Halloween

We had our annual Halloween party! It was so much fun! Halloween rocks, I love it! Fred said to me one day, "Let's just not do the Halloween Party this year." I said, "Oh yeah, like people won't just stop in for the party anyway." Fred says, "You're right...." So I told others that Fred said that and they said, "We would have showed up anyway." It is good to be right, LOL! Patrick and Georgia got married today secretly! Congrats to them!!!! We are so very happy for you!

Landon is 5

Happy 5th Birthday Landon! You are a wonderful boy and I love you so much! Hope you have a great birthday buddy! XOXO

Disney World

o The Johnson-Hamilton Family went to Disney World at the end of June. We had a total blast- the kids were awesome! We left June 22nd as soon as I got out of work. We went in our car and Trish, Kevin & the kids and Mom and Dad went in the motorhome. We arrived in Florida on Saturday and went to see our friends Jeff & Mary and their son Logan. We stayed with them that night and we all tried gator tail. It was chewy, but not horrible. The next day it poured but we braved it and went to Gator Land! That place is amazing- the boys loved seeing the gators, especially the white albino one! We ate dinner with them and then headed off to Fort Wilderness where we were staying for the week in the cabins. It was pouring so bad..... We finally made it there and we were pretty happy with the cabin! The next day was Monday and we went into the Animal Kingdom! It was raining so hard it was coming done sideways! But the great thing about the rain was that there was hardly anyone there- wait time in the line 10 minutes at the most! AWESOME!!!! We rode basically all the rides and had so much fun! The kids even got on the Kali River Rapids and got soaked!!! Not to self...the kids will just wear their bathing suits every day- it is just easier! We went into Epcot the next day and the kids favorite ride was the Living Seas with Nemo! They loved seeing the fish and turtles and the manitee's. They also loved Imagination with Figment. The countries were not the kids favorite but amazingly they loved The Land. The fireworks also were very neat and loud! We went to the Magic Kingdom on Wednesday. The kids favorite was the Laugh Floor and I have to admit, I loved it too. It was funny! Aunt Julie & Uncle Eddie came this day and hung out with us for awhile. We went to the Haunted Mansion and rode the Barnstormer (The Great Goofini). Landon rode the children's roller coaster with Trish and about 10 seconds into it he was ready to get off the ride! After that ride our motto was, "....and then we went through the ring of fire!" We rode lots of rides and the boys never complained.... We went to the Hollywood Studios on Thursday. We got there early and ran to get a fast pass for Toy Story Mania. After getting our fast passes we looked to see how long the line was for the ride and it was well over an hour and a half! It was worth getting the fast pass for that ride- we all enjoyed it! The kids really liked Muppet Vision and playing on the Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground! We really had so much fun in the parks but it was definitely tiring and we ended up every day carrying the kids out! On Friday we went to Blizzard Beach and spent most of the day there! *Wear aqua shoes- the floor to the pools is rough- Kennedy was bleeding 5 minutes into the trip. * We had a blast there!!! Saturday we got up and went to Downtown Disney- better during the day then at night, less people. We got a few things to take home with us! Then it was time to leave Disney- we were sad, we wanted to stay longer!!! We headed to Mary & Jeff's again and had lunch and then were on the rode to Virginia Beach for three days! We stay at the Ramada on the beach and even though the pictures online make this place look wonderful it was not!!! We made the best of it and had a lot of fun! We finally got home on the 4th of July! It was an amazing trip and we are looking forward to going to Disney again! We bought a motorhome, traded in our pull behind camper and we are taking it to Florida this summer! Going back to Disney to see all that we missed last year! I am excited!!!

Grandma McCarthy's

We went to Grandma McCarthy's the day before Mother's Day. We helped clean up her flower beds, mowed the lawn, weed wacked and unloaded and stacked wood. It was an eventful day but fun! We also put one of those chinese lanterns up so Gram could see one go! Happy Mother's Day Gram and to all the other Mom's!

Ryan Turns 7!

Ryan turns 7 today and I say year after year I have no idea where the time went. He really is an amazing child, mouthy and ungrateful at times but is smart and funny and darn right loveable. He makes me laugh, he makes me cry, he frustrates me sometimes but all in all I don't know what I would do without him. I am grateful that every day he is part of my life. Fred, Ryan & Landon complete me, I am HAPPY! Anyway... Happy Birthday to my first baby- I love you very very much!

Swearing....

So Ryan asked Fred the other day if he could swear but use it in a good way. They had just arrived home from open skate at the ice rink and Ryan had done an awesome job there. Fred was so proud and came home bragging about how well Ry had done. So Fred decides to hear Ryan out on this whole swearing thing.... so Fred says okay buddy what do you want to say. Ryan says, "On Tuesday I am going to skate so fast they aren't even going to see my ass!" So Fred says okay, buddy no more swearing and looks at me and we both just started laughing.....

OH- WINGED FAIRY!

Oh, WINGED FAIRY! Ryan lost his other front tooth on Monday, March 5th. The Tooth Fairy forgot to come Tuesday morning- maybe she went to bed early? But on Wednesday- there was a letter and $2 from the Tooth Fairy!