My Faith and Joy… and Boys!

Danny, after hearing a Patriot’s fan rave about their quarterback: “God is even better than Tom Brady.”

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Jimmy trying to describe the feeling of when his foot falls asleep: “It’s like pop rocks, but not in your mouth.”

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Jimmy telling his dad about him flying drones solo one afternoon: “I’m not very good at landing them…actually, I am good…I just land them from fifty feet in the air.”

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Jim: “Sus, you’re awesome.”
Susie: “I kinda figured that out a few years ago.”

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Susie: “Why do bugs like me so much?”
Me: “Because you’re sweet and juicy.”
Susie: “Oh. Well at least I’ll be well-chewed when I’m dead.”

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Danny, looking at the pictures of a library book about the Titanic, excitedly announced: “Mom! Mom! I know how the Titanic sinked!”
Jimmy quickly jumped in: “Yeah, it bumped into an iceberg.”
Danny, deflated: “Oh. I was gonna say it was shooted at.”

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Okay, we’ve finally come to the last of the Florida pictures!

Here we are getting in a round of mini-golf.  The kids are definitely getting better every year!

And here we are enjoying the timeshare’s water park.  It was perfect for the hot day we ended up with at the end of the week.  We were happy to lounge in the sun while the kids played!

We also made sure to visit the arcade, where we managed to drop a lot of money in a very short time, ha! 🙂

I love it when the kids are young enough to think they’re playing a game even when it hasn’t been turned on!

And last but not least, we snuck in a few rounds of our favorite competitive sport in Florida – shuffleboard!

We’re so thankful for the great week!

Next up at Epcot, we tried to introduce Tazie to her first Disney character.  She was loving it the whole time we waited in line until we got right up to Pluto, and then she was NOT inching any closer!

At least the big girls got a Pluto hug!  I don’t have too many memories of going to Disneyland when I was a young kid, but I do remember how excited I was to get the characters to sign my autograph book.  I just think there’s something so fun about meeting those big guys!

Susie thoroughly enjoyed visiting the gift shops and getting a snack while Becky was off going a spaceship ride.  This was more her pace!

But we eventually met back up and saw an impressive show about American History in the U.S. section.  

Jimmy showed off some of his karate moves in front of a Japanese gate:

And then I had to include this picture of a somber Danny after he had put up a fuss about something silly.  We told him that one day, when he was all grown-up, we’d show him the picture of how mad he was we were making him go to the bathroom when he didn’t want to.  So here you go, Danny – it’s now recorded for posterity!

Fortunately, the Disney magic did the trick and Danny recovered his good spirits and was on his best behavior the rest of the day. 😉

I’ll post the final Epcot pictures soon!

The best part of Florida was hanging out with our Arizona family, who arrived late Tuesday night.  We didn’t waste any time going to our favorite places together!  We walked around Celebration: 

Well, some of us hitched a ride!

The kids were thrilled to see so many pet dogs:

The kids made their obligatory run through the fountains:

Even Tazie got in on the act this year!

Later that night, we went to Disney Springs and ate at the Rainforest Cafe: 

Then we shopped:

And played:

And posed:

(Check out the kids posing with this gold-painted street performer!)

And ate (yay for Ghiradelli ice cream!):

Where do my kids request to go when they have a random school holiday in February?  Why, Taco Bell, of course!  These kids can put away a crazy number of tacos and quesadillas!