Guest Post from my better half

I’m handing over the blog reins to my husband for a post. Many of you have seen his handywork in the comments of some of my posts, setting the record straight where I “obviously” needed to be corrected. Now, without further ado–unedited, unfiltered (obviously, since there are glaring half-truths about me):
Our Saturday (through the eyes of the man [...]

Day 13 - Downtown Disney

We slept in!!! If you call 0830 sleeping in. Today was a day of laundry and relaxed shopping. We headed out around lunchtime to Downtown Disney. Lunch was at Fulton’s Crab House, a restaurant on a “boat” in the water. Not the best seafood we’ve had (definitely not as good as the first night in [...]

Day 12 - Dining with Princesses

Today Reagan is 6 years old. She says it’s hard to believe she’s six and that’s it’s hard to say she’s six instead of five. Today was also Reagan’s last set of birthday surprises. She got dressed in her special birthday dress and we headed for the Magic Kingdom to “see some of the things [...]

Day 11 - Disney MGM

Rise and shine at 0600 again, like everyday this week. Heather commented to me last night that she’s not sure how I get the energy to do this. I’m not sure either, but I do know that it’s fading. The first two mornings I woke up before my alarm went off, and I even got [...]

Day 10 - Epcot

We decided to forgo Panera as our surf site of choice and are now sitting in another McDonalds. This one, however, is a Bistro Gourmet. I had heard of these types of McDonalds but had never seen one. As we were on our way to Panera we passed by this two-story Mickey D’s and decided [...]

Day 9 - Animal Kingdom

You think you can trust your neighbors and they go and betray you. Sure, we’re poaching his internet, but did he have to go and break my computer? Ok, I can’t say that he did that, but that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. I was connected last night and tried to upload a [...]

Day 8 - Magic Kingdom . . . The Perfect Surprise

(editor’s note: This post was ready to be posted yesterday–the actual day of visiting the Magic Kingdom. However, the …person who’s internet we’re “using” has somehow managed to prevent our computers from accessing any wireless internet options at the house. At least that’s what I’m believing. My computer will not connect at the house any more. So, we’re sitting [...]

Day 7 - Down Day & Arabian Nights

Today we took a day off. We slept in as late as Ashlyn would let us and lounged around until about 1pm. Du was productive and actually ran around the neighborhood. Well, I was productive too. I did laundry, ran the dishwasher and picked up around the house. No pool heat yet, so unfortunately we [...]

Day 6 - Holy Land Experience (and Happy Birthday to me)

Yet another surprise for Reagan this morning. She still believes that we’re leaving the house in the morning to “go exploring”. Oh, the innocence of a child. Jeeves (our nav system with a male British voice…and yes, we brought him on the trip with us. No need for our marriage to end on vacation is [...]

Day 5 - Sea World

Reagan’s first “surprise” on the trip came today. We told her that since the shuttle launched as scheduled we’ve got a couple days left with nothing planned. W’d get up and just drive around and plore the area. When we got to the intersection of Sea World she saw the sign and read it. (It’s [...]

Day 4 - Launch of Atlantis

We woke up with a 70% chance that the shuttle WOULD NOT launch. They did fill the tanks with fuel and continue with the necessary preparations, but the weather wasn’t looking very promising. We kept our hopes up, did our research, found out where the best viewing was in Titusville, and headed out that way.
There’s [...]

Day 3 - Spaced Out

Thank you, Du, for again diming me out in the comment section of the previous post. 
Dunkin’ Donuts for breakfast! The day can begin!
We left St. Augustine and headed down to Titusville to visit the Kennedy Space Center.
Here is the Vehicle Assembly Building from the bridge going to Merritt Island and the KSC.
Do not believe NASA [...]

Day 2 - New Experiences, Old Friends

First and foremost, thanks to my lovely husband for guest posting in the comment section of the last post. He’s an outstanding guy and always ready to set the record straight, lol. 
I forgot to let you know what kind of classy establishment we’re staying in.
(Click on any of the pics to see them full size) They have the really good [...]

Day 1 - We Have One of Those Kids

We all know that even though children may come from the same womb, have the same parents, same looks, same upbringing, etc…they will have different personalities. Flying with Reagan for her first flight (at 8 months) was actually a joy. We were worried at first, but she proved to be a very easygoing passenger. She [...]

(Creative) topographical map of Israel

 
BEHOLD! Israel through the eyes of a 5, almost 6, year old. In Tapestry of Grace we go through history chronologically. Starting at creation we take four years to get to the current times. Right now we are studying King David and Israel during his reign. TOG has a lot of hands-on projects; salt maps [...]