Vacation-Day 2

Today we woke up and went to the Magic Kingdom. We got a little lost on the way...but it ended up working to our advantage. Kelsey was so excited to see Mickey Mouse!!

We started in Fantasyland with all of the rides. Kelsey's favorite ride was the Tea Cups! She wanted to spin very fast and make everyone dizzy! Right outside the tea cups we met Mr. Rabbit.

Here we are in front of the Dumbo Ride.

We were able to see a lot of characters throughout the day. Her favorite was Minnie and Mickey, but the princesses were quite a hit as well.

Well, neither Kelsey nor daddy could pull out the sword.

Then, off to the race track...Kelsey got her driver's license today! She was a great driver.
We had a few long lines so Kelsey spent the time entertaining herself and the other kids around us with BUBBLES!!
We stayed late and watched the electrical parade.

Overall it was a great day. It was hot, but not miserable and the park was not nearly as crowded as it could have been. I don't think we stood in line longer than 25 minutes for anything. We did take advantage of the fast passes as much as we could.

Vacation-Day 1

Kelsey was very excited about the ride in the airplane. She couldn't wait to get to the airport. After a short delay we found our seats and settled in for the 1.5 hour flight. As soon as we took off Kelsey said, "We did it (flying) like the Bubble Guppies!" Here are a few other cute comment she made. "We're like angels" "Oh, we're up in the clouds." The rest of the flight was not as fun as the first few minutes so she took a nap for the reminder of the flight.

When we landed at the Sanford/Orlando airport we found our bags and picked up our rental. We toted ALL of the stuff to the car in 1 trip. I think we all looked like pack mules. But, we made it.

Then, we headed to dinner with Uncle Jim and Gi-Gi at The Olive Garden.

After dinner, we finally headed toward our resort, The Fountains, on International Drive. Here is a picture from our back deck.

It was a beautiful resort and Kelsey immediately took advantage of the bathtub in our room. She took a bath every night we were there!

We were late getting to bed since we were going to be up early the next morning.

Pierstorff/Willhoite Pictures

We were so glad to have Uncle Bill, Skylar and Granny in to visit with us. So, we all dressed up and headed to Buffalo Trace for an afternoon photo shoot.

Ah, Kelsey and Daddy!

 Uncle EJ!!

 4 Generations of independent females

 

Uncle Bill and Kelsey

Happy Easter

The Easter Bunny, "EB", was very good to Kelsey this year. She had 3 baskets full of goodies, several presents, a sand turtle and a playhouse! Since Mother Nature called for rain he had to leave all of Kelsey's eggs in the house. We weren't sure he'd visited the house because we couldn't find any eggs or any Easter baskets. But we went downstairs and found he'd left all the goodies there. We were even more surprised to find he'd left some treats outside as well!

Here Kelsey is finding eggs in the basement.

Wow! A new house just for Kelsey. We celebrated with confetti eggs that the Easter Bunny left. Kelsey had fun putting the confetti on daddy's head!

He also left Kelsey a sandbox turtle. She can't wait to have a couple of nice days so she can really play!

Easter Pictures

Kelsey has become such the little model since Robin has started taking her pictures. She smiles and poses for every shot! Here are her Easter pictures this year.

Fishing with Daddy

Kelsey, Grampy & Ya-Ya