Fun in the villages

On Saturday, we made our way back to the Villages after we dropped Daddy at the airport and said our goodbyes to Paige, Chase, Auntie Jen and Uncle Chris.  

We have been riding around in the golf carts having a great time taking in the warm weather and beautiful scenery.  We stopped at one of the kids favorite spots to look at the snapping turtles, fish and if we are lucky enough... Gators.  No gators this time!  They are some ice cream and then we headed to the Polo Game which was really neat!  The kids each got a polo ball that rolled out of bounds. After that we experienced a very windy and heavy downpour while we were shopping for shoes for Sydney in Bealls. We were so lucky that we didn't get stuck in it!  

Tomorrow we are going back to Orlando to visit Sea World!  Luke will be excited because they are a couple scary rides. 

Craft Day at Marriott

Today we decided to make a craft so we could take home something special to remember our fun trip!  Chase made a turtle bank and Luke make a bear bank in honor of his favorite Disney Bear, Duffy!  Paige and Sydney painted a ceramic flip flop and Ava painted a wooden snake that slithers. 

Hollywood studios and Epcot 2015

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A twirly dance with Minnie!

Rockin Rollercoaster...

Luke's favorite!  Duffy

Beautiful Epcot at night

Test ride

The girlies...

On Monday we hit Hollywood Studios and Wednesday we went to Epcot.  We lasted pretty much all day and went on most rides!  Luke and Chase rocked it out at the Rockin' Rollercoaster.  We also did the Tower of terror.  At Epcot the kids enjoyed getting a passport  stamp at all the countries and we were lucky enough to see the beautiful flower show.  They had flower topiaries of all the Disney characters. The kids got to pick out a brand new Disney pin as well as collect more smashed pennies!  What a fun day! 

Orlando vacation 2015: day one at the pool

A few days ago we wondering if we would be lucky enough to be able to go on our Orlando vacation. Ava and I got hit hard with a stomach bug on Wednesday night.  Luckily, no one else got it before Saturday and we were able to make our flights.  We arrives late Saturday night and woke early this morning in great anticipation to see our cousins and spend time with Nana Lass! 

The whole day was spent at the pool!  Luke took third place in a "hot potato" type contest and continued to earn special sand dollars while trying to hula and dance with strangers.  He was quite determined and his feelings of shyness were a thing of the past! 

Ava bonded with her big cousin Paige and Sydney was trying in every way conceivable to keep up with the 4 big kids!  Luke and Chase had a lot of fun on the big slide!  They all collapsed at bedtime, quite literally!  

Tomorrow we are headed to Hollywood Studios!  Praying the heavy downpours will hold off for a 5 days!  

Today on April 3rd, 2015...

I am going to start randomly doing this.. name the day and what happened.  Just because it is fun to look back to!  Life is precious day by day!

Sydney showed a ton of determination and perseverance... trying to do cartwheels to keep up with her friend Addie and sister Ava.  She is my little Yogi, the only child that can stay longer than 10 minutes to practice yoga moves.  She made up her mind later in the day that she wants to ride her bike without training wheels.  I pent an hour and a half with her outside, skipping our usual dinner time to try and teach her.  This girl does not give up trying and impressed with the determination she shows!

Ava played with her best friends Nicolas and Pea.  She worked hard on reading and played her favorite game Sims on the computer.  She expressed her interest of wanting to go to school next year!  I feel like she is ready and I am excited for her!  At bedtime, she was super emotional and sleepy and told me her biggest fear was that I was going to leave this world too early.  We were reading a book named "Incredible You" by Wayne Dyer.  She is my sentimental sweet girl who shows gratitude almost every moment.

Luke talked about Minecraft and Halo every second he could.  He rattled his sisters as usual and like always said, "I am just trying to make you laugh." He rode his bike, wanted to watch the cows poop by the next door farm, practiced his reading, and completely forgot to get his 2 hours of video gaming in for the first time ever.  When he realized it was bedtime and he didn't get to play, he was sad until I stopped his tears and told him how awesome it was that he was able to live in the moment and enjoy other activities.  He did agree!