Disney World Part 1

So that title is a little misleading because I don't even think I make it to Disney World in this post.  I have that many pictures from the trip.  And it was that fun.  Since we live on the East Coast and Devin's sister Sara also lives on the East Coast we decided to make a fun Morris family vacation out of it.  I've had an itch for Disney for years now so I was totally on board.  We started out the week before with a visit from Grandma Joanie.  I took advantage of having a baby-distracter around to finish up some painting projects.

 Here's a pic of my grey kitchen.  I know, there is much debate out there right now about the orange.  I know lots of you liked it.  But for the record it was totally trashed with bleach spray marks everywhere.  So I decided to go in a different direction.  I think it will look even better once I get the cabinets and back splash done. 

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 We also had fun making Valentine's Day cookies.  Joan is a master frosting-maker among many other things.  :)  I like to take advantage of that talent when she comes. 

 We also went to Eva's gymnastics class.  She had been talking about taking Grandma Joanie there for weeks.  Eva loves her gymnastics.  She prays for help to walk on the balance beam all by herself every night.  It's so cute to see her out there. 

 And it's pretty much torture keeping Sophie from running into the gym every week.  She can't wait until she is three and gets to start up too! 

 Saturday morning we got up bright and early and drove the 12.5 hours down to Orlando.  The girls were pretty good as long as the iPad had some charge.  When it didn't I think I heard "I'm bored" about a hundred times.  We finally arrived to our beautiful condo resort. 

 Sunday morning we had a family church service and blessed baby Leah.  The fire alarm went off right in the middle.  It was mayhem for a few minutes there!

 Cool shell we found while we were waiting for the alarm to go off...

Then we went to Downtown Disney (more later... my pics are out of order).  Then back to the condo for Sunday dinner.  Love Eva's grumpy face.  She did that a lot this trip.  Ok, she does it a lot in life.  She lives her life in the extremes.  Hopefully we'll all be able to laugh about it someday!  haha.  

 The we went out back for a little dance concert over-looking the golf course.  We we were driving home Devin and I were talking about our highlights of the trip.  He said this was one of his favorite moments.  Watching all the cousins play together, the sun setting, beautiful scenery, with an entire week of fun and excitement ahead of him.  What a cute, cute man I have.

 After dinner and Downtown Disney we went and checked out some of the Disney resorts.  This pic is a the Wilderness Lodge where Chip and Dale have a campfire sing-along.  This is where Eva's worst fears were realized.  There really were mascots at Disney World!!  Look at the terror in that poor girl's eyes.  Oh man, I had to tell the employees to keep Chip and Dale away from her while she sat way up in the bleachers.  Look in the background of the group shot below.  You can see Devin giving Eva a little mascot therapy. 

Then we went over to the Polynesian Hotel for a little beach time, hammocks, and pineapple whip.  Yum!  It was a nice little warm-up for our week of fun!

CrazyTown

 Welcome to 2013!  We've moved!  So here's the story.  As some of you know we did the house hunt last summer and almost bought a house but it was a total nightmare.  We just couldn't settle on anything and all the offers we made fell through.  Then about 2 months ago a town home down the street came on the market at an amazing price.  It was listed without a basement but I knew it had one because of the location.  It was a foreclosure and I don't think the bank really knew what was going on.  Anyway, we decided to put in an offer and it just kind of fell into place.  Or plan is to live here and fix it up then rent it out when we decide to move.  Simple enough, right?  Turns out moving in general is a total pain, especially when it is an "as-is" house.  Life was kind of a zoo for awhile while we were fixing everything from the hot water to the fridge.  We painted from top to bottom and re-floored the entire place.  But it is so nice to have an extra floor to spread out a bit.  And the rest of the town home is the same so I don't think my kids even realized we moved.  haha....  My mom came out during the moved and totally saved us.  It is impossible to get anything done with kids around.  We basically would be living in the parking lot with all our stuff dumped on the lawn if it weren't for her help. 

This is the only picture I have of her from the trip.  Soph climbed into bed with her poor jet-lagged grandma and actually lay there for a good ten minutes. 

 This is a pile of elastics I found in the corner of Sophie's pack-n-play when I was packing.  She rips out her pigtails during her naps.  I always wondered what happened to those elastics. 

 Here's a pic of my new kitchen.  Love the color?  I just painted it a dark gray color and put up a new light fixture.  I love it.  For some reason the pics didn't upload so you'll have to wait for the big reveal. 

On of my favorite things about this house is the view from my bedroom window.  I'm up on the third level so I have this beautiful view of the treetop.  We get to see the sun rising every morning. 

 We had a couple snow storms this month.  I loved the view. 

 Here's a couple pics playing in the snow. 

 Soph was super mad about having to wear boots and a coat.  Yes, that is her minnie mouse dress. 

 Eva loved it.

 And wanted to do a "cool" pose. 

 My poor little rag muffin kids.  Now we're onto the Snow White dress.  I think I need to buy some snow clothes.

 This poop on a stick is actually peanut butter/avocado/chocolate pudding frozen into poopsicles, I mean popsicles. 

 Eva is loving giving me the "cool" poses lately.  She posed for the gymnastics pic then said, "Mom, did I look cool?"  haha.  I love these kids.   Hopefully I still do a week from now on our way back from Disneyworld.