We visited Magic Kingdom today – and in the Belle story time, Samantha was picked to play Beast, because of her ROAR. Well, she really impressed the crowd. When the story was done, Belle asked what her name was, and she told her – ‘SUPER PRINCESS HULA HOOP MAN’ As you can see from the main image, Belle was completely caught off guard, turning...
Read MoreYesterday Kaatje wasn’t feeling well so we let her sleep in the trailer, and gave her a laptop to email us, Dad would be checking his phone. Boy was I in for a shock when I looked at my phone and saw all these emails: 5:01PM Subject: where are you? Body: Hello. wondering where you are and what your doing. hows it going. 5:02PM Subject: why aren’t you...
Read MoreAs you get older (or is it more kids), it gets harder to do longer day drives. So today at the end of our drive looking for the KOA entrance at Forsyth GA, eyes heavy and the irregular lighting, Kaatje and I thought we saw the entrance and I turned in and got about 2ft into a ditch when we realized this wasn’t it. Not good with a 20ft van and 30ft trailer....
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When you’re traveling with kids, especially a large crew eating out is very expensive. But a great place to eat at a fantastic price – Steak N Shake. We all ate our own meals (each under $4) and 4 kid meals free for $23 taxes in. Man oh man…
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It only took a year, but the fireplace is finally all done. Last year we started the project because Kaelyn was worried Santa wouldn’t have a way into the house.
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The people who built this house never put in a front step. So guests have relied on a huge step up or walking on the side rocks. So I decided it was time to solve that. Well, rocks are REALLY heavy 😉 After an initial frustration, the old Egyptian technique of 1 1/2 PVC pipe rolling the rock (which is 5ft long and I’d guess 500lbs) worked. Hailey was my...
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Not as bad as Buffalo (they say up to 7ft of snow) but still crazy driving. Michelle said the van was having real issues, and at one stop light a car skidded right through in front of me (luckily I was driving slow enough).
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The girls are very excited.
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Count Dracula Grandma and the girls
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