy!

We're going to Disney World!

Isn't that what they say when they win something big?

Actually, its more of a we went to Disney World, and the big thing we won was actually, not something we won at all, rather it was a Sonic convention that took us to the great site of Orlando, Florida for a 6 night/7 day stay.

And now I present the 411 of our visit:

Once Upon A Time

The boys' first airplane experience. They were sooooo excited!

As the plane was lifting off, they both were saying, "This is Awesome!!" over and over!

Downtown Disney- the Lego Store

That night after the opening ceremonies for the convention, we got to go to Universal Studios, for a private party for all 2500 convention goers.

Here we are with Sponge Bob.

The boys did not like talking or meeting the characters.

They just wanted to watch from a safe distance.

On the days where Ryan had meetings,

the kids and I hung out in the beach box,

and swimming.

On the final night of the convention they had a fancy dinner

followed by a concert by Kenny Loggins

(A little Footloose Anyone?)

During the concert some of the other wives and I were getting our Footloose out and having a great time, when we were handed backstage passes for after the show!

Yah, we talked about that for days!

With the convention over, it was now time to get our Disney on!

Magic Kingdom

We were there from sun up til closing,

where we rode tons of rides, got drenched in the rain, saw the light parade, and watched the largest fireworks show they've ever done there

(apparently there was a fireworks convention in town, too, and they teamed up with Disney to show us the best they had!)

Surprisingly, the boys' favorite rides were NOT the kiddie rides.

They'll tell you that their favorite rides were Splash Mountain, Thunder Mountain, and the River Rapids at Animal Kingdom, where we got drenched!

You have to see the boys' faces in this picture! Everyone else is posed, because we knew there was a camera coming, but the boys didn't and Ryan says his face is raw emotion, too!

Animal Kingdom

We went on a jeep safari and the boys loved seeing all the free roaming animals

And our Disney adventure came to an end.

And we lived Happily Ever After

Oh, and you can't forget the lollipops as big as your head

Oh My

A Night on the Town

A couple of weeks ago we decided to spend Friday night downtown, seeing the sights with our clan. We ate pizza at a little shop, rode the train, went to temple square, had a carriage ride, and got ice cream. About 10 1/2 years ago it was just Ryan and I in that carriage, this time we had lots of company with us, and it was even better!

Let the Games Begin!

The boys started Tee-Ball a couple of weeks ago!
They are on the same team, The Reds, as we like to call them, have had 4 games, and they were all wins! (of course they don't keep score, nobody strikes out, and everyone bats, but we can chalk those all up to wins, right?)
Cameron loved his little outfit so much, he wore it to preschool the next day, hat and all!


The adoring crowd

Wheeler Farm

Cameron driving the tractors

Blake hanging out with the ducks
Domestic Elk

Feeding the DucksPetting the goats and colts

We went to Wheeler Farm Sunday afternoon for a picnic and animal gazing. We also got to see the daily milking of the cow. It was quite stormy and raining, but we stuck it out and the kids had a great time.

An Evening at the Park

Saturday night we rode our bikes to the nearby park and had a picnic. I towed two of them in my carriage, because Cameron's bike chain fell off and his training wheels kept going wacky on him. As I'm pulling up the rear in our little bike train, Cameron says, "Mom, you don't go as fast as Daddy and Blake, hurry up!" I huffed back, "yeah, well they aren't hauling an extra 60 pounds, either. Your Mom is fabulous!"

Ah, yes, fun times on the slide!