HEARTBROKEN

I haven't blogged in QUITE sometime..If you haven' t noticed..all the pics are GONE on my blog and it's just made me quite SICK bc I am the one to blame. See I got an email saying I needed to buy more space bc all my space was getting full in my Picasa Albums. SO stupidly I deleted the Picasa albums bc I don't ever use them...WELL that means they are GONE forever!!!!!!!!! BUY MORE SPACE.

This was for the girls to read later in life..... SO I am still heartbroken and hopefully will one day be able to put some of the pics back on here where they belong...but it will take YEARS. Also after reading up on all of this blog stuff ...It worries me to redo the whole thing for it to just all disappear one day??

SO from here on I will start to blog again for those who still come......

To my girls...I am sooooooo very sorry. Your pictures mean so much to me and the time we spend together doing all these fun things mean even more to me! I hope you two will understand one day how much I dearly charished all the fun things we go do together!

THE disney photo book

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Conners Bday

As usual I am so far behind on the blog. Life is just moving too fast... I just realized I need to get hte pic son here from their bday party!!! Here is some pics of Conner (AKA Abigails boyfriend) bday party. It was a dress up party...

Conner the bday boy.




Either Ashton or Owen.

Timothy.

Gotta love red icing on cupcakes!

The girls bff Lilly Kate.

Happy 4th Bday Conner!

Swimming lessons

Swimming lessons have gone AWESOME so far this summer. We are going to do some more lessons as the summer goes on. Here are some funny pics of them jumping in, swimming on their back and learning to dive.

SWEET Abigail

I love this picture of her!!!!

Last Night...Le Cellier

Our very last night we ate at LeCellier in Canada... It was soo good and the girls really liked the tinkerbell drinks!

Our last day..............

The last day we had reservations for breakfast at Hollywood and Vine. We decided to cancel those so we could go EARLY to the Magic Kingdom. The girls wanted to ride some of the rides one last time. Brian stayed and packed up the car (we checked out and then checked in at a hotel off grounds that night so we could get the most out of the whole day!) and the girls and I took off to the Magic Kingdom by ourselves! It was so nice bc we literally walked on EVERY ride!!!!

We saw Alice on the tea cups!

We also made sure we FINALLY got to talk to Ariel with her tail on!

The funny thing about them meeting Ariel is that Amelia started singing the aaahhhhahhhh ahhhahhha song for Ariel! Ariel was HYSTERICAL! She never stopped talking to them. Abigail told me after meeting her that Ariel was still one of her favorites!

We went and saw Mickeys house.

Telling the castle goodbye...mommy cried!

The girls wanted to spend the rest of the day swimming at the
pool so we went back to the Beach Club and swam the rest of the day. I didn't have my camera, but the smiles were HUGE and we had so much fun in the pool. I wish we would have stayed 9 days just to spend some time out at the pool!


It was VERY hard for me to tell the Magic Kingdom goodbye! I had been planning this trip since they were born and it was a dream come true for me!!! I had been doing research on what to do etc. for 2 years before we went. I can't even begin to say how amazing this trip was for me, Brian and the girls. It truly was MAGICAL! Our babies are no longer babies and are now little girls. I hope they love the princesses for quite a while, but know they eventually put them in the past. For now though I hope they continue to be dreamers and BELIEVE in the magic for as long as possible!!!! I hope their four year old celebration is one they will remember!!!

The Yacht Club...Yachtsman Steakhouse

That night we went to Yachtsman's steakhouse. It was in the Yacht Club which is attached to the Beach Club where we were staying. This was one probably the BEST food meal we had in Disney. Our server was out of it and the manager ended up waiting on us but the food was AMAZING. I didn't take any pics while we were in there...only pics while we were waiting....

Animal Kingdom

Our second to last day there we went to the Animal Kingdom. It was a GREAT day and the girls really enjoyed this day. They FINALLY got to ride a water ride and it was BY FAR a FAVORITE of both of theirs. Abigail REALLY loved it!!!! We would have ridden it more if the lines weren't getting longer. Brian got soaked both times we went down!

That morning we were there when the gates opened since we had breakfast reservations for 9:15. We got to go in and wait at the ropes for the little mini show. It was really cute and then we got to follow the car to our restaurant.

Mickey by the tree of life.

Sassy Girl.

We ate breakfast at Donald's Safari Breakfast at the Tusker house. This had an AMAZING spread of food. I think this buffett had more choices than any other breakfast we went to.

The girls FINALLY got to see Daisy! They were super Excited to see her there!

Our pal Mickey!

LOVE this one... SMOOCH!

Goofy was REALLY goofy and had a good time with the girls.

Daddy even had fun with Goofy.




Of Course.... the only other Time out in Disney..this time BOTH were in time out over fighting who got to sit in what seat in the stoller...which was assigned DAY ONE!!!!

I didn't take any pics at some of the other things we did bc I was just enjoying the day. The Safari ride we got to see baby elephants playing in water. The water ride was the favorite of the day. We also saw the Lion King show which was AMAZING! They played instruments and just had a blast all day!

Mickey's Backyard BBQ......

That night we went to Mickey's Back yard BBQ. It is seasonal and is at the campground. It is outside under a pavillion and had all sorts of BBQ food. A live band played and entertained everyone while the characters came out and danced on the dance floor. It was VERY hot but we had a great time. I put them in cowgirl boots that Amelia was NOT liking very much... so after those came off and her sandals on she was a dancing queen!!

Waiting for the bus...

Enjoying dinner.

Abigail was MUCH shyer about dancing. Amelia would have gotten on stage with the band!

Dancing girl!

TWIRL GIRL

Daddy and his mini me...

A quick shot with Minnie

Amelia was sooooooo worn out and fell asleep in the parking lot from the car back to our hotel. She RARELY sleeps in the car so this was just too cute for us!



Abigail of course was WIDE awake!!!

This was a ton of fun and was something different to do at Disney.

Radom pics of the day...

These were just random shots of that day!

Magic Carpet ride.... Amelia and I got spit on by the camel!!!!

The girls were having fun playing and cooling off while the camel kept spitting out water at them!!!!

Brian being silly?

Holding up the Epcot ball.

Yes Disney is Not ALWAYS the happiest place on earth... keeping it real here... Amelia got put in time out right in the middle of Epcot. I can't remember why ...but hey just because we are in Disney doesn't mean they could get away with everything.......

The flower and garden festival was going on while we were there...... Neat topiaries everywhere. I fell in love with them, and even got a small mickey mouse one to bring home and grow myself...so far I've kept it alive and growing!!!

Askerus in Norway

The next morning we went to eat Breakfast at Askerus in Norway in Epcot. This was a great princess meal! When we walked in the door we took a picture with Belle (you can guess Abigail was in heaven!) that they gave to you as part of your meal package!!! That was a nice touch since most of them you have to buy!!! We then went to our table and had hot skillets brought to the table and you could also go get stuff at the buffett. This is the only place you can find our first princess we were in love with ARIEL in a dress!!!

The girls were SUPER excited to meet her!!!

Onto Snow White.

Aurora

Cinderella!

This was an AWESOME meal. We weren't rushed in and out and the girls got to talk to all the princesses!!! If you can't get into Cinderella's Royal Table..this would be a great alternative! Cinderella was sooo nice here and talked to the girls for quite a long time!!!! She asked them who was the oldest....this is the first time they replied ... We don't know and won't find out until we are married!! This is a VERY true statement but haven't heard them tell people. We tell people all the time, and I guess they finally have picked up on it.

Yes that's right folks...our girls have NO idea who was born first and won't know (so if you know you better not tell them!!!) until the first one gets married!!!!!!

1900 Prak Fare

That evening we went to 1900 Park Fare at the Grand Floridian for dinner.

The girls LOVE this carriage, and of course so do I since Brian proposed to me in one!!

Dancing to the paino man while we were waiting to be seated.

Cinderella.....

Abigail was BLUSHING when she met prince charming!!!! It was tooo cute!

Kisses for the prince!

The wicked step mother. She was soooo hysterical. She made a little girl cry and NEVER got out of character.

One of the stepsisters.. Anastasia. She was SO LOUD and OBNOXIOUS!!! It was soo funny! She kept screaming "MOTHER" across the dining room.... asking men to marry her etc. The girls didn't quite know WHAT to think of her! If there is any character in Disney to be for a day I think she would be the one I would want to be! She could pretty much get away with ANYTHING!!!!

Drizella who also pretty funny...she kept asking why Cinderella was on their dress and she wasn't????

As for ratings on this dinner....well the food was OK at best..it was SUPER loud, and crazy in there. I was expecting a little bit nicer of a place. You were PACKED in there pratically sitting with other families. The enetertainment was HYSTERICAL!! BUT Brian and I decided that at the end of the day we were not up for buffets. We pereferred more of a nice quieter low key meal at the end of the day at Disney and someone waiting on us. ESPECIALLY when you are paying that much! Just our opinion .... it was a fun place just not our favorite, and the least favorite of all the places we went to see princesses.

Pool

One of the girls favorite memories of Disney is the pool at the hotel. Crazy hunh?

It WAS an amazing pool. I would love to go stay a couple of extra days and not buy tickets for the parks those days and just hang out at the pool all day!

This pool had numerous pools and this was just the main pool. There were also other small pools all around the hotel. CRAZY!

Anyway the main pool area had a VERY LARGE slide, a small slide, a lazy river pool, hot tubs, an area that we called the toilet bowl bc it spun you round and round like in a toilet bowl pretty fast, tons of just hang out pool areas and then the kids favorite the BEACH pool. The pool was a beach entry and the whole thing had sand on the bottom. It was only 2 feet max! It was PERFECT! My memory card ran out of memory so I had to use my little camera so sorry these aren't the greatest of pics!

This was the little kids slide as my girls called it. They loved it, but could see the BIG slide above our heads. It was a HUGE ship that was shipwrecked. The girls kept asking to go down it so the lifegaurd told us to go get life jackets and let them go down it. I was a little nervous bc they had to go down by themselves. It had a tube that was 75-100 ft. long and then you go through a whole bunch of twists and turns, with waterfalls falling on you and you go FAST! You had to go up a spiral staircase to get to it.

Here is the end of the BIG slide. THe first time they came down I just knew they were going to say never again. Brian went down then each of the girls went down and then I came down. When I came down they were screaming "Can we do it again???" They loved it and did it OVER AND OVER!!!!

If you love swimming and pools the Beach Club is the way to go! FYI if you stay at ANY disney resort you can use the Beach Club pool after 5 PM! :)

The beach club...

We stayed at the Beach Club Villas while we were there, and absolutely LOVED it. I WISH I would have taken more pictures of the pool. It was UNBELIEVABLE! Here are a few pics of the girls on the grounds of the hotel....

Breakfast at Cape May Cafe

The next morning we ate at Cape May Cafe. It was the restaurant at our hotel the beach club. This was one of our faorites on meeting the characters. Maybe because we weren't rushed to get there and we DEFINITELY were not rushed during our meal. (WHich most of them you feel very rushed!)

Minnie brought out cupcakes and sang happy birthday to celebrate the girls 4th birthday!

Goofy was sooo cute with the girls.

Coral Reef

That night we went to Coral Reef. It was really a neat place. You table faces a wall that is a HUGE fish tank. The whole wall is a wall of glass. There are scbua divers that swim by, and they even give you a paper with all the names of the fish. Amelia spent the ENTIRE meal asking Brian what kind of fish is that? I had a sinus/allergy attack that night so I wasn't feeling the greatest. I did get a few pics with our little camera....

Abigail wanted a fancy drink like mine so she asked for my lime...she did this with it!

WE rode the nemo ride after dinner...super cute!

Had to take a pic of this as we were walking to dinner.

MGM

After we went to Chef Mickey we headed to MGM. I don't know why but I took hardly any pictures while we were there. We went to a million inside shows so that is probably why. This was also one of the hotest days while we were there.

The girls REALLY loved Beauty and the Beast show and the Ariel show! AMAZING!!!

Day Three...Chef Mickey...

On the third day we started out with Chef Mickey. We got there early and had to wait so we went and played in the store that is in the hotel.

Abigail LOVED this and was ready to bring it home, but she didn't quite have enough Disney Dollars!

Posing like the princesses taught her to do!

Waiting with Daddy!

My minnie!

Abigail and her Daddy!

We hadn't met any of the "characters" before this meal. Only the princesses. They were SOOOO excited to meet Mickey and all his friends. I was REALLY suprised how much they loved seeing them! This smile tells it all!

Laughing at goofy!

I LOVE Abigail's face in this one.

ALL smiles!

YUMMY breakfast!

Check out Amelia's face!

Oh I want to frame this picture. I can't remember what secret she was telling, but I just love this picture of her!

Being silly with Pluto!

SMOOOOOCH!

The whole family with Minnie....

Chef Mickey was fun and the food was good. If you make reservations make them EARLY for this one! It's one of the hardest to get into!

Citricos

Our first full day at Disney ended in a dinner that ended up being one of mine and Brian's Favorite the whole time we were there. I didn't bring my large camera that night ..I just had my little one. I only took a few pictures but wanted to share because we loved this meal so much. It was in the Grand Floridian and was called Citricos. SOO YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!

FYI...for those of you reading this to get tips on your trip...I wish someone had told us this IF you book meals at another hotel than the one you are staying at you have two choices on how to get there. 1. drive your own car if you have it. 2. you have to take a bus to a park (magic kingdom etc.) then take another bus to that hotel. SUPER pain in the rear... SO if you aren't going to have a car..don't book many meals in other hotels. By the end of the day transportation is exhausting as it is, and then have to take 4 buses for a meal would have done me in!!! We were lucky enough to have our own car, so it wasn't an issue! We had NO idea that the buses didn't run from hotel to hotel! We ate at some AMAZING restuarants at different hotels (which was also fun to see other hotels) but would have been a real pain if we couldn't have driven!

The girls got to make their own sundaes...umm they LOVED that!

Daddy on "his" car!

The girls in their Carriage.

Metting the Princesses

After Bippity Boppity Botique...we went to the meet and greet with the princesses in Toon Town. (You stand in line and then they let about 5 families in this room with three princesses.) Because the girls were all dolled up the princesses talked to each of them forever! Belle talked to Abigail for at least 5 minutes and Aurora talked to Amelia that long too. They were soooo nice to the girls and actually got to spend some time with them other than just posing to take a picture like at most of the meals.

Talking to Cinderella.

My favorite...Cinderella.

Abigail was spinning with Belle!!!! SOO ADORABLE!

Teaching her the princess pose..

Abigail was ready to POP she was so excited!

AWWWW!

Her kiss from Belle!

Amelia with her favorite!

If you go this is a GREAT place to actually spend a little more time with the princesses...if you are doing bippity boppity botique..it's a MUST afterwards. They talked to our girls ALOT longer than the people in front of us and behind us!

Some random pictures of the day....

The girls got soooooo much attention for the rest of the day walking around the park. They cast members at Disney made a HUGE fuss over them. They TRULY were treated like royalty for the rest of the day. They both loved being a true princess for a day!

Gotta love ice cream all over her face in this one!

This one COMPLETELY cracks me up...Ms. Movie star Amelia!