This past weekend we went to the beach with a really good friend of mine and her family to her parent's beach house in Crystal Beach. We took the boat so the guys could fish. The kids had fun at the beach, in the hottub, at the waterpark and of course on the boat. The boat may be a stretch, due to the incident we had, but for the most part they would say they had a great time. I know I did. Pictures will follow.
We want to that the Lesco's and the Kline's for inviting us and allowing us to share the joy of the beach. It was a great time had by all.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Road Trip Across America
Okay, it has been along while since I have updated. When we got back from Disney, we had doctor and haircut appointments that we had to tend to. Then on July 2, the kids and I set off on a road trip across America. Many may wonder...ARE YOU CRAZY!!!!!!!! I have been accused of that before, but seriously I have never had so much fun with my kids. They travelled great, aside from the puking (Emily, carsick), Richard always needing to stop to pee, luckily he can go just about anywhere.
This is a Wind Farm...the produce energy from wind.
While in Minnesota, we had a great time staying at Grandma Ruffie's House...She is the big boss according to Richard. 
This was the first half of our trip...the kids meet cousins and other family the didn't know they had. I was asked why we are related to everyone. Just a quick funny story...My Aunt Amy is a hair stylist...she fit me in to cut my hair...when we walked into the salon, my aunt Amy was there...my grandma's sister was there with her granddaughter and the co-owner of the salon is related somehow as well...I told Emily she was related to everyone in the salon...she said how does that happen...didn't know if I should tell her that we are probably related to everyone old in the town in some way or another. The second half of the trip will come later.
So, we started out at about 10:00 in the morning...and drove to Edmonds, Oklahoma...on the way, we stopped and climbed "mountains".
We stopped in Edmonds to sleep for the night and got up and drove the rest of the way. So if you have never travelled through Kansas, let me tell you...DO NOT DRIVE THE TURNPIKE. The only resturants are McDonalds. Thankfully they had salads, fruit and great Iced Coffee. In Kansas we drove on the Mormon Trail...need to research what that is...but am guessing the Mormons travelled the road at some point and time
See here we are in Kansas...We had to bribe the travel centers for multiple maps for my scrapbooking.
From Kansas we went through Missouri just a short while, so we didn't stop. Next stop was Iowa...
This is a Wind Farm...the produce energy from wind.When we got to the Minnesota border, we didn't even need to stop at the border; but Emily welcomed herself to the state by throwing up. Yeah for me.....
While in Minnesota, we had a great time staying at Grandma Ruffie's House...She is the big boss according to Richard. This was the first half of our trip...the kids meet cousins and other family the didn't know they had. I was asked why we are related to everyone. Just a quick funny story...My Aunt Amy is a hair stylist...she fit me in to cut my hair...when we walked into the salon, my aunt Amy was there...my grandma's sister was there with her granddaughter and the co-owner of the salon is related somehow as well...I told Emily she was related to everyone in the salon...she said how does that happen...didn't know if I should tell her that we are probably related to everyone old in the town in some way or another. The second half of the trip will come later.Thursday, June 19, 2008
We Survived Disney!!!!!!!!!!!
Well it is official...we survived DisneyWorld. We were off to a great start, ran a bit late for the flight out of Houston and rushed through checkin, but hey we made it. Thursday we arrived in Orlando very early...so we checked in to the hotel and off we were to Animal Kingdom. What a great time we had.
Ricky started to feel bad, but sucked it up and kept on going. Richard started coughing as we were getting ready for bed...which can only mean one thing, asthma. We did the treatment every 4 hours, but no relief. So we called our Pedi in Houston, who called in Orapred, an oral steroid. WOW what a difference it made, he slept great the whole vacation.
This is our dinner with Cinderella...the kids got her autograph. As we went into dinner, Emily got a wand and Richard got a sword. They were so excited. The food was wonderful. Definitely an experience to remember.
We will have more pictures to come...I am hopefully going to figure out how to do a slideshow on the blog.
You all keep in touch. Let us know what is going on in your lives.
Ricky started to feel bad, but sucked it up and kept on going. Richard started coughing as we were getting ready for bed...which can only mean one thing, asthma. We did the treatment every 4 hours, but no relief. So we called our Pedi in Houston, who called in Orapred, an oral steroid. WOW what a difference it made, he slept great the whole vacation.
This is our dinner with Cinderella...the kids got her autograph. As we went into dinner, Emily got a wand and Richard got a sword. They were so excited. The food was wonderful. Definitely an experience to remember.
We will have more pictures to come...I am hopefully going to figure out how to do a slideshow on the blog.
You all keep in touch. Let us know what is going on in your lives.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Our Days at Disney
Well blogging nightly didn't quite work out. The internet connect (wireless) is very good. It takes forever to get anything done. We have now been to all the parks, tomorrow we are going to the Interactive Indoor theme park. This is a new park...so we will tell you.
This is Emily and Richrd with Scully and Mike from Monsters, Inc. They didn't get to get an autograph, but did get pictures. They loved it. The characters were the best part for them.
This is the kids with Piglet. We had a character breakfast at the Crystal Palace. This was the breakfast with Pooh and friends. We got everyones autograph and had a really great meal as well. The kids ate waffles shaped like Mickey Mouse.
This is the kids with Pluto. We were in Hollywood Studios. Richard had a Pluto hat and it was signed by him...very unexpected. We did all of the rides in Hollywood. I believe Richard's favorite part was the Indiana Jones show. We sat right in the front and saw it all.
Here is Emily with Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable. Emily was thrilled...Rufus was in Animal Kingdom getting feed.
More to come later.
This is Emily and Richrd with Scully and Mike from Monsters, Inc. They didn't get to get an autograph, but did get pictures. They loved it. The characters were the best part for them.
This is the kids with Piglet. We had a character breakfast at the Crystal Palace. This was the breakfast with Pooh and friends. We got everyones autograph and had a really great meal as well. The kids ate waffles shaped like Mickey Mouse.
This is the kids with Pluto. We were in Hollywood Studios. Richard had a Pluto hat and it was signed by him...very unexpected. We did all of the rides in Hollywood. I believe Richard's favorite part was the Indiana Jones show. We sat right in the front and saw it all.
Here is Emily with Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable. Emily was thrilled...Rufus was in Animal Kingdom getting feed.
More to come later.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Disney Animal Kingdom
Well we survived our first day of Disney. We went to Animal Kingdom and did the whole park. Both Ricky and I were surprised that Richard didn't complain at all...except when he wasn't tall enough, then he would just shake it off. Emily didn't complain, but wasn't always happy...guess it is the age.
Emily and Ricky rode the huge rollercoaster "Expedition Everest 2008", Emily wants everyone to know that the Yeti destroyed the track and they had to go backwards. While they were riding that Richard and I hung out on the side and saw his friend Dean from school.
This is Emily at the "Its Tough to be a Bug" show. It is a 4-D show. Very cute...her favorite part was the grubworms and other dirt crawling bugs going under our bottoms.
This is Richard with the Bug Eyes. He really enjoyed it as well and I think liked the same thing Emily liked about it.
This is the kids getting their autograph books signed by Goofy. This is really neat...they get one on one time with the characters. So far we have gotten Mickey and Minnie, Donald and Goofy's autograph. Keep posted...we will blog more tomorrow.
Emily and Ricky rode the huge rollercoaster "Expedition Everest 2008", Emily wants everyone to know that the Yeti destroyed the track and they had to go backwards. While they were riding that Richard and I hung out on the side and saw his friend Dean from school.
This is Emily at the "Its Tough to be a Bug" show. It is a 4-D show. Very cute...her favorite part was the grubworms and other dirt crawling bugs going under our bottoms.
This is Richard with the Bug Eyes. He really enjoyed it as well and I think liked the same thing Emily liked about it.
This is the kids getting their autograph books signed by Goofy. This is really neat...they get one on one time with the characters. So far we have gotten Mickey and Minnie, Donald and Goofy's autograph. Keep posted...we will blog more tomorrow.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
On Our Way to Disney
Well we are 1 day out from our family vacation to DisneyWorld. The kids are so excited they can't stand it. We leave tomorrow at 5 am. Emily is worried she won't wake up...Richard says he will. I think that Emily will do just fine getting up. Today we have lots of little ends to tie up before we go, so we will be running all day.
Richard is worried about his pet fish. So we called the infamous animal sitter...Shelley. Hannah and Kayleigh will help her care for the fish.
By the way, Richard finally swam across the pool. He kicks his legs and moves his arms...we stop several times along the way, but he can do it. We had to call Daddy to the pool last night to come see.
I will try to blog each night while we are at Disney...depends on internet access. If I have access, then I will update nightly and hopefully have some pictures.
Richard is worried about his pet fish. So we called the infamous animal sitter...Shelley. Hannah and Kayleigh will help her care for the fish.
By the way, Richard finally swam across the pool. He kicks his legs and moves his arms...we stop several times along the way, but he can do it. We had to call Daddy to the pool last night to come see.
I will try to blog each night while we are at Disney...depends on internet access. If I have access, then I will update nightly and hopefully have some pictures.
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