Sunday, December 30, 2012

Beach 2012

This post starts the beginning of my 2012 catch up!  I have about 15 events in my photo library to put on the blog for this year.  I love to print these off so the kids can look back later.  This post is from our beach trip back in June.  Our last night there, I decided to take the stinkers out there and get some pictures.  I decided to do Tessa last, since I did actually have pictures of her done professionally in April.  Of course the sun went down and we ran out of time.  I got some great ones of Eli, but the light was pretty crappy by the time I got Drake out there.  By the time I got Drake back to the house, it was too dark to take Tessa out.  Next year!





 I love this one with the reflection.
 I love this one b/c they way he is standing reminds me of him still standing like a little unsteady baby.  I miss my babies.


 Time to run!

 Silly goose

 Splashing around


 Eli is my drool monster!  When will it EVER end?



Such a stinker!


 I need a canvas of this
 Funny kid
 Walking home!
 Drake's turn!!!
 I don't remember what he found so funny.
 When did he get so BIG?

 They both have the same obsession with jumping to see how high they can make the water splash.


 Love this big boy
 Future lifeguard?

Last Day at Disney!

Saturday brought us to our last full day at Disney.  The agenda was Downtown Disney, naps, and then Mickey's Backyard BBQ show that night.  We took the bus to Downtown Disney.  Drake sat with me in the back.  Love this little boy and all his expressions.



 We headed into a large toy story and each kids picked out a small stuffed animal.  It was their only souvenir from the week, so we did a pretty good job on frivolous spending.  They loved the Buzz statue outside.
Silly girl:-) 
 They each got a smoothie, and were thrilled about it.  The little things, right?
 In front of the lego store
 Eli playing...
 Eli tired...
 Eli tantruming!  How quickly this little one decompensates!
 We had lunch at the T-Rex Cafe.  It's just like Rainforest Cafe, but with dinosaurs.


 That night we headed to a dinner show, Mickey's Backyard BBQ.  It's held over at Fort Wildnerness, and was a fun show.  Lots of eating, dancing, and a fun show.  Here are the three stinkers trying to catch a glimpse of the characters as we were waiting to get in.

 Typical for the week:  Tessa hugging and Eli trying to escape.  Poor Eli was so tired by this point in the week, he even carried his blankie to dinner.
 Goofy!  Their second favorite, next to MIckey.  You can see Goofy lifting his ears, which they absolutely love.
 They kept trying to get him to lift his ears again!


 They loved the lemonade!

 And really loved the watermelon!


 The show was starting!


 The dancing and silliness started here!

That sums up our trip!  I still have some mobile pics, and the Disney photo pass CD, but who knows when I'll get those up.  It was a great trip, and we can't wait to (maybe) go back in 2014.  We may to a Disney cruise instead.  2013 is the year of no big trips or vacations, since we set the goal to pay off one of student loans this year!