Hollywood Studios

We flew down to Orlando this past week and met up with Scott's parents for a magical week at Disney World! Disney offers such a wonderful discount for military members, so we try to go and use it when we can! We planned the trip right when Scott left for Iraq, so I've been looking forward to it for a while...and we definitely weren't disappointed! November is the perfect time to go...awesome weather and not too crowded. Braden and Carter had so much fun, and it was so fun to experience it with them all together! And, Scott's parents watched the boys a few nights so Scott and I could go out to dinner...as perfect of a vacation as it gets!!!

We got to meet Woody and Buzz...but, when we finally got to the front of the line, Braden got scared of them! Oh well!
The new Toy Story ride is amazing...we had four fast pass tickets, so each of us took Braden so he got to ride a bunch!

Epcot

Magic Kingdom

Magic Kingdom was an amazing day! We had lunch in Cinderella's castle, and all the princesses came out to meet the boys...Belle liked Braden, as you can see! Carter was able to ride a bunch of rides, and we stayed for the parade and fireworks in the evening...great day!

Animal Kingdom

Sea World

On our first day we went to Sea World...military gets in FREE! There's a great area with kid rides that Braden just loved, and of course the shows were great (the Shamu show has changed a bit which is sad, but it was still fun). We got to see them feeding the dolphins before we left, both boys were mesmerized!

Toy Story!

Pumpkin Time

"We'll take this pumpkin...and the big orange thing too!!!"


Carter helps clean it out:
Braden REALLY wanted to do all the cutting himself:
The final product...a happy jack-o-lantern!

Professional Pics

Braden at 3 years old:
Carter at 1:

Terrific Tractors & other Cool Farm Machines

The rain held off long enough for the boys to explore the tractors at Shelburne Farms this weekend, and cleared up for us to have a nice picnic lunch!

Welcome Home Daddy!!

It was SO exciting for all of us to meet Scott as the plane landed from Iraq! Over 200 Airmen got off the plane, and the cheers were loud! We're so thankful that they made it home safe and sound, and, as you can imagine, Braden and Carter are so very happy to have Daddy home!!

Riverbanks Zoo

On Saturday Pappa and Gramma Seigfried took the boys and I to the zoo in Columbia, South Carolina, and it really was one of the best zoos we've been to in a while! Beautiful day, a large variety of animals, and even rides!

EdVenture World

While we waited for Scott's plane to come into South Carolina, the boys and I explored some of the fun things to do in Columbia, South Carolina with Gramma and Pappa Seigfried. On Friday, we went to EdVenture, an awesome children's museum the boys both loved!

Playdate

Fun morning and lunch at the Carter's house!
Cooking playdough:
Augh...they mixed the playdough colors!

Adapt and Overcome

While we're waiting to get our big screen TV fixed...because...Braden threw a toy at it and broke the screen(!), I moved a TV from upstairs downstairs so the boys could watch TV while I'm cooking dinner, etc. Apparently, the boys think that if they sit REALLY close to it, they can pretend it's a big screen!