Thoams the Train

Today we went to Boone with the grandchildren to spend a day with Thomas the Train. There were all kinds of fun things to do and buy. We rode a train that was pushed/pulled by Thomas, rode a trolley car, and did some shopping and playing with trains. We took a few pictures (roughly 500) and here is one of Luke and me when he first spots Thomas.

Vacation Day 2--Epcot Center

We arrived here in sunny Florida late Tuesday night and visited Animal Kingdom yesterday. We also spent some time in our pool. Today we spent the entire day at Epcot Center and had a good time. Cailey's shoe broke and Carrie went and bought both girls some red Disney crocks. Mia and Luke bought stuffed Nemos and Cailey got a couple buttons for her shoes. Here are a few pitures Ive taken.

Countdown to Disney World

In less about 43 hours we should be in the air headed to Disney World. Not sure if I'll have a chance or not but I plan on trying to post to this blog during our vacation with a few pictures. Check in next week to see what we have been up to.

Adventureland

Well yesterday we went to Adventureland, courtesy of American Spirit Graphics. David had some tickets from American Republic and the Oklands joined us. We called this our trial run for Disney World later in July.

I took my Kodak camera--didn't want to take the new Nikon out because of the weather. The kids loved riding the rides. I think the girls' favorite ride was the Frog Hopper, and the semi's were probably Luke's. Carrie rode with him the first time in the back and when they were unloading, he immediately climbed in the cab and didn't want to get out. We got back in line and the next time he rode in the cab with Cailey and Roger rode in the back with Mia. He didn't want to get off it. He managed to ride the semis once more before we left for the day.

David won the girls a big dog at one of the carnival games and Mia won both her and Cailey stuffed Shreks' at another Carnival game.

Roger rode some more exciting rides with David joining him on the Dragon and Carrie on the outlaw. Cailey wanted so bad to ride the dragon and the outlaw and her and Mia would stand by the sign showing they were tall enough. On a water ride (inner tubes on a waterslide) Cailey was really tossed around but wanted to ride it again. Mia sat next to me and I managed to keep her held down when we started spinning. It was a great day.

If you would like to see the rest of the pictures I took, visit http://picasaweb.google.com/QueenShakeNBake/Adventureland2007

My latest works.

I've been doing some scrapping and here is what I have been working on. The top photo is the squirrel that "found" Roger. I got a call yesterday and the squirrel was released to the wild. The next picture I am really pleased with. I tried something new (the bent photo) and really like how it turned out. This photo was taken two years ago on Easter. The last photo is from the field trip with the girls' preschool class to the pond at Greenwood Park. Had a great day even though it was drizzling and very damp.

Easter 2005 layout

Tonight I worked on a picture from Easter 2005. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out.

Grandma's Boasts: November 2006

Grandma's Boasts: November 2006

Roger in drag 

Geocaching

Roger and I started a new hobby--geocaching. Here is Roger walking through the brush trying to find the Ash-Works cache.

The next picture is of him checking his coordinates. The third picture is with our find (I found this one). The last picture is returning from our hunt across the Raccoon River via the railroad trestle.
 

Luke and Grandma

Roger and I both took a day of vacation today. Tried our hand at geocaching. Failed on our first attempt; found the treasure on our second and failed on our third. Need more experience. Had fun hiking the trails though. 

Father's Day

Today was Father's Day. Roger and I started the day off with "family" photos, followed by a shopping expedition to Scheels and Sports Authority for more fishing gear. Roger is really excited about his and the "boys" upcoming fishing trip.

Yesterday we met Jeremy, Sarah, Carrie, David, Cailey, Mia, and Luke for lunch at Famous Dave's. We were celebrating Jeremy's 27th birthday and Father's Day. Had my camera with me and got some great pictures. Cailey is the one in sunglasses. I had noticed she has been wearing them inside and she explained she is Thelma from Scooby Doo.

After lunch we went with the Oklands to the Home Expo. All but one house had "theaters." The girls really enjoyed these theaters and were very disappointed the last home did not have one.