Orlando

Last week we took a much needed vacation to Orlando! Part of the trip was just Ed and I and the other part we were lucky enough to spend with a bunch of our family. It was extra special because this was the only time we would all be together in the next few months since none of our holiday plans match up. We got in late on Thursday night and then Friday the fun began! Ed and I hit up Universal Studios Islands of Adventures, it was a little cool out but the sun felt great. It was more crowded then I expected (should have checked for Holidays....had no idea it was Veterans Day!) but we never waited more then 45 minutes for a ride so it was pretty tolerable. Here are a few of my fav pics from Universal

The entrance to Universal

I love this cloud in toon land "I feel like there is a cloud overhead" it just screamed photo op

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My fun quote to take a pic by

Us in Dr Seuss area

So cute having the elephant with the Christmas stuff!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Saturday Lesley came up in the morning so the three of us went to lunch and then went mini golfing. I got two hole in ones!! We also fed gators hotdogs, very expensive over priced hot dogs :) Saturday night Janet, John, Margi, and Nate joined us all and we did dinner. 

Pre-mini golf

Feeding the gators

 Sunday we spent the morning by the pool and then went to do the Slingshot ride, more mini golf, lunch, then drove over to Disney to meet up with Andy, Courtney, Grace, and Mallory. We did dinner that night at downtown disney. We ate at a great Irish Pub that had a fun band playing. Then we took a big family picture since we won't be able to get one at Christmas time

Getting ready for the sling shot with Lesley

Marghi and Nate before the Slingshot

Hangin out with Goofy

Me & Les at the Disney hotel

Grace & I showing how many times we'll do the teacups tomorrow

The whole family after dinner

Monday we spent the day at Disney. I will get pics from Disney up later, the good ones are on Ed's camera. I think it's time for bed now....I'm still catching up on sleep from vacation! It was a great time and I hope we can do another family trip like this again!

Halloween

So Halloween came and went. Ed and I both had to work so we didn't get to hand out candy this year :( However we did find a dog Halloween party to take Maverick to a few days before. (Yes we are those types of dog owners). Maverick did not appreciate being dressed up initially....but once he got there and saw all the other dogs (there were over 40) in costumes he was so excited he forgot how silly his mom made him look. It was also nice that we were able to go with our neighbors and their adorable little boy, their dog, and another neighbors dog (Mav loves playing with all of them). 

The party was great, they had an area decorated for fun pictures and booths set up for "tricks for treats." Maverick just had to sit and then he got to catch a treat, he thought it was the best thing ever. They also had a trick or treat hall where you walked your dog down and every few spots the dog got a dog treat and owner got candybars, mmmm snickers! Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the night: 

 Maverick the dinosaur, Rudy the Cowboy, and Kloey the frog

Maverick in his costume...he's such a cute Dinosaur

Our neighbor's little boy and his dog, SO CUTE

Mav and Rudy

There were treats being held above my head as I took this, that was the only way both dogs looked at the camera

40 minutes later he was practically unconscious in the car....a huge success!

Happy late Halloween!! Next up...our trip to Orlando!

It's Getting Cold....I need to pick up a hobby

So today was the first cold day of the winter. And with my luck we just got back from warm, sunny Orlando so it feels worse then normal. It made me think I better find a hobby for the winter or I'll go crazy with cabin fever OR spend all of our money shopping....either way it didn't look good for Ed so we'll see if I can stick to this blogging thing for his sake :)

So what have we been up to lately.....ever since we've been in our house we've had these HIDEOUS ugly gold lights in our living room. I have hated them from day 1 and been dying to get rid of them. Well I finally got my chance and I jumped on it. So we went from these: 

To these:

SOOO much nicer. I love the silver look and how much more modern these are. It helps that the main light is centered in the room too (the old ugly gold one was on the side because they had their dining room in this room...again another thing they did that I do not agree with). Also the room has MUCH better lighting now. My eyes are so much happier now! Well off to do a few things around the house and watch my Wednesday night shows. Will try this blogging again later :) We still have so much to catch up on!