Surprise Trip

Last weekend we surprised Cole and Adrienne with a quick trip to Florida. I still can not believe I was able to keep it a secret. I never realized how much the kids help me pack for trips until I did not have their help. Thursday morning when we woke them up the truck was packed and all they had to do was get in. When they got in the truck they were so confused with all the stuff in the back. We let them guess for a few minutes before we told them and they were beyond excited!!

While we were there we went to Universal, Islands of Adventure, and Magic Kingdom. I am still going through all of our pictures but here is a little peak at some of the characters we met on our first day at Islands of Adventure.

New Fantasyland

While we were in Magic Kingdom on Sunday we came across this sign! 

Adrienne loved walking around seeing all the new things they have added. The new restaurants are not open but we were able to walk in and see them. We were also able to see Gaston from Beauty and the Beast. He was leaving but saw Adrienne and called her over for a picture.

We had talked to some ladies in line for a ride that told us they had opened the new ride Ariel's Undersea Adventure but it stopped running before they could get on it. As we were walking around the New Fantasyland I heard a Disney employee tell a lady they were going to open the ride very soon. I look around and there are at least a hundred people standing around waiting to get on the Ariel ride. I hate to disappoint Adrienne but there is no way I am getting in that mob of people. Wouldn't you know right about that time a lady screams out "We need to make a line right here" of course we are standing inches from where she wants the line to start. We were able to scoot right over into the line and were one of the first thirty people on the ride. When we came out of the ride the wait was an hour so Adrienne was a very lucky girl because there is no way I would have waited that long for that ride when all the other rides in the park had waits of no more than twenty minutes. 

New Fantasyland brought a huge smile to the face of this little girl. For the rest of the day she talked about how lucky she was to see Gaston and to ride the Ariel ride. 

Cole's Baptism

I am over the moon proud of this sweet boy! This my friends is the best thing about motherhood!  

Romans 6:4-5, “Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.” 

Pullen Park

Our first trip to Pullen Park since the big remodel. Cole and Adrienne had fun even with storms rolling through twice while we were there. 

TKD Testing

Saturday morning Cole tested for his Senior 1st Degree Black Belt. He had not tested in over a year so I was a nervous wreck that morning. I did not get any good pictures of his form or sparring but here he is during his board breaking.

The smile says it all. He broke two boards on his first attempt and the third board on his second attempt. 

Surgery Day

Adrienne had to have surgery to remove a bump from her face. We first noticed it in April and it was just a dot.  As time went on it had got much bigger and would get even bigger when she was running.

The night before surgery

Almost time to start. I am so glad she was still smiling at this point and of course she was not going to go without Rufus by her side. She did great until they put in the IV and she got extremely nauseated. The anesthesiologist had nausea medicine in his hand ready to put in the IV so that only lasted a minute. When it was time to take her into surgery she told us bye and had no fear.

From the time they wheeled her away from us until they came and got us to come see her was only an hour. This is when she had been awake for about fifteen minutes and she was talking all kind of craziness. It was so hard not to laugh at all she was saying to us.

This is Adrienne about nine hours after surgery. She was still looking at little sleepy but was playing and eating fine.

The pathology report came back and it was a hemangimoa which was one of four things we were told it could be. Long story short it is not dangerous and should not come back.

I am so proud of Adrienne and how brave she was. We are all so glad it is finally over.

VBS 2012

Our favorite week of the summer is VBS week. We had such a fun week and made a lot of new friends. I love seeing all the new faces that come to VBS each year.

Cole and Adrienne are already asking about next year...