Long Hiatus

I've been m.i.a. for a minute lol!!! Ok, ok it's been a year!! Wow time flies when your having fun!!! I figure the quickest way to catch up is with my "year in review" so here is my hiatusing (not a word but it could/should be lol!!) and I'll be staying in touch on a more regular basis.... I promise! TTYL!!❤️

Since we left off in May here goes June, Connor ran a color marathon, and celebrated his 11th B-day in Jurrasic World style with some besties!!

July finds us celebrating Independence Day and Brittany's 21st. B-day Key West Girls Wkend style!!! Woot woot!!

August has us up the Eastern seaboard with visits at Bronycon in Baltimore, Falconry and fun in Hershey Pa. (Oh you know we indulged in decadent chocolate spa time!!) Cheesesteak challenge in Philly.. Pats/Genos we never can choose a winner!! Lol!! And a lovely visit to the Jersey Shore❤️

September is back to school time so we visited a living history school museum and spent the day in the 1800's with our incredibly AWESOME homeschool group!! We traveled to N. Carolina to celebrate our dear friends Jeff & Nicole's beautiful beach wedding.. Bagpipes and everything!! It was beautiful!! We took a nice weekend in Myrtle Beach while up that way and of course stopped in Savannah on our way home!!

October brought us loads of fun aboard the Disney Dream!! Halloween on the Highseas!! We even had a private cabana on our private island #BeyonceStatus lol!!! My phone loved the cruise so much it decided to stay aboard while the ship was in dry dock for a month!! Yes, yes I left my phone onboard and had to endure with an old phone for a month!! Alas I survived lol!!!

November brings us another beautiful wedding this time Brittany's dear friend and Brit was in the Wedding!! I cried like a baby!!! They will always be little girls in my heart❤️ And what is November without Thanksgiving?!?!

December means Santa, Nutcracker, Disney VACA, and all the family festivities including Christmas Eve at Nana's!!

More holiday fun with a trip to Universal Studios for Grinchmas and a New Years Eve party with family and friends!! Finished the month off at the South Florida Fair with the besties!!

February means Valentine celebrations and a quick cruise to the Bahamas ... Well we HAD to check out all the Star Wars upgrades (that took place while my phone was vacationing aboard!!lol)  and besides waking up to Atlantis never gets old!!

March is the Flower and Garden Festival, St. Pattys day at Raglans Road, Easter and my bro's bday!! Ohhh and voting for our next president in the preliminaries 🇺🇸

R.i.p. Prince💜💜💜💔.............. Connor got an award at the Science fair for his work building and programming his robot, and a fun trip to Hash House a Go Go..... If you get the chance...Go Go trust me!!!

Here we are (finally!!!) it's May 2016 and we just got home from an incredible cruise aboard the Disney Fantasy we went to Mexico, Jamaica, The Cayman Islands, and my fav Disney's private island Castaway Cay❤️

May always means Mothers Day and I am incredibly blessed to be able to spend the day with my Mother, my best friend ❤️❤️❤️ Also we week ended  at Disney's Yacht Club when we got off the cruise... fun in Disney World!! And last but certainly not least Connor earned his Yellow Belt!!! Phew!!!! I did it all caugh up!!! See ya Real Soon!!!

Happy and Busy!!!

I always say I'd rather be busy than bored!! Well the old saying be careful what you wish for you just might get it?? I can honestly say it's true!!! lol!!! So without further adieu my lovely Rosebuds here's a quick pictorial of why I've been MIA as of late.

Severe asthma attack landed me in ICU ( Ain't nobody got time for that!! Lol!!)

Universal Studios Orlando Vacay!!

Disney Vacay!!!

Celebrating Valentines Day with my loveys!!

New additions to the family!! Lucky and Casper our baby cockatiels (to add to our zoo!! Lol!!)

Dennis DeYoung of Styx concert (where my hubby and son met him and got band souvenirs!!)

Connors Arrow of Light award ceremony where he achieved the highest honor in Cub Scouts❤️

My lovely Moms Birthday Cruise to the Bahamas!!

Girls only Roadtrip to Texas!! - Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,Texas.... And back again!!!

Celebrating St. Patrick's Day!!

Whew!!!! Now bring on Spring Break!!!!! Hope you've been having fun being busy too!!! TTYL❤️

End of Summer Extravaganza!

Ways to Stay Frozen in Summertime

Children and adults alike are invited to enjoy a frosty event filled with enchanted experiences and family fun.

• Anna and Elsa’s Royal Welcome:Watch Anna and Elsa embark on a goodwill tour of neighboring kingdoms. The royal sisters are joined by Kristoff, the ice cutters and joyous citizens of Arendelle who skate and snow ski their way through the procession. It all culminates in an enticing moment at the Sorcerer’s Hat Icon Stage to officially welcome Frozen to Disney’s Hollywood Studios!
• For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration:Join Anna, Elsa and the newly-appointed royal historians of Arendelle in the Premiere Theater to enjoy For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Musical Celebration. Laugh and sing along while enjoying this humorous and heart-warming retelling of the kingdom’s history!
• Oaken’s Frozen Funland: Blow into Soundstage One to see how Oaken and his closest cousins have been creating winter magic!Frozen festivities include ice skating and snowman building.
• Frozen Fireworks Spectacular:On select nights, Anna, Elsa, Kristoff and Olaf come together at the Sorcerer’s Hat Icon Stage for a grand finale—complete with an awe-inspiring fireworks display set to the glorious music of the movie. The Frozen Fireworks Spectacular may be experienced on the following dates: July 5 - August 22; August 24 - September 1; September 5 - 7; September 12 - 14; September 19 - 21; and September 26 - 28, 2014.
• Olaf on Summer Vacation:Throughout the day, Olaf will share updates from his summer adventures at the Sorcerer’s Hat Icon Stage. Pick up your very own take-a-long Olaf so he can join you on your vacation. And be sure to tag your pictures #OlafSummerVacation —they just might be shared in the day’s grand finale!
• Coolest Summer Ever Dance Party: Rock out to a medley of the hottest Frozen hits! Every evening starting at 5:30 PM, bust a move as a dance party with a DJ and a live band get in the groove at the Sorcerer’s Hat Icon Stage.
• Wandering Oaken’s Trading Post (Merchandise): Strap on your snowshoes and journey to Soundstage One for a wonderland of Frozen merchandise, along with several food and beverage offerings. You won’t want to miss out this big summer “blowout”!        
• Ends Sept 28, 2014                       
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• We had a BLAST!! From Ice skating on real ice to sipping roasted marshmallow hot cocoa while playing in real snow!!! This event is truly magical in every sense!!! 

Live sing along performance 

"Do you wanna build a snowman?"

Ice skating in Florida in August!!!

Yummy, yummy!!!

We had so much fun!!!! Frozen Summer Fun indeed!!! TTYL ❤️

Disney Mania!!!

Starwars weekend no. 1

We have been Disneying it up lately!!! We've visited Epcot, Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, & Universal Studios too. (Yes, I realize they are not Disney... But they had a Huey Lewis and the News concert that the hubs just couldn't pass up!!)

Sorry for the poor quality pic, but it was really cool meeting John Ratzenberger and the actor behind... Darth Maul!!!

Dinner at the Sci Fi "Dine in"

My little making custom Droids for his collection.

This was soooo cool!!! Brittany & Connor had themselves commissioned as Stormtrooper figurines!!! They are amazing!!!!

This is the Snack bar in the... Wait for it.... Darth Mall!!! Lol!!!

 

The following weekend we went back to another Star Wars Weekend!!! This time to meet Billy Dee Williams and.... Mark Hamill!!!!!! 

Then next up was my Connors 10th Birthday Disney Cruise aboard the Disney Dream!!

When we arrived in our Private Veranda Stateroom we were greeted with a fully decorated room!! Including a custom birthday magnet on our door.

Upon disbarking we had a champagne Bon voyage on our veranda.

1st Birthday cake celebration!!!

My favorite!! Castaway Cay (Disney's private Carribbean island)

So after hitting Orlando twice to visit Disney, and hopping aboard the incredible Disney Dream where we voyaged to the Bahamas (Paradise island & Nassau) we visited Atlantis, took a glass bottom boat tour to see the beautiful Carribbean underwater world including a real shipwreck!! We made it back home to celebrate our Connors Godzilla themed Birthday party with family & friends, and get ready for our annual summer vacation!! TTYL❤️

Spring Fling!!

Spring time = Spring Break & fun excursions!!!

We took a lovely field trip with great friends to Butterfly World near Ft. Lauderdale Fl.

Learning with friends

Snacking on bananas!!

Of course we made time for our feathered friends!!

Holding butterflies <3

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We also got ladybugs to release in our garden at home <3

It's not Spring for us without a jaunt to Disney, especially the Flower and Garden Festival and look who we found this year!!

Next up was dinner at the T Rex Cafe in Downtown Disney

This place is sooooo cool!!! & yumalicious too!! 

Of course he had to build a Dino at the Build a Bear experience also at the T. Rex Cafe 

My little <3

He loved it!!!

We finished off our weekend mini golfing at Disneys Winter Summerland golf course

Back at home with lovely blooms!!!

And, Connors cocoon hatched!! We've had a wonderful start to Spring and hope you have also!! TTYL <3