It's a small world after all ...

We went to Disney in October and realized it's a very small world! Keep in mind Orlando is about a 4 hour drive from us ... we met a little girl from our town (Weston),I met someone from Iowa and a worker that graduated from the the same college as I did (NWMSU) and we saw someone from Rylee's gymnastics. That's crazy... 4 different chance meetings all in 1 day! We thought that was pretty amazing! Now, about Disney.... we had a wonderful time. I just have piece of advice to everyone... go to the Dollar store and get rain panchos....because you don't want to buy them there like we did.... uummm approx 40.00 later we were nice and dry, and about 10 minutes after we bought them, it totally stopped raining. Lesson learned... here are a few pics:

Buzz Light Year was our favorite ride!

watching the fireworks...

Lion Country Safari

I know, I know... I am WAY behind on my blogging. We went to this wild animal drive through park a few weeks ago. It was very cool! After you drove through the park, there was splash water play area, paddle boats, a few rides and giraffe feeding area. (that was very cool) I had no idea giraffes and 7 inch long tongues!!

Key West ROCKS!!

We LOVE Key West.... I think this is the 5th year we have gone down for the boat races. It is so pretty and green down there and always something to do. We met 3 other couples down there and had a great time! This is the first year we took the kiddos w/ us and it just MIGHT be a start to a new tradition. Colby LOVED the boat races, and Rylee did too, even though she kept saying " boat races are for boys". In the end she decided she really liked it too. They liked Team Geico... the boat was called Miss Geico and has 2 turbine engines... super fast and quiet!

We rented an electric car and cruised around the island...went to the Southern most point, ate lunch w/ the roosters and got some ice cream... the kids had a wonderful time.

OH my GOSH......

I can't believe what I'm hearing..... WINTER is here!?! low 70's is winter???


This is the forecast for the tomorrow:

Grab that jacket! Bundle up the kids in the morning!
The first true taste of winter is here.
A front should clear south Florida during the overnight hours. It will be very breezy and dry behind the system helping to start a temperature tumble.
Friday morning lows will be in the mid to upper 50's from I-95 towards the beaches and in the low to mid 50's west of I-95.
Once the sun comes up the temps will struggle to reach the low 70's, so keep your jacket and sweater near by.
This cold snap should stick around through Sunday so enjoy.

Kindergarten Nursery Rhyme Show ...

Well, I forgot my video camera, but here are a few pictures of Colby as Humpty Dumpty. Thank you to those that responded w/ ideas and links for ideas. As you can see, there were no 2 humpty dumpty's that looked alike. It's hard to see, but his tummy and sides were stuffed and he had on the vest and tie, propeller hat and crazy socks. He kept saying, "mommy, I look wierd!" But I told him all of his friends looked wierd too. Once he got to school and saw his classmates, he was fine, but did not sing or dance. Imagine that!

A BIG THANK YOU to the Erny's !!

We went to Orlando last weekend and we got to visit w/ the Erny's and have some awesome lasagna and carrot cake with them! Terry is a wonderful cook! It was great to see you guys and you have a beautiful house! WE are so happy that you finally feel 'at home' and back where you belong! Hopefully we'll have that same feeling soon! Thanks again for the wonderful evening and we hope to do it again soon!

Happy Halloween !

Don't tell Colby, but he was actually Bat Vador this year! His Darth Vador mask actually got broke last year at Kevin's 40th bday party, and I waited until the last minute to try and find one. Calvin found this mask at Party City and he was none the wiser.... he was still Darth Vador to Colby and that's all that matters! Halloween was NOT canceled but their was very little particaption in our neighborhood. Rylee and I came back a little early to give out our candy...we were gone from 7p-745p ..... unfortunately, our door bell only rang twice! What the heck am I going to do with 6 bags of candy?!?! And I bought the GOOD stuff... all chocolate, so I don't want it hanging around the house w/ me all day! I have no control when it comes to Reese's! We hope everyone enjoyed their spooky day!