Merry Christmas Eve

We had a great family Christmas eve.... Christmas Movies, Ginger Bread House, Cookies, Dinner etc. Now it's time to set up for a big day tomorrow! 

Day at Disney World

Sea World

My mom was invited on Wednesday to go to Florida to celebrate a client of hers 15th Anniversary. The company offered to pay om travel expenses so me and the kids were invited to go with her! It was very unlike me to go so unplanned but right after deciding to go on the trip I got sick and was sick even on part of the trip. Luckily my dad came and he used to live in the area so he is somewhat of an expert and knew the best tricks of Disney and how to drive around the area. We stayed at the Hotel Associated with Sea World and got tickets from the company who invited us so we could get into the park for free. We ended up going the night we got there and the day we left. The kids loved it- there is so much to see and the crowds were a lot thinner then Disney and of course there is Shamu!

Leaf Angels

The leaves fell a while ago and the town is behind in picking them up so we are enjoying a lot of leaf jumping/ swimming and playing! Being in the south you never know if it will snow so this might be as good as it gets. 

Disney on Ice

Ryan and I went to Disney on Ice last night. It was a lot of fun, Ryan loves things like this and he loves the one on one time  (and the popcorn and M&M dinner he ended up having). It was a great show with Mickey, Beauty and the Beast, Pinocchio, Tangled, Little Mermaid and Brave! 

Christmas Parade

We visited our old town to attend the Christmas parade. It started out cold but warmed up and was a lot of fun. It's a small enough town that the traffic wasn't too bad and yet the crowd was big enough to make it exciting. We went with good friends and ended up having a great morning out. One more activity to get us back in more of a Christmas spirit now that we are officially over the plague. 

Laying Low

We are trying to recover from a week of being sick, and I broke a tooth and had to get a cyst removed from my back... we could use a quiet few days. So we are laying low as much as possible. We made gingerbread cookies today and hung out around the house. Hopefully there is nothing else to report until the weekend when we have a few fun holiday events planned! 

Noro-Plague

We have the plague in our house... okay maybe not the plague but Norovirus for sure. It's gross and horrible. I had it first so I am ground zero on this one, also known as "carrier monkey."  I was out of commission last week for a few days, Ryan got it Saturday night, Audrey got it Sunday morning and Don got it tonight... 12 hours apart for everyone but me. Luckily I am well now so I am able to hold down the fort. I don't think it would have been possible for someone sick to take care of puking kids....  that would have been even more of a disaster then it already is.
I hope that tomorrow everyone wakes up better then they were when they went to bed. If you don't hear from us by the middle of the week... pray for me!