Organized Chaos

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Day 3. Cruising Day!

Our long awaited day finally arrived! We boarded the shuttle just before noon on Aug 8th. The ship was a bit delayed in starting check-in, as they had a coast guard inspection that morning.

The safety boats were right below us.

We left for our long awaited 7 night cruise on the Disney Fantasy last week Thursday. We drove to Fargo on Thursday to catch an early morning flight on Friday. The kids had the pool at the Days Inn all to themselves. Megan said that she has never stayed at such a fancy hotel. Her standards apparently aren't that high.
We were to the airport by 4:45 in the morning. Both of our flights went well. When we landed in Orlando, we were able walk right to the front of the shuttle line to get on a bus to the hotel. We walked right up to the check in counter at the hotel. This surprised me for a Friday! I got some coffee and the kids got their swim gear on for an afternoon of swimming.

After supper, we went to the smaller pool closer to our room. There was a family from England on holiday (that's how they say vacation) there that the kids befriended. They had a great time playing together. They even worked out a synchronized swimming routine. They made fun of each others' accents, and practiced talking like each other.

My Mickey Mouse toes. I took lots of pictures of my Mickey Mouse toes.

There are more pics from Day 1 and 2, but they are on my phone, and my phone had a mis-hap on Day 9.

Friday, July 17, 2015

4th of July!

Our favorite day of the year! Megan, Mom, and I walked the 5k in the morning before the parade. It was Megan's first full 5K. She needed a little encouragement towards the end, but she did great.
The Usual Suspects were all in attendance at our house for the 4th of July festivities. There were no firework mishaps this year. Whew.
On the boys' birthday, Dwight and Shirley came over along with Carter and Kylie for the boys' birthday party/supper. Teenagers!!! Can't believe it.