Disney, Day 2

Monday (Day 2) we spent the entire day at Animal Kingdom.  We had breakfast reservations at Tusker House at Animal Kingdom.  

Heading in...

It was a character breakfast with Donald, Daisy and Goofy.  Since it was at Animal Kingdom it was a safari theme.  

Daisy really liked Jonathan! :-)

Goofy had a fun parade during breakfast and Cole had a blast joining in.

A bag full of candy that he (or should I say we) got to make.  Made his day...and mine! :-)

We went to the Lion King show and it was awesome.  A bad picture, but a good memory of the show. It was a 30 minute, live musical where they sang some of the popular songs from the movie.

After we got back at the end of the day we enjoyed some pool time.  Cole loved the dragon slide.  

Coming down and waiting on daddy to catch him.

Having fun in the water.  

The end of another tiring, but fun day!  Up next is Magic Kingdom!

Disney World, Day 1

We took off to Disney World last Sunday and to say it was an awesome trip would be an understatement!  We did alot of stuff, took alot of pictures and most of all had alot of fun! :-)

Me and Cole right before we left for the airport.  Cole was just a little excited! :-)

At the airport waiting on our plane...

 Cole's first plane ride that he was old enough to enjoy.  He flew twice as a baby and after that I said I wasn't flying with him again until he was older.  He did great and loved taking off!

Cheese!

We made it!  We stayed at Port Orleans, French Quarter.  It had a great New Orleans feel!

The park at our resort

After we got all checked in we took a boat ride over to Downtown Disney for dinner.

The Lego store had some awesome lego displays...this was just one of many!

Jonathan being all cool as we walked into Planet Hollywood for dinner.

Coloring at dinner.

Yummy dessert...it took a couple of us to eat this!

After dinner we went back to the resort to let Cole take in some swimming.  Here he is enjoying the hot tub.

Every night the resort showed a movie on the lawn at 8:30.  The first night was Beauty and the Beast.  Luckily Cole had already seen it because he was asleep about 30 minutes into the movie.

We had a great day of travel and a good evening.  Up next...Animal Kingdom!

Easter

Last Thursday Cole had his Easter party at school.  They had an egg hunt, picnic lunch and party too.  It was a fun day for the kids!  Cole was so excited!

I got a few pictures of him before we headed to school.

The azaleas in our yard are just beautiful this time of year.  We have some great landscaping thanks to the previous owners of our house.  

The Easter bunny also came to see Cole.  I got him a new basket this year from a cute little boutique in our town.  This is the back.  

And this is the front.  We keep Easter nice and simple.  I explained multiple times what Easter is about to Cole.  Hopefully he grasped some of it.  

Sunday after church we had a big group of friends over for lunch and an egg hunt.  I didn't get many pictures because we were so busy eating and hanging out.  :-)

Cole and two of his favorite girls...Ava and Chloe!  Luckily they are both immediate neighbors to us so he plays with them ALL the time!

Jonathan tossing the football with another one of the guys!

No family shot, but here's one of Jonathan and I during the egg hunt.

We had a wonderful Easter and are now gearing up to head to Disney on Sunday!

Spring has Sprung!

We sure have been enjoying the beautiful Spring (sometimes summer feeling!) weather here in Mississippi and Alabama.

Cole and his sweet friend Ava have spent many days playing outside and eating popsicles.  They both share a love for popsicles so they consume lots of them when they are together.  :-)

Apparently the water table doubles as a pool too!

Our neighbor Chloe gave Cole this huge Diego doll that she has outgrown.  Diego likes to chill and watch TV with Cole.

He also likes to go on car rides and always buckles up for safety. :-)

Our Sonic here has a nice playground filled with sand.  Cole and I went there last week after Bible Study and we stayed for several hours!  He had a blast playing in the sand and there were lots of other kids to play with too!   And I loved drinking a diet coke with vanilla so it was a win, win!

 On Friday we went to Alabama for a funeral.  Jonathan's aunt (his mom's sister) had a stroke and had been hospitalized.  She was starting to improve then had another stroke while in the hospital.  Jesus called her home and her funeral was such an uplifting experience for me.  She truly lived a life for Christ and I can only hope people can say the same thing about me at my funeral.

I got a few pictures before we left while we all looked nice and were tear free.

My handsome little man!

Jonathan with his sister Misty and brother Josh.  They are such a nice looking bunch! 

On Saturday we went to Olive Garden to celebrate Josh's birthday.  It had been far too long since I had eaten there.  Needless to say it was SO good!!

Jamie and Josh.  They are set to get married in January and we look forward to welcoming her into the family.  After lunch she and I went shopping and had some quality girl time.

Then on Sunday after church we went and ate at the new Japanese steakhouse, Umi.  I feel pretty special to have a good restaurant like this in our little town.  Cole loves watching them cook and I love eating the chicken and rice.  

Practicing with his chopsticks.

Finally, the shaved ice place in town recently opened.  I have a slight love affair with tiger's blood shaved ice.   I got one every time we went to the San Antonio Zoo last summer (which was alot)!

Cole enjoyed it as much as me!  :-)

We are looking forward to celebrating Easter with some friends over for lunch and an egg hunt for the kiddos.  Praying you have a blessed Resurrection Sunday as you remember what Christ did for us on the cross.