Thursday, August 11, 2016

Back to school already!?!?!??!

Today is the day to go "Back To School!??!?!!"

Avery ready to start a brand new school year ...

... and Emery has a "fresh new look" 
for her new school year!!!

Ready to see all our old friends again,
ready for playing each and every day again ...

... tons of friend time, both inside and out
of our normal school days!!!

Our first day back was a truly great success!!!

Saturday, August 6, 2016

Friends, Pets, and Activities ...

Summer has been super busy with tons of great friends and really fun things to do! Here are just a few snapshots ...

Emery being goofy Emery

Fun road trip times with those silly Murray brothers

Hanging out at the mall with our good friend Hayley

Mini-golfing with great friends like Chiara ...

... putt putt putt ...

... and Mason!!!

 
Driving all around town with Savanna ...

... even flying all around up high in a helicopter too!!!

Tons and tons of fun birthday parties  ... 
this one was Sophie's big day!

Goofing around with good friends like Abir ...

... Chiara and Harper ...

... and super cool sleepovers ...

... Baby Grandpa even likes sleepovers too!!!

We had tons of fun with all our animal friends too ... here's a video of us playing with Mango ...



Funny fishy times with Scarlett The Fish ...

... creepy crawly times with all sorts of wild Gila Monsters 
roaming through our backyard ...

... decorative flower girl times 
with our great big hound dog Scout-No ...

... even slimy licky kissy times, all day long!!!
Beauty parlor times, grooming The Great Bianca ...

... and then riding her all around too ...

... with some bonus time on Remi!!!

All while Owlie watches over us, 
night and day!!!

Super fast paced tennis and drills time ...

... which sometimes would lead 
to missing teeth time!!!

Cross-backyard, trick riding bike time ...

... and swim time is always 
all summer long!!!

Dance party time is each and every night ... here is the Pee-Wee dance (watch video below) ...


Even long summer days just stuck 
in the house would race on by ...
such as playing horses all day long ...

... drawing still-life all day long ...

... playing "shoot 'em up" all day long ...

... or even doing chores like getting mail ...

... sowing curtains ...

... making new glasswear ...

... exploring the vastness of the house using a telescope ...

... and painting, painting, and even more painting!!!

Here's a video "helping" Mommy paint...


There was never enough playtime with Savanna ...

... and the movie theater popcorn always tasted fresh ...

... which all lead to super duper fun days all summer long!!!

Monday, August 1, 2016

Mega Summer Trip 2016!!!! - Part 2

Our first ride the very first day was Peter Pan ...
Mommy and Emery buckling up for the long flight ...

... then it was Daddy's turn with Emery 
in the driver seat for Mr Toad's Wild Ride ...

... spinning Tea Cups had absolutely no line
so we all jumped into a cup and  ...

... got ready for some serious spinning ...

... "Faster, Faster, Faster!!!" ...

... "That was so much fun. Again, again, again!!!!"

 
Next up was a relaxing boat ride into It's a Small World!

Here is a video of us all singing along ...

Then we jumped into this crazy car to quickly 
get across the park except it wouldn't move at all ...

... so we next jumped into this silly fire trunk that 
was just sitting there and again it wouldn't move either ...


... everything was just too peculiar and weird ... 
so we looked up and wouldn't you know it, 
we were in Goofy-ville and there was Goofy himself!!!

Then it was time for Emery to go on her 
first ever roller coaster ...

... Gadget's Go Coaster had the hugest of hills
 and the sharpest of turns ...

... "That was so much fun. Again, again, again!!!!"

So Daddy took Emery on the ride too!!!

Then it was time again for a relaxing boat ride, 
so we all went into Storyland and saw many exotic lands ...

... and amazing castles from all the best stories!!!

Right after that, we ventured into an exotic jungle
full of wild and dangerous animals, like this ferocious tiger ...

... and these crazy python snakes everywhere ...

... barbaric large apes being mischievous ...

... cute baby elephants splashing all about ...

... "What a great ride!" ...

... tons of lurking critters everywhere ...

... even eating dinner as we all watched ...

... well, I guess not everyone was able to watch from afar!!!

We even were attacked too, by angry tribes people ...

... and flesh eating piranhas ...

... "What a super cool adventure!" ...

... "What a cute baby elephant!" ...

... "One of the day's best rides ever!"

As night came upon us, we ventured into the swamplands for
Pirates of the Caribbean ...
even braving dinner down there in those swamps!!!

Towards the end of the first day, 
it was finally time for the Electric Lights Parade!!!

Emery gesturing that "she can't see anything" ...

... so Daddy to the rescue ... what's a little extra 
pounds on the shoulders for about 60 minutes!!??!?!

The Electric Lights Parade was amazing ...

... all of the best Disney characters were there ...

... along with the millions and millions of brilliant lights!!!

Avery took a while to get up that next morning ...

... and Emery (with baby Grandpa) 
was almost impossible to wake up ...

... but soon enough we all got geared up 
for another day in the magical parks!!!

First off, we ran into our good friend Pluto 
and as lucky would have it, Emery had her Pluto hat on!!!
(to be fair, some else use to wear this hat first)

"Pluto, you are my favorite character ever!!!"{kiss kiss kiss}

Down, down, down we go under the sea on a submarine ride ...

... so many cool things to see down there ...

"I think I see Ariel!!!"

Emery and Mommy riding Space Mountain!?!?!?!?!

Avery flexing her muscles in a 'feat of strength' ...

... and then relaxing for a minute ....

... while Emery and Mommy rode the Merry-Go-Round ...
waiting for the ride to start, Emery showed off her 
acting chops by cycling over her many moods ...
here is sad Emery ...

... here is confused Emery ...

... here is happy Emery ...

... and here is really really excited Emery,
for the ride has just begun!!!

Here is Avery thrashing about in a
swiggy-swashy back-n-forth ride ...

... up-n-down, then quick right-to-left ...

... which way it goes next is anyone's guess ...

... "This is so cool!!!"

We then flew through a ton more rides, such as The Little Mermaid ...

... Thunder Canyon ... Soarin' Around The World...

... Star Tours (in 3D!!!) ...

... Flik's Flyers ...

... The Zephyr High Flyer ...

... and Jumping JellyFish, which at first seemed really 
really slow and boring, but then ...

... it shot straight up going ~2000 miles/sec ...

... and went super duper high ...

... it almost flew up and away into the clouds before 
softly dropping back down to earth!!!

And of course there were always tons and 
tons of lines ... below is a video of how 
we would pass the time waiting life away in lines ...


And here's another video of us having a great time in Radiator Springs at Mater's Junkyard Jamboree ...


Everybody had a super ol' great fun time ...

... a really goof-diddly silly-billy fun time!!!

Lastly we all jumped at the chance 
for a bumper car extravaganza ...

... but better watch out when Emery is in the driver seat ...

... and closing in on you ... "Let's get outta here, Mommy!" ...

... everyone better watch out when Killer Emery is at the wheel!!!

And let's not forget about all those great treats in-between 
all the great rides ... there were lollipops bigger than 
Emery's head to snack on ...

... which usually always led to 
huge sugar crashes later in the day!!!

This trip was the best time ever
with the best parents ever ...

... and with the best ever kids in the whole wide world!!!