Vacation - continued!

So when I left off we had just got to our resort..in our little southern Louisanna part of Walt Disney World...

Here we go again!

Here was a cute little steam boat....It was a way you could get to the Wilderness Lodge (another place you could stay...we will probably try that one out next time we go)

These were at Magic Kingdom...I don't know why...but they were cute..so of course...I took a picture...who would have thought?

another of the steam boat...a full shot...super cute!!! We didn't ride it...we were so busy!

Here is Lyla and Gregg fixing to board out little Polynesian boat to go eat at a Polynesian resteraunt

The monorail!! I have never rode one of these....well...I have never seen one of these....so I thought it was super cool!!! After we ate we rode back to the bus station on it...while we were riding we caught the fireworks show ...so amazing!! Very Magical...I knew it was gonna be a good trip!

Gregg was interested in the rabbit in the grass...I had to remind him that it wasn't hunting season in Magic Kingdom...Lyla is just ready to go...this was after a 19 hour drive...we hadn't even rested yet...so we were all pretty exhausted!!

Trish might hate me for this one...but she doesn't get to spend much time with her mom...and I thought it was so sweet to see them walking side by side. Her mom suffered a stroke not to long ago...and look at her rocking that walker and strutting along with us all over the Magic Kingdom! What a trooper!!

There is our ride!!

Such a cute little boat...Lyla loved riding in it! 

ok ...I did too!

We sat so low..we were really close to water...Lyla was watching it...and at this point she was already sick of me taking pictures..so she wouldn't turn around.

This is the Grand Floridian Resort...it had like a "Tea Room" and such...not us...we are southern Louisanna!

This is the contemporary resort...we had dinner here with Mickey Mouse (in later pictures)...the monorail goes right through the resort!! cool!!

This was our first glimpse of the castle!!

Lyla flipped out...

ok..

i did too!

More of the Grand Floridian

I just loved those little steam boats!!

This was the Polynesian resort that we had dinner in the first night we were there.

They had thier own beach and were having a marshmallow roast when we got there...very neat!!

I don't know if you can tell..but that is a volcano..and inside it was a water slide

very neat!!!

Are you excited???

I am just posting pictures!!

I loved that place and we are so going back

It was alot of fun!!

2011 photo challenge - Day 3 & 4

More of the photo challenge...

Yesterday put me a little behind...we had some family business to take care...and my part was watching a cute chunky monkey of a nephew for a few hours!!
I got the good part!!!

The challenge was to take a picture of the clouds...I did..I just didnt' get to blog it...

There wasn't very many clouds yesterday since we broke the record of HEAT at a whopping 115 degrees!!!

Now that is HOTT!!

Let me give you a few little facts about how hot 115 degrees just really is:

This is a fantastic Facebook post from my Uncle Jack

Chocolate burns at 115 degrees.
Science tells us that the protein in egg yolk coagulates in 115 degrees.
115-120 degrees is considered rare for a steak.
At 115, fat starts to melt off meat -- if we stand outside long enough, will fat literally melt off our bodies?

You gotta love his way of thinking..
I don't think I have lost any weight in this heat..I sit in the AC snacking on Cool Ranch Doritos...
Thanking God for my AC and my hubby for working so I can keep it a cool 80 degrees in this house (yes 80 degrees is cool when is 115 outside!)

....................................so I had a whole blog post typed up and went to go publish it ...and for some reason it didnt' publish ...and it all deleted....great! .... so I am having to type it all up again...and it isnt' going to be near as cute as the first draft..sorry guys..............................................

Anyway here is my picture of the clouds...

and here is a picture of our weather I took from my Iphone...I must have caught it at around midnight because it had gone down one degree to 114!! yay!!

Time to break out the light jackets...

and oh look

We were supposed to have a storm today that dropped it to only 111 degrees!!!

woohoo!!!

OK...I gotta stop griping before I have to stop and pray for forgiveness

Day 4 brought on the challenge of your favorite color...easy right?

nope!

I like color combos...I don't think I could pick one stand alone favorite color....

until..

I though...I will go to my Pinterest boards and see what I have pinned and obviously I will find my favorite color

Pinterest is good for SO many things!

Here's what I came up with:

I like this gray and pink 

I love this gray with pops of yellow

So I am guessing my favorite color right now is gray.

sad ..isnt' it? gray

but that's what I like I guess...

it's a neutral and it goes with everything

But I am really loving this new Cerise color..especially paired with this aqua...I like aqua too!!

Hard challenge ... I give up!

I like all colors...I am a preschool teacher

I am a colorful person

I can't choose!

and if you wanna go on..

I really like white

but white isn't really a color ...is it?

I like white sheets

white blogs

white kitchens

white dishes

you get the point

Tomorrow's challenge is to take a picture of Someone you Love

that's easy ... I have a ton of people I love

I consider that a blessing

the heat...not a blessing

people to love....blessing

you think God is busy and got that confused?

Anyway...

Visit Oh So Lovely to link up with us and share your photo challenge...I am really enjoying looking at everyone's pictures.

And here is my post of all the challenges if you wanna jump in

2011 photo challenge - Day 2

Today's challenge is taking a picture of "What I Wore" today....

Days like this I wish I could work at an office...behind a desk...in the air conditioning....
That way I would be able to wake up in the morning...dress up, fix my hair, put on nice clothes and heels...and feel good!
I love my job...don't get me wrong...I love working with kids...my job is so much fun...
but sometimes you wonder....what if?

Just human nature I guess.....

anyway...This is what I wore today....

I rocked out the Arkansas gear....

Go Hogs!!

What did you wear today?

Link up with us here.

Take a look here to see all the challenges....not to late to jump in!

2011 photo challenge- Day 1

Here it is...

Day 1

Today's challenge is to take a self portrait.....
I tried this many times while on vacation because I had the feeling that if I didn't take a picture of ME...then there wouldn't be a picture of ME in any of our vacation photos...and I don't know how all these girls on facebook take pictures of themselves because I either cut my head off in the picture, completely don't even take a picture of myself, or look horrendous!!!

So today is really a challenge for me...but here is what I came up with....

This is the self portrait I took of me and Ms Lyla at the Crystal Palace in Magic Kingdom while we were having dinner with Pooh, Tigger, Piglet and Eeyore.

If you wanna join in on the challenge...please do!!

Go here to see the list of photos we are going to be taking.

If you join in...comment and let me know..I wanna see your pictures!!!

Dear Photograph....

I have to make mention of this new site I found from one of the ladies on a scrapbooking site I like to browse....

It is Dear Photograph..
It is hands down the most inspirational photography site I have seen!

I urge you to check it out...you might need a tissue...I used one..or two  ;)
but then come back here and let me know what you think...

It makes me want to go to my mom and dad's  and
.........first.........
tell them how much I love them....and how much they have helped me and how much I appreciate it and I never ever ever want to leave anything unsaid....My life hasn't been all peaches and cream....but it made me who I am ...and with all my heart I think it taught me how to be a better adult and parent...and that is something I take pride in
......second.......
I want to search for old family photos and then find the place they were taken...I want to learn my family history....see who I am ...who came before me....I want to be able to tell Lyla where she comes from and let her know that we are a "family"...but she has so much more family than just mom and dad...we have a history ....

Let me know what you think.