Sun and Surf 2011

What a great family vacation. This year we went to Clearwater Beach Florida for 5 days and then spent 2 days in orlando at Disney World. We could have not asked for a better time. The beach was wonderful. It was like we had the whole beach to our selves. The kids liked playing in the sand. Cooper would go in the water but Ryleigh was scared of the ocean. We kind of expected that because when Cooper was her age he was scared of the ocean too. Everyday we would go down to play for a while on the beach and then after the kids were tired of that we would head to the great kiddie pool they had. It was very layed back. We did go do a couple of things. As you can see in the pictures below we went on a pirate cruise that was very kid friendly. Trey got picked to be a pirate named peg leg pete and he was coming to steal the treasure so the kids had to shoot him. It was pretty funny. We all had a good time on the cruise. Another little outing we did was we went and saw the famous dolphin Winter at the local aquarium. She is the dolphin that stars in the up coming movie Dolphin Tale. She has no tale due to get caught in a crab trap so they have made her a tale. Pretty neat that they could do that. Here are some pictures below of our first part of the trip and then there is another post about Disney.

Mickeys House 2011

The second part of our trip we went to Disney World and spent 2 days there. The first day there we played around at the resort which had a awesome pool area and then went and walked around the boardwalk. The next day we got up really really early and went and ate breakfast with Mickey and pals. We had so much fun watching Cooper get so excited to see them all. Ryleigh on the other hand well she loved all of them except Goofey she just screamed the whole time he was at our table and then when he left she was so scared that she would not even eat anymore and if you know her that is a big deal. She finally got comfortable again and ate some more. After breakfast we headed out for our adventure to the magic kingdom. We rode as many rides as we could fit in. Cooper rode everything he could. He loved the big thunder railroad that is a big rollercoaster. He rode it with Trey first and then he took me to go ride it and told me that it is not scarey it just goes really fast and then slows down and goes really fast again. He then told me Momma dont worry. Ha ha. I think Ryelighs favorite ride was the flying carpets. She screamed every time when it was time to get off.
The kids were so exhausted that Ryleigh went to sleep in the stroller for like 2 hours and then Cooper went to sleep for like 45 minutes. It was a busy day. When ended the day with the awsome light parade and the fireworks. Both kids loved watching them. When we got back to the resort they went straight to bed and did not make a peep until the morning. The next day vacation was over and we headed home.

Batter Up

We have started our second season of Blastball with Cooper. Trey is coaching again so we will have some busy saturdays coming up.

Zoo time

Since we have finally caught a break from the 100+ degree temps, Shelley and I decided a trip to the zoo would be fun. We had such a good time. We looked at all the animals and then had a picnic lunch and then off to the water to play some. It was nice to be able to be outside again.