Orlando vacation

To sum it up in two words: FUN and HOT!!!  :)  We had a blast! Addison did great riding down and back, thanks to the iPod. It kept her busy enough that we only stopped once on the way down and once on the way back. The Fountains resort was awesome and the parks were great, but there wasn't enough time to do it all! Here's a few pics that hit the highlights of the trip.

Here's us at the resort playing in the pools. They had some really awesome pools and a water slide that Addison really wanted to go down, but she was too short. We had fun "shwimmin" anyway!

She also played on the playground at the resort and at Landry's Seafood House, where we ate supper one night. She enjoyed playing and the food was great there. There was a guy making balloon animals and Addison got a monkey, and she named him "Monkey", of course.

We went to Magic Kingdom one day and boy was it HOT!! We tried to stay inside most of the day, so we did a couple of shows that we didn't do last time, (which were great) visited Mickey & Minnie, and rode some indoor rides until the sun went down. Also, since she's into the Disney princesses and Tinkerbell now, we waited in line for 45 minutes to see the princesses and 1 hour to see Tinkerbell. They were great though, and spent a lot of time with Addison (no wonder the wait is so long!!).

Addison wasn't too sure at first, but then she warmed up, especially to Tinkerbell, who was the BEST! She loved Addison and asked Addison to stay with her forever, which of course Addison said "Yeah" and waved bye to us. It was really cool and I got some videos of her with the characters. She also got an up-close spot at the parade (same as last year) and got to greet some of the other characters as well. We had a blast and the fireworks show was great at the end also.

We also went to Sea World and saw Abby, Elmo and the gang as well as "Shampoo" (Shamu) and rode some fun rides. We had a great time there too.

When we got home, the first thing we did was...(unpack, you say?? surely, not us!!)....we drew a chalk picture in the driveway to celebrate our trip!

busy summer

Long time no post...we've been having a blast this summer!

We went to EdVenture and Discovery Place recently and had a great time at both places. Here's a few pics of our days having fun there.

This is at Discovery Place - there was so much to see and do there, but her favorite part was the 3D Turtle Movie. She was also fascinated by the big buildings ("castles") in Charlotte and enjoyed finishing the trip off with some pizza.

Here we are at EdVenture in Columbia. There was a lot of cool stuff here too and her favorite thing by far was the grocery shopping!

Here's some pics of our July 4th holiday. This was the first time in forever that we haven't gone camping on the 4th, but we had a blast keeping busy with all the family in Greenwood and Ninety Six.

Two weeks ago was Vacation Bible School at Northside Baptist and did we ever have fun! Addison really enjoyed her first VBS! Kudos to Alice and the rest of the nursery workers on a job well-done! It took us until midnight every night to get her calmed down for bed and she talked about all the fun things they did all the way home. One night in the car, she said "Oh my goodness, child!" and I asked her who says that, and she said "Mrs. Linda"...haha. She proudly showed off the crafts and things she made and loved being a cowgirl all week! While we were on our way to vacation in Orlando a couple days after VBS, she all of a sudden said, "Mommy I had fun at Bible school!". My heart melted. Thanks NBC for another great VBS! If you'd like to see a video of our VBS week (featuring Addison and Jason a few times), click here: NBC VBS Video on YouTube. Also, if you're on Facebook, you can see some pictures on Northside's page: NBC Photos.

Here's a couple of pictures of Addison on the last night of VBS, wearing her Saddle Ridge Ranch shirt

Some of the things I LOVE to hear Addison say lately:

1. Yessss or Yeah (it only took her 2 years to say "Yes," but "No" was her second word...imagine that...)

2. "Where is 'em?" (where is it?)

3. "Two of 'ems" and "Both of 'ems" (two/both of them)

4. "I sure did!"

5. "I shweepin" (I'm sleeping)

Her favorite songs:

1. "How much is that doggie in the window?"

2. "Undo It" by Carrie Underwood  :)

3. Any songs by Lady Antebellum

4. "The wise man built his house upon the Rock..."

5. "Jesus loves me...la la la" (Camp La Vida version)

6. "VeggieTales" theme song