May 10, 2008
We woke up to yet another beautiful Florida day. The sun was shining and there wasn't a cloud in the sky (much to the dismay of the residents because they hadn't had rain in quite some time).
Teresa was moving to her timeshare. So, Mom, Dad, David, Barbara, Courtney, and Casey were moving into our house. David and Barbara were leaving on the 11th, so they were only staying 1 night. But, Mom and Dad would stay with us until we left on the 17th.
When they started moving stuff into our house, I noticed that Casey wasn't looking so hot. She really hadn't looked real great for the last few days, but I just thought she was tired and worn out from all the excitement, and the heat. They said she'd been throwing up the day before, but said she felt better. I felt her head and she seemed to be cool. But, she just layed around the house.
Honestly, I was a little worried that she was going to get the rest of us sick. Our last vacation did not go so well. Henry, Tessa, Sawyer, and I went out to visit Henry's brother in Arizona last December. His grandma also went out there with us. His mom and her husband stayed out there, too. So, we had 12 people in the house most of the time. Henry got sick the day we arrived and he just kept getting sicker. Tessa was next, then Sawyer, then me, then his grandma, then his mom, his mom's husband, his brother, my SIL, my niece, my nephew, and my SIL's brother. Yes, all 12 of us were in gastrointestinal distress. Some were just throwing up, some were having double the fun. Two bathrooms really weren't enough for all 12 of us... This went on until the last day we were there. That was the ONLY day we left the house! Ugh!! WORST vacation- EVER!! At least we got to spend "quality" time with the family while we bonded over a stomach bug.
Here is a photo tour of our vacation. Just because I love most of you, here is a picture of me, sicker than a dog, with my hood up. I'm sitting on the couch next to my brother-in-law, Jeremy, and my sister-in-law's little brother is in the front of the picture. Tessa is trying to take my hood off to "see how sick you are, Mommy".
I find this one rather funny, too. This is my niece, Shylynn, and Henry's grandma laying on the trampoline, not feeling so well.
I did get some cute pictures of the kids. Here's Tessa and Shylynn. They were modeling some outfits I made them, but it was pretty cold, so they're wearing their jackets.
Sawyer was very concerned about all the dirt in Arizona. So, he spent a lot of time trying to clean up the yard.
Okay, where was I...
Oh yeah, please don't hate me for being concerned that poor little Casey was going to get us sick and ruin our vacation. I was actually concerned about her well-being, too.
I don't remember a whole lot of what we did during the day, but I do know we had plans to meet Cindee (Livndisney) at Downtown Disney!! Cindee is a fellow Disboutiquer who lives in Florida (hence her username) and we were excited to get to meet her!
I got the kids ready. Here I am getting Sawyer dressed in his Sebastian shirt at our rental house.
Henry looking bemused about something (yes, that is his bemused face).
Once again, I didn't get good pictures of the kid's outfits at Downtown Disney, so here are some pictures from home. The ones from home aren't much better. But, here's Sawyer crying because he did NOT want to try on the shirt.
Here he is after I gave him a cookie. Food is love- teach 'em young.
Sebastian is from a pillowcase and I sewed him onto the shirt. The word bubble is an iron-on I printed up.
Here's Tessa's dress. Ariel is also from the pillowcase.
I believe this is the picture that first made Luke fall in love with Tessa, because she is boxing.
Where were we again? Oh yeah, we were getting ready to go to Downtown Disney. We followed Mom and Dad over there. I'm not sure why we didn't just ride with them.
But, that's their van in front of us under the Downtown Disney sign.
I had only been to Downtown Disney once before. I LOVED it!! I can spend hours looking at disneyshopping.com (not to mention lots of $$ on "great deals"). So, this place is shopping heaven for me!! I love all the theming and the wonderful things that can be found around every corner.
We were a little bit early, so we checked out the
Lego store first.
The kids were quite impressed.
We don't actually own any lego. We have a little duplo, but my mom had TONS of lego at her house. So, when Tessa wants to play with it, she can go next door. That way, I don't have to hear "chu-chunk-chunk-CHUNK" as it gets swept up into the vacuum. That honor goes to Polly Pockets in this house!
I don't know what this thing is called, but I'm sure one of you Star Wars geeks can enlighten me. What is it, Jham?
We had wasted enough time, so we went into McDonald's to find Cindee and Morgan (her daughter). Teresa was going to meet us there, too. But, she was a little late.
We spotted Cindee and Morgan right away. The minnie dot dress gave Morgan away! Apparently, someone said something really funny. I wish I could remember what it was!
Tessa started chatting Cindee up right away.
They were already eating, so we went up to order our food, too.
I got to sit next to my little sweetie, Morgan. I LOVE this girl!! She just melted my heart with her cute little personality. She has personality PLUS!
Pretty soon Teresa and her family arrived. You can see Tessa and Lydia were pretty happy to be reunited. After all, it had been several hours since they had last seen one another.
Teresa and I sat and chatted with Cindee. It was like we'd known each other forever. It could have to do with the fact that she used to live in Detroit.
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I think I had a tear or two. Thank Goodness noone was taping my reaction!! I think I even got teary in Wall-E. Not that I would admit that anywhere else 
The girls dancing with Tigger is so cute! Luke loved watching it. Tessa can bust a move! You should see Luke dance. I think if the two of them get together and dance I would pee my pants laughing. So EE jerked you around and gave you a headache and Dinosaur didn't? 
Fun Dismeet with Chantelle, her kids are gorgeous! (but I already knew that). I can't believe those rude women butting into your King Louie/Baloo pictures! Luke loves the picture of the girls looking for the birds in the water. He thinks it's hilarious 
