Christina gave both cats a shower the other night. Don't they look so pleased? Mikey and I went out on Date Night a few nights ago. We went to our favorite local Sushi place. This is a baby octopus. He was yummy! This was our dessert. Extra shrimp heads and sea urchin. I don't think we had ordered the urchin before because it didn't look familiar to us. Oh wait, yes it did. It looked like cat throw up. Actually took us a min to decide to eat it! But it was pretty good. Christina has her modeling Expo tomorrow that I am taking her to, and Mikey plans on finally putting up the trampoline. We hadn't put it up since we weren't sure on what our plans with this house would be. We have decided to stay here at least one more year. Since I doubt the market will turn around enough for us to sell our house and buy/build what we want here. We probably have 2 more years here. We love our neighborhood and all the kids' close friends live nearby. Might as well get the trampoline up, and put in a small putting green for Caleb. We can do a few things that we want, as long as we can put it back the way it was. Which wont be a problem. You can buy sod anywhere! And I am going to continue adding to my garden. I have a tomato plant, rosemary, basil, catnip, mint, and parsley so far. They are doing good so far!
Friday, April 25, 2008
Dinosaurs, Cats and Sushi
Saturday, April 19, 2008
2nd Half of Mom and Dads Visit
We had lunch in a nice buffet style restaurant, then went to the Safari Ride. This is a ride with a big 'jeep' that takes you thru several different landscape terrains, all with different wild animals. Some up very close. (boohoo, I had such great pictures) There were lions and giraffes, hippos, rhinos, deer, wildebeest, and lots of other animals you'd think you might find in a jungle. Very neat!
We also went on a 'white water rafting ride' where it seats 10 people in a big circle and you spin around and down in fast moving water. We wore our raincovers but still managed to get wet. Maybe thats because we went on it twice? (no lines!!)
AT least it was a warm day.
Mount Everest was the only ride that Caleb was too little to go on, but not Zachary. I really didn't think he'd want to go on it. Boy was I ever wrong!
Not only did he go on it once, but 3 times!! We got to go again due to 'babyswap' and then I got free fast pass tickets so we went again!! He loved it!! I bet he would of got on it all day long! I just showed him these pictures and he is jumping up and down saying "I want to go again! That was sooo fun!!" Mind you, this is a high speed coaster! He's soo brave!!
After that was DinoLand.
Its not really a coaster, but it moves fairly fast and shakes you around when the "T-Rex" is chasing you. Caleb was big enough for this, so he went on it. But he says he doesn't want to go again. I have to give that kid credit, he will try it once, then if he says "NO", we respect that and don't make him do it again. At this point they are used to seeing bones and etc, so it didn't really bother them. This park closed at 9 so we were headed back to Epcot (where we parked) for dinner. When I booked our tickets I checked the time and it said 12am closing (it still says it, I just checked) We got there a few minutes after 9 and it was closed too!!! What!!?? Well its only THE MAGIC KINGDOM that is open till midnight. AHHH!! We hadn't eaten since lunch, and the car was a good distance walk. Thank God they let us in the gate so we could walk to the resort where we had parked our car. (for free by the way! I have learned if a park has a resort to try and park there because you might not have to pay the 11$ charge for parking!) By the time we got to the car we were exhausted and fell asleep. I'm so glad Mikey is a night owl and not easily tired out.On Monday we went to the Kennedy Space Center. Actually we went there Monday and Tuesday. We bought annual tickets, and they stamped mom and dads for a free day. This is where I broke my phone. Apparently the battery had died in it, and they couldn't be sure it wasn't a bomb, and neither Mike nor I could get the cover off. I said the only time it has ever come off is when it is dropped. So I dropped it. Of course, it broke in half. He figured it must not be a bomb or I wouldn't of done that, but now I have a useless phone and no pictures. :( We were supposed to come here on Saturday, but since that didn't work out we were really glad we got to come on Monday instead. It was a Rocket Launch Day!! That was very cool to see so close. We were as close as they let 'civilians' get. This place is very neat. Everyone should see it at least once. I wonder how the Space Shuttle program being closed in 2010 will affect this place? The boys got some rocket toys and have been playing with them almost non stop. Maybe they will grow up to be Rocket Scientists? Caleb was in heaven with all the Jets and Rockets around! At least Mike brought his phone and was able to take some good pictures!
Mike and Dad played golf Tuesday at a Disney Golf Course that was something like 200 a person. But Jr played with them and got them discounts so it was only 45 a person. Mike said that although the course was really nice, he could never see paying 200 to play there. Wed Mom and Dad flew home. :( We miss them. Although the boys were happy to have their playroom back, and I was happy not to have their toys spread all over the house. I'm already looking forward to the next time they come to visit us. And anyone else that wants to come!! Its was so great having them here and visiting with them. Thanks for coming out Mom and Dad!! We loved having you here!!!!Friday, April 18, 2008
First half of Mom and Dads visit!
This was the only picture Mikey took of being at the golf course. I also put dad to work helping me with the green beans. I have tomatoes growing like crazy, so we made this appetizer. Tomatoes, basil and mozzarella. Yummy!
On Friday we went to Zachary's school and ate lunch with him. He really enjoyed having all of us there! Then Dad and Mikey went golfing. Mom, the kids and I went to the mall to get Christina's pictures done for her modeling Expo thats coming up in 2 weeks.
Because it seems like one of us have to get hurt during visits or holidays, Zachary kept up the tradition by falling on Saturday and cutting his chin open. This day didn't turn out like we wanted it to, and this was just icing on the cake.
We headed out early Saturday afternoon to go to Kennedy Space Center. However, a few blocks from our house the CHECK ENGINE light came on in the Durango. Since KSC is about 35 min away, and we had alot more driving planned for the rest of the week, we didn't want to get stranded out on some freeway. So we turned around and went back. Mike and I dropped Mom, Dad, Christina and the boys off at a nearby park while we took the Durango to our local shop. It took them about 2 hours to determine the problem. Something with the fuel tank fume sensor. (??) But the mechanics assured us that we could drive on it without any problems. We picked up the family from the park only to discover that Zachary had fallen off the swing and cut his chin. By the time we cleaned him up and debated on stitches, it was too late to go out to KSC,(its an all day experience) so we decided to go to a Jungle Adventure park about 25 min east of us.
Isn't this a neat building? There are also many acres of swamps and animals to see. Here I am holding a baby alligator. Daddy holding a snake. If Gramma Ginny sees this picture she just may faint! Mom held it with no problem at all! Mikey had no problem either. Can you tell by the look on Zacharys face how he felt about the snake?!! Baby alligators are cute, but can still bite a finger off, so they taped his mouth. This was as close as Caleb would get to the alligator. He was the same way with the snake. But Zachary liked holding the alligator. Don't be fooled by this look. He was loving it!
They had over 200 very large alligators but they also had a little zoo as well.
We went on a boat ride thru the swamp land. This is what Florida USED to look like before we came in and razed much of the lands.You can see a few alligators lurking under the water. This is why you DON'T go swimming in any swamp or lake out here! Ok, I am going to end this blog for now since this is all the pictures I can download right now. Sometimes the blog gets an attitude, and right now is one of them!
. I have many pictures of the Space Center that Mikey took. We went to it Monday and Tuesday. However I have none of DisneyWorld. :( My phone broke before I could download all the pictures. I hope when I get a new phone they can retrieve the pictures, but I am afraid they are lost forever.