Celebrating Ella

Ella turned 4 years old today! We took her to Down town Disney to the Bibbity Boppity Boutique. There they made Ella into the beautiful princess Ella. She loved having her "Fairy Godmothers" paint her nails, put on her makeup and pull her hair into this beautiful princess updo. The whole time they are working on her she cannot see the mirror. When they are ready they say " Bippity Boppity Boo" and turn her around and the look on her face was priceless. She just smiled and lifted her left shoulder slightly and turned her head and looked over her shoulder, just like a real princess would do and stared at herself. It was sweet and funny. We then walked around Downtown Disney, shopped for birthday presents and had a birthday lunch at T-Rex, a very fun dinosaur restaurant. It was a fun special day for us all. Happy Birthday Princess Ella we love you very much.

Grandma Candy and Papa Dan

Living in Florida we have discovered that everyone loves to visit us now! Last week we had a very fun visit with Grandpa Dan and Grandma Candy. We played in the pool and went to the beach. The kids had a wonderful time showing off all their new swimming skills and playing games and going on walks with their grandparents.

The Girls

Easter Sunday lunch

After a nice visit with "Grandmom" Nathan's mother, the week of Easter, Easter Sunday came along. We were invited to our friends the Fox's house. There we enjoyed a nice Easter lunch and then we had a huge Easter egg hunt. We also had fun driving around on the golf cart and playing with our Easter baskets on our head. We always enjoy our time with the Foxes and look forward to more fun times with them.

Noels Birthday

Celebrating Noel

Today Noel turned 7 yrs old. He decided that he would have a boys trip to Disney World for his special day. So he and Daddy and Nathan got up early, dressed, headed to the donut shop and then on to Hollywood Studios. Once there it proceeded to rain almost the whole time they were there. But Noel did not care and had a great time doing all "the boy things." This year at Disney they are giving free admission on your birthday. Since we have annual passes we have the option for a gift card for $63 or passes for rides. Noel chose the gift card and bought a Star Wars helmet that talks and changes your voice into a trooper voice. It is pretty cool. The boys came home around 4pm. We opened presents and then I made him his birthday dinner, hamburgers on the grill. We also had yummy cake (Noel, Nathan and Ella made last night) and ice cream. Happy Birthday to our sweet boy Noel! We love you very much!

The Sonic Boom

For the last 13 days we have become avid NASA TV fans. The kids have loved everything about Space Shuttle Discovery. They want me to read the articles in the paper, they watched the shuttle dock to the space station and of course the space walks were very exciting to watch. So of course we had to watch Discovery make its way back to earth. When we discovered that you can hear the sonic boom and possible see the shuttle fly overhead as it made its way to Kennedy space center we were all very excited. So on Saturday we turned on NASA tv and waited anxiously. Once Discovery made its way over Florida we headed outside. We knew we would have a good chance of it flying overhead. Just as we were about to give up we heard this loud and I mean loud two booms right in a row and then all the dogs in the neighborhood started barking. It startled the kids but once we explained what it was they thought it was very cool. So we headed back in and watched Discovery land on the tv. They all cheered and clapped when it finally touched the ground. It was a fitting ending to our first space shuttle experience in Florida.