Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Good Bye Tanner

It was almost exactly 13 years ago that we first brought Tanner home. He was a scared, 10-pound baby who shook on my lap the whole way home from the breeder. It didn't take him long to acclimate and in true Labrador form, his crazy puppy personality came out. 

He was our first "baby" and boy was he spoiled. My mom fondly referred to him as her granddog. Those early years were so much fun.  As our family grew, he took it all in stride and was a faithful companion until the end. 

Our house will never be the same. We will miss you Bub....



Thursday, March 15, 2012

Disney Trip

What an adventure. I'm pretty sure that only basic training is more rigorous than a trip to Disney World. Ray and I had to have walked at least 30 miles over the course of 5 days, many of them with a child in our arms or on our back or shoulders.

In hindsight, waiting to rent strollers until we were IN the parks wore on all of us. We were among many other families with tired, cranky kids and stressed out parents.

We had fun, certainly. Will we do it again? Not likely, at least for a while ;)

Aladdin's magic carpet - one of our favorites!

Stitch picking his nose with Parker's autograph pen. He proceeded to wipe it on Parker's shirt!

Chloe and me in front of some lovely flowers at Epcot.

Just fun!

Our little Sith! He was soooo proud of his face. It took a couple of days to get the paint off of his eyes - he looked a little like Sid Vicious with dark smudged eyeliner.

Kitty princess!

Cool flower birds at Epcot!

Outside of Nemo

Silly boy!

Parker was being sour but Dad and Sissy made him laugh.

Posing.
Lovin' me up on the Monorail (or monowail as Parker says). Parker told me that every time we were in a vehicle, he was going to give me kisses. Outside of vehicles, kisses are "gross".

Dinner at the aquarium.

Character dinner with Minnie & Mickey (and a dessert buffet - YUM!).



Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Holiday Fun at the Gaylord Texan

The Gaylord wasn't quite the same this year as Grandma and Grandpa weren't with us but we still had fun!

Waiting in line for ICE wasn't that fun though.



ICE's theme this year is Shrek the Halls. This is at the beginning of the exhibit when the kids weren't frozen and still smiling. All of the figures are carved out of solid ice blocks!

Decorating our gingerbread people:


This is at the end of Shrek the Halls. Freezing and not enjoying ourselves any more!


We met Gingy!


Chloe's Class Holiday Party

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Fall at the Arboretum

Great Aunt Shirley is in town for a visit and we enjoyed the beautiful weather today at the Arboretum. Chloe was all about having her picture taken...Parker was not!












Monday, August 22, 2011

First Day of School


Parker's first day of pre-K!

This big girl is officially a first-grader!



Saturday, August 20, 2011

Chloe and Parker's Picture Taking

The kids obviously got a hold of the camera.

At least they aren't taking pictures of the floor or furniture, which is what I ususally find on the camera.

Lovin' the self portraits

Tried to get Beau in this one!