SOAR

Tomorrow in NP-3 will be our last day for "Soar" and then there will be a couple of weeks off to prepare for the fall session...

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Rainy Day with Fay!

William and I had a lazy day at home (Sean's) today. It was raining off and on, but no real sunshine, except really earlly! So I took this opportunity to clean up a bit, doing laundry, and helping Sean out some.

We also played Wii (William won, of course), watched a movie, and played cards. It's been really great just having some time with William and nothing else going on. We don't get that often...hardly ever.

We are already packing up and ready to move back home :( It has definitely been a great trip. I have had tons of fun with everyone and had many times of relaxation. We didn't get as much sun as we usually do, but that's ok.

I thought I would put a picture of Fay on here. Seems she passed by us with minimal wind, but lots of rain. Looks like she will be going back to the ocean only to return again over Florida. But, as always, no one really knows!

Our flight leaves tonight at 8pm and we will be back in Dayton a little after 10pm. Seems like we will be coming to 85 degrees and sunny weather for Thursday. Of course, it will be back to work...lots to do cause we'll be home again. Thursday is also school check in day too. So it will be a busy day.

oh yea...here is Sean's new car! See you all really soon! Type to you later!

What a GREAT vacation!

Yes, really! We went to Epcot again and rode some different rides. One called Spaceship Earth, which is in the Epcot ball. You ride all the way up and learn about how the past makes the future. Under the ride you get the chance to help save electricity and other things all made up as games. We didn't stay long. It would be sunny, then rain, be sunny, then rain.

Here are our postcards to the future!

Later, I washed clothes to send Toni home with clean ones, and took her to the airport. She bravely flew alone and Angi & Tony met her at the airport. She had to get back early for Freshman orientation!

We are getting some rain and wind now. Fay is going slower, but throwing out some tornados along the outside rings. I keep watching the radar...I know Brian would love to be in the middle of it somewhere! Even tho lots of things closed here today, it isn't too bad...yet.

Well, it's off to finish washing towels and going to dinner! Type to you later!

Vacation YEA!

Today was a lazy day! The sun shined all day! We vegged around, played cards, talked with Sean, and went shopping. Oh, and we took out a bush in front of Sean's and replaced it with new plants.

We were shopping for new plants, while Toni found gifts for a couple friends. William was eyeing the cameras, which is what he wants for his birthday. We bought plants & a shovel. A baby gecko was living on the plant, so William caught him and released him to the plants staying at the store. It would have been interesting to chase him around the Hummer! I thought the kids would need it to dig out the plant. Well, I was wrong. Toni started cutting on the branches...William started pulling. He pulled the whole thing out of the ground! Toni did use the shovel tho to dig a new hole for the plants.

We went out for lunch today and the kids (with a small, really small, help from me) beat the Halo game at Sean's. They have been playing it all week and have been on a mission to finish before Toni goes home.

We are still watching and waiting on Fay! Sean is on the hurricane team at Disney. If they close, we will be going with him to one of the Lodges where he will lead a group of characters to entertain the guests while they are closed. They evacuated Key West and Miami...just of the tourists. The people who live there and all the press are still there. I think it is suppose to hit the mainland sometime tonight or tomorrow. I will take any prayers you have for Fay to stay away! Looks like we are in for some really good rain tho!!!

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Saturday...Still on Vacation! YEA!

And here we are, with another great day in Orlando!

Sean dropped us off at the Contemporary since it was raining. William and Toni did their pin trading thing there, then we rode the monorail to The Polynesian and another resort, that I just can't remember it's name. They were pin trading the whole way! When we made it to Magic Kingdom for Sean to get us in, it had stopped raining and the sun was out. There were a few more sprinkles later, but cleared up and gave way to a nice, hot day!

Now, I'm not one to really worry about a little rain here or there. Seems like we have definitely had more sunshine than rain. But now, many people have text and called to let us know that Fay is on her way! We are watching the radar and I am praying that she does not interfere with our vacation. Toni leaves tomorrow. We leave on Wednesday, and Sean is coming to Ohio on Friday for a weekend visit. So, please pray that Fay stays AWAY! She could just dissipate and I would be happy!

Anyway, we made it to Epcot by the afternoon. Here William is ready to pitch the Epcot ball!

We rode Soarin. It's a really great ride that you are in a hand glider as a surrounding screen takes you over trees, mountains, ocean, etc. It even has the wind going through your hair!

One of our favorite spots in Epcot is the Cool Club, sponsored by Coke, where you can drink soda from around the world. Some are good...some not so good! (even YUCKY!)

We finished the day by coming home and making pizzas with Larosa's sauce! Just like home! Watched a movie and headed for bed. Another full and fun day here!

Mickey said to say HI to you all!

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Friday in Orlando!

We started the day off right with William cooking pancakes for us all. They were yummy!

Then...I drove the Hummer! I don't have a picture yet, but I will get one before we leave. It is a great drive and ride! I love it! Too bad it costs more than my house, and it drinks gas faster than you can put it in. The kids were quite impressed that I could drive the beast. The brakes are a bit touchy and I would park away from all other cars since I'm not too keen on parallel parking, but all in all, I think I did ok!

We headed to Orange Lake Resort to swim for the day. William and Toni swam the lazy river, and played volleyball. Here's Toni waiting for the ball and looking beautiful. Then a picture of William sending the ball back over the net. They have a game room also that the kids wanted to go to, but I told them they had to wait until it started to rain. It was 70% chance...but we didn't get any the whole time we were there. It was GREAT! I let them play for an hour, then off to Publix to pick up a couple of things.

Back at Sean's we cleaned up, I cooked (yea...really!), we waited for Sean to get home from work, ate, then played the card game Golf. Sean kicked our butts, and he just learned how to play! Then it was off to bed and another great night of sleeping.

Saturday...today...is Epcot! Sean works till 8pm, so we will be going to Magic Kingdom first then on to Epcot. Bill, Angi, Tony, Grandma...we are having a GREAT time! Love to you all!

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Thursday in Orlando!

Thursday morning. Sean drops us off at Magic Kingdom. We ride some rides, and then it's off to

Hollywood Studios (formerly MGM). We had a great time, even though it rained a bit. There are many 3D rides here and we love them all. Except the kids nixed my idea of seeing the Muppet one, can you believe it?


Yes, I did cook supper too! Roast, potatoes, carrots...yum yum!

If you watch the slide show here on the right, you will see the alligator that we saw in the town of Celebration. (where Sean lives) Last year I took a picture of the sign, which I thought was funny. Now...not so funny! He looks like the ones from Louisianna...I've seen too many latley!

Vacation Time!

I sooooo love vacation time! Especially when I get to come to Florida and spend the week with Sean! William and I planned to come and decided to ask Toni if she would like to come with us. We called her the day before we were to leave. I'm so very glad we did! We are having a great time!

Grams drove us to the airport (thank you Granny!!)and I took lots of pictures of the sunrise. It was beautiful! We stopped at Cinnabon, which is a tradition, then had our 2 hour flight to sunny Florida! We collected our luggage and Sean picked us up in Tommy's Hummer. The gas guzzler is a great ride...Sean is expecting me to drive it this week...we shall see! We headed to Sean's, unloaded, took a (very) short nap (Toni & I) went to lunch then took Tommy to the airport in Tampa. He is going to Key West with his family. Since we took him to the airport I need to pick him up on Tuesday. This was so we would have a car to drive. Sean has a new car. A Mini Cooper. Talk about David and Goliath! It should be an interesting week of driving for me! Please pray!

We headed down the road and found a beautiful beach, with white sand on the gulf coast. It was quite windy, but beautiful and there were tons of shells. We stayed there and played for awhile. You can see all these pictures in the slide show I added on the right side of this blog. We finished out the evening with showers, grocery shopping and video games.

The joke of the week (William always laughs tons) is that I am cooking!I used to love to cook, but now, never have much time to do so. But...you will see! I am taking the time to cook for the kids...plus it is lots less expensive!

ok...this is long enough!

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Swamp Thang!

Here is a few pictures from our swamp tour tonight (40 of us went-we took 2 boats, here is ours)...we got to see some gators...and not ones that are driven in the lake at camp either!






Check out the blog pictures for many more pictures and more information from everyone!

This is our last day, tomorrow begins our "hopefully" 13 hour trip and not any longer coming home. I think we all have mixed emotions of wanting to get home, but also wanting to still be able to help more...thanks for all your prayers!