Family Visit

Carter and Christy brought Sean and Asia home yesterday. Johnny and Laura took them home with them after our Disney vacation. So it was great that they got to stay down in FL for a bit.



So we had a full house for 24 hours. It's always a quick trip when the Grants come up becuase Carter has all of his animals that he needs to take care of. So they never get to stay for very long.



But we had a great time. The kids had fun with each other. The house was really loud for pretty much the entire time. They played wii, jumped on the trampoline, ran around and Camryn even did a little cooking too.



It was sad saying goodbye. Jace cried because he didn't want to go and he wanted Asia to come home with him. It was really sweet. The kids don't get to see thier cousins very much so when they do get that time they really enjoy each other.

Fun Pictures







We had so much fun. I really could go on and on about it. Asia wants to go again next year. Hopefully we'll be able to. It really was the perfect time to go. There was hardly anybody there when you think about how crowded the parks are normally.









But the kids got to eat some fun foods. They got tons of souvenirs. And we got to do a lot of magical stuff. We're home now tired but happy and looking forward to next time.

Animal Kingdom





This park was pretty cool. We didn't do a whole lot of rides at this park. But we also didn't spend a lot of time here either. It was pretty hot so we only stayed for a couple of hours. Sean and I rode Everest Expedition which was pretty intense. I didn't really get to experience the ride becuase I was comforting Sean teh whole time but it was still pretty cool.




We did do a water ride which Asia loved. Laura, Sean and Asia got soaked. Johnny, Scott and I got wet but we didn't get it nearly as bad as the rest. I literally had to ring out Asia's dress afterwards.



The Safari ride was pretty cool. We got to see a lot of wildlife on location. Animal Kingdom really is a zoo on steroids in my opinion. An older crowd enjoys this park a bit more because it's more educational. But the kids seemed to enjoy it since a lot of characters were at the park this day.

Disney World!

We had the best time. We arrived at the park at 8 in the morning and stayed until the parks closed. We got in as much as we could the first day and we pretty much did all of it.



We spent most of the day at Magic Kindom and then had a late, late dinner at Epcot the first day. The kids including me had so much fun on the rides. And Sean is now big enough that he can ride some of the bigger rides with me since Scott isn't a fan of the coasters.



Asia loved all the characters and her favorite rides were Peter Pan and the Haunted House. Sean loved Pirates of the Carribean and I think since he wanted to do Space Mountain again, I think he liked it. Now I will say that I felt pretty bad when we got on the ride Everest Expedition. I had told Sean that I thought it was like Space Mountain. Well, it's a pretty intense ride and he got pretty scared. At several points he was wailing but no tears were flowing because he was too scared to cry. By the end of the ride he had calmed down but the funny thing was he said, "Mamma, I didn't even man up until the end of the ride." He was pretty excited to still be alive and when asked if he wanted to do it again he said, "No."



The parade was beautiful and the kids especially Asia was completely awed by the charaters. It was really cute to see her face as she waved to them. It was fun seeing her amazment that all of her favorite princesses are really "real". Sean is too big now for all the make believe but he really enjoyed everything. He's a thrill seeker so he enjoyed the rides a lot.



The day ended and we headed back to the resort for some much needed rest. We were going to need it for the next day.

On the Road

We had the best time in Florida! Scott and then Johnny reluctantly agreed to do a timeshare vacation at teh Westgate Resort about a mile from the park and we had the best time. We got to spend 4 days and 3 nights at a 5 star resort and got a couple passes too in the package for an amazing price.

After Scott's ball game on Friday at about 12:30 we headed down towards Lake City. We had originally planned on leaving early Saturday morning but Scott wanted to get on the road. So he laid the seats down and the kids slept and I rolled around in the back. :) About 5:30 we arrived at the hotel in Lake City and Scott got to crash for a couple of hours.



We arrived at the resort right around lunch time. So we unpacked and the kids headed down to the pool to swim. We had a light lunch, had dinner later and then just relaxed for the rest of the day to get ready for Disney World!

Wahoo!!!!

I love my pots and pans that Laura and JOhnny got me for my birthday. I've had my eye on this Wolfgang Puck cookware set for the past couple of years. So since I've got them, It's been fun playing and experimenting with my new set.



The inagural mmeal was Steak Diane, oven roasted asparagus, sour cream smashed potatoes and a garden salad. It was so much fun!



But what I"m excited about is that I was able to make candy for the first time. I made homemade butterscotch caramel. I'm going to start trying new recipes and flavors with the caramels now. Fun!

Here's a recent picture of Scott and me. Sean actually took this picture of us before we out to dinner. He did a really good job I think. But we were on out way to Outback for dinner.

Auburn Game

All we do anymore is go to ball games. So for a bit you'll hear a lot about football. But hey, it's football season. Is there really anything else happening in the world?

Kim was able to come down today and see her nephew play. Sean and Asia love it when their Auntie Kim comes to see them.



Sean's team did well again. They won 12 to 7. It was a good win againt the Auburn Tigers. Sean scored another touchdown and ran the ball pretty well. He did have a couple fumbles that we weren't too happy about but he's pretty consisent otherwise hanging on to the ball.



I did get a shot of him running the ball and he's stiff arming the guy. It looks like he's doing the heisman.

The pictures I got at work are actually right in front of the building. We have a really nice waterfall. So after the kids got done throwing pennies into it they posed for mommy. Johnny and Laura did too and I got some nice photos of everybody.

Too bad Scott wasn't there. We have so few pictures together.

Welcome Grandparents!

Today was grandparents day at school. Johnny and Laura were able to get away for a few days and celebrate with us. Thank goodness Labor Day is on Monday so they can actually stay and rest and not have to rush off once they got here.

But it was really nice, the presentation they had for all the guests at the school. Asia had a presentation with her class in the room for all the grandparents and then gifts. And then Sean's age group, the rest of the elementary had the big production in the auditorium.

Sean was part of the group that started the ceremony which was pretty cool. He and two other little girls got up center stage to do all of the pledges. He started the one to the Christian flag.

Afterwards, we all went to Chick-Fil-A, ate lunch, walked around, met people and then I was able to get some nice pictures outside. So now we're all home about to watch a movie, The Waterhorse, and Scott's at a football game.

I'll post a review on the movie later and give my thumbs up or down. :)

It's football season! Sean opened up the season today againt the Red Raiders at Q.B. and did a fantastic job. I was actually working in the concession stand so I missed the first three quarters of the game. But fortunately for me, all the action happened during the fourth quarter.

One of his teamates went in to score and then Sean made the two point conversion. Then Sean was able to score on the bootleg (whatever that means). All I know is that my boy was in the endzone with the ball and the ref had his arms up in the air! He then made another two point conversion.

So the game is almost over. One of the other boys steps in, throws the ball into the endzone and Sean is there with ready hands. I think He got those from Scott. But he caught and he scored. Ball game. We won 20-0 against the other team. It was a great way to open this season.