Sea World - Day 6 Orlando Trip

This was by far my favorite day! I have tons of pics to post, so here it goes!

On our way into the park, we stopped by the dolphin nursery where they had a few baby dolphins to look at. The boys thought it was really cool!

Here are the three older boys looking at the dolphins.

This is the best shot of one I could get.

We went to Shamu's Happy Harbor next. It was a great play place for the kids. There were nets to climb, slides, and a great sand box area. There were also lots of smaller rides they could ride on. Carter was a little short for most of them, so we spent our time playing. There was also a baby care center with changing tables and a nursing room, so I spent some time in there too!

Here is Cory with the two older boys climbing.

Of course, my kiddos loved the sand box! We spent almost an hour total here!

The dads, Ryan and Cory, relaxing and getting some fluids, it was hot today!

This is my favorite picture of Cole. He was awake a lot today and had a good time!

After leaving Shamu's Happy Harbor, we went to see Shamu the show! It was amazing. I remember watching it in San Antonio years ago, but this one was more theatrical and really good!

The kids on Shamu, from L to R...Carter, Mya, Caden, and Tate.Once again, Ryan's camera is amazing!

The boys and I after the show...they loved it!

Later in the day we traveled all around the park checking out more animals. Cory even conned me into getting on this really big roller coaster. It was fine I guess, I am not big on roller coasters. But I didn't get sick and had an okay time :) Cory also took Caden on a boat water ride. Caden really liked it! After the rides, we went to see another show. This one was with dolphins, whales, and birds. It was absolutely amazing!

After that show we went to pet the Sting Rays. We were having a good old time, then Grammie decides we need to move over by where the food is and feed these guys some shrimp. I was standing back as not to get wet or get Cole wet and the next thing I know, I am being splashed a lot and poor little Carter is drenched. Apparently a couple of the sting rays got a little excited about the shrimp and splashed us quite a bit. Poor Carter wasn't very happy! We did buy him a t-shirt earlier and I had packed a clean pair of shorts, just in case...so he was dried off quickly! I on the other hand was damp and salty the rest of the day :(

The park closed at 6 and we were glad! We went home and let the kids swim a little, eat dinner, get bathed, and to bed early! We had an OSU game to watch...and it was on late in Florida! Here is a cute pic of the kids ready for bed!

From L to R, Brooklyn, Mya, Carter, Caden, and Tate

A little bit of everything...Day 5 Orlando Trip

We rested yesterday and just took the kids to the park in our community and went swimming at the house. Today we ventured out a little. We took the kids to an outlet mall, let me just tell you how fun shopping is with 3 boys :) We also went to a McDonald's of all places for lunch! But it was a gourmet one plus it had the World's Largest Play place. It was worth it! Later after naps and such, we attending a Pirate themed dinner theater and then went to drive go-karts...fun stuff!

While we were all getting ready for the day, Kaci took the kids on a walk. Cole is in the sling, and this is the way Kaci loved to hold him. I posted this pic because I love how Carter is walking, just like his Daddy!

Here are pics from McDonald's. There was a gourmet menu, play place upstairs, similar to ours, just bigger, and then an arcade with tons of games and ways to win tickets!
Carter was king of the popcorn game. He got 50 tickets each time we let him play!Momma trying to teach the boys to play Skee Ball...they always want to throw the balls instead of roll them! Here are Cory and Caden getting ready to cruise in the go-kart

Animal Kingdom - Day 3 Orlando Trip

Today we spent the day at Disney's Animal Kingdom. It was great as well! We started off the morning by going on the Safari Ride...it was just like I would imagine a safari in Africa would be! It was so cool! There was a really neat tree called the Tree of Life that was in the center of the park. In Dino-land, there was a playground with a bone digging spot. Of course my boys loved that! After spending most of the day at the park, we finished the evening by eating at Rainforest Cafe! It was another great day!

Once again, the whole gang! Can you tell it was a little cooler today and we were prepared!

We went straight to the safari first. It was truly amazing. I thought it was going to be fake animals that really looked real, but nope it was the real deal. Leave it to Disney to come up with a way to bring a real African safari to Florida! There were so many beautiful animals! Hippos, crocodiles, elephants, giraffes, lions, ostriches, and rhinos just to name a few. The entire thing was absolutely amazing, I really can't put it into words! Here are a few great shots of the animals.

Here is the sign in front of the Tree of Life. The entire tree is carved like the sign with tons of animals on it. It was really tall and beautiful.
All the kids checking out some underwater creatures. Not sure what, I missed this excursion because I was on a bench somewhere feeding Mr. Cole!

Carter being cute checking out stuff!

Most of the group in Dinoland hanging out on a dinosaur.Caden and Tate spotting something in the bone dig.

One of the rides in the Jungle Parade. It was fun with lots of cool stuff and great music. The kids really enjoyed it!

DisneyWorld - Day 2 of Orlando Trip

We had the best day at DisneyWorld! We left our house around 9am and stayed until the fireworks were over around 8pm. It was an all day affair, but the boys did so great! It was such a fun time and I am so glad they got to experience it! We got to do so many things, I don't know where to start. I am limiting myself on the pictures but I will post all of them on a Shutterfly site when I get home. My brother in law, Ryan, brought his new camera and got tons of great pics too, so with all of our shots combined, it is hard to choose just a few! But here is some of our day...

Here is the entire group minus our dear friend Alyssa (babysitter!)

Here is a shot of the boys as we start our day!

Here is Cinderella's castle. My boys didn't seem to care too much for it!

Here is our family before entering the Moster's Inc. Laugh Show. It was funny, but Caden didn't enjoy it because he doesn't like stuff he hasn't seen before!

This is what Carter did for at least two hours today! He passed out right before lunch, so we just let him get a good nap in!

Here I am with the other two boys at lunch. Cole did so great, just slept and ate. I can now say that I have nursed him just about anywhere you can imagine. He was a trooper!

Here we are right after lunch. Cory and Caden just finished a car ride while I fed Cole and Carter slept more. Then we moved on!

Right after lunch, we headed from Tomorrow Land to Mickey's Toon Town Fair. As soon as we walked in there, we saw some face painting. I encouraged Caden because I thought it was just a small paint thing like he got at KidFest. Oh, no...it was major! He picked Pluto of course, so here is how it went down...

Here is the beginning of the paint job.

Caden sat so still while he was getting painted. Here is the final shot, Caden painted up as Pluto!

He loved it! He panted and wagged his head for several minutes after! Here is all four kids. Brooklyn and Mia were Princess Kitties and Tate was a tiger.


Grammie bought the boys their Mickey Ears, so they had to show them off!

Cole didn't get ears, there weren't any small enough! But this is how he spent most of his day! So happy! Here are Carter's ears! We all thought he looked too sweet!
I think this was the boys' favorite part of the day! We got to meet Mickey and Minnie! We toured Mickey's home, then followed the line to meet Mickey. We walked into this room and there they were. When it was our turn Carter just walked right up to them to shake hands. Caden waited for Momma to come with him! Minnie was quite amazed by little Cole. It was cute!

Here is Carter being friendly with Mickey. He wasn't shy at all!Caden hugged Minnie first then went on to shake Mickey's hand! Here is the family shot that Daddy took!

First Airplane Ride

Finally pics of our trip...I hope I don't bore you with too many, but I don't know quite where to stop with all of them!

Here are a few from the airport and airplane. The kids did so well, it was amazing! We flew out aroun 7:30am so it was an early morning. Cole was great, and slept most of the time with no fussing! Carter fell asleep on the landing of the first flight and through our brief layover. He wiggled some and got a little restless but didn't fuss at all! Caden was a trooper and listened to his new MP3 player the entire time. He finally fell asleep about halfway through the 2nd flight.

Here are the kiddos watching planes land and getting ready to board. From L to R: Caden, Mya, Carter, and Tate.Carter sat with me the 1st flight and with Daddy the 2nd flight.Cory was teaching Carter how to play Texas Hold 'Em on the flight!Kaci was in heaven holding Cole, so I let her the entire 1st flight! I kept him with me on the 2nd flight because he had to eat! Caden was so excited on this 1st flight. He kept telling us all he was seeing outside, it was precious. At one point he even said, "Shucks Daddy, we are flying fast!"
After our snack meal on the 2nd flight, he conked out!

Update on the MckFamily

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Please Pray for Us

We are finishing up our packing and getting ready for our Reid Family Vacation. For those of you who don't know, all 13 of us (6 kids 5 and under :)) plus a babysitter are flying to Orlando for the week. Please pray that all the traveling goes smoothly and that the boys do well.

We have everything we need in two suitcases, 3 carryons, 1 double stroller, and I think that is it! I hope to be able to post while we are gone. Love you all and miss you already!

PS- so many people posted Friday and Saturday but I didn't get to comment or read them all! I will when I get back, I promise :)

KidFest 2008

Here are a few pics from KidFest. I didn't get many this year because I was running around getting Cole settled. For those of you who don't get to go, our church has lots of fun stuff for the kids, inflatables, hayride, carnival games, and biblical scenes to walk through. Well they do the nativity scene and Cole was Baby Jesus. So I had to get him situated and stay with him off and on all night. So I missed out on some stuff, but not too much!

Here are my little men before we left the house!

The boys loved the carnival! One of the big attractions was Mimi's ping pong toss to win a goldfish. Caden actually won his, then Mimi decided that Carter needed one too! Much to Cory's dismay, we came home with two goldfish! As of 1pm Saturday, one was dead...as of 6pm the other passed on! Oh well, Maggie (our cat) was eyeing them all night anyway, they didn't have a chance!