Edited Photos

So I am trying my hand at editing my photos. Yes, I know, I should have been doing this A LONG TIME AGO, but what can I say....

Here are some vacation pics I have edited. Tell me what you think. Do they seem better than the others I have been posting? Should I even bother? :)

Good Friday

So...we went to "Houston Grandma's" for Easter weekend. We drove down there on Thursday night, and on Good Friday we split up and the girls went and did their thing and the boys hung out together. The first picture is what I saw when we got home. I know it is out of order, but I just cant delete them all this morning and then upload again...sorry. :) And btw...these were all taken using my phone...so the quality may not be wonderful!

The boys went to run errands, and the girls went to get mani's and pedi's!

This was grandpa's interpretation of a hair cut at the barber shop, but it is really growing on me and I like not having to brush it EVER!

Emily getting her fingernails done.

Emily waiting on me to get my manicure.

Emily wanted pink on one foot and....

purple on the other!

CUTE piggies!

My piggies...Em picked the color and the flower!

Gifts

Well...I should post something about either our vacation or Easter, BUT...I am going to post about a gift I received last week instead.

Just to give you some background, you should probably know that I am an editor for an educational publishing company. My job can be fairly demanding, and I often need to check my email often. Also, I am addicted to all things computer, social networking, writing, and music. So when it was time to upgrade my phone, can you guess what I wanted?

Well if you guessed an iPhone, you would be correct. Even though I am also fairly spoiled by the hubby, and anyone else who knows me. ;) He told me unequivocally NO, no uncertain terms would I be getting an iPhone. You see I think he was coming from not only a financial standpoint, but also a long standing hatred for anything Mac related. You see he is a Aggie mechanical engineer, and a PC guy. VERY PRACTICAL.

SO...I finally relented and said, I will take whatever you get me. I just REALLY need a new phone.

Well...I came home on Wednesday and he is sitting at the computer. He says, do you want your anniversary present now, or do you want to wait until the end of the month? Well, can you guess what I said? (remember I am spoiled) I want it NOW... :)

He hands me a little black box...with...my...NEW...YEP....have you guessed yet???? iPHONE!

See I am spoiled...but I love it...and I love the phone...and now I need to find a way to spoil him for our 15th as well...we are already having a party...any other ideas????

Thanks sweetie, I do appreciate it, and truly LOVE it!

Lunch with Pooh and Friends

On Monday we had lunch with Pooh Bear and his three friends, Tigger, Eeyore, and Piglet. This was the lunch I really wanted. I love all these guys! I always have loved them. Eeyore is my favorite these days. I love how all these characters represent different feelings. Eeyore is gloomy, Pooh is happy, Piglet is scared, and Tigger is excited. I tend to be gloomy at times so Eeyore is my favorite! But having said that, I have all these feelings so they are all my favorite! Enjoy the pictures.

Look at the happiness!
Emily loves hugging all the characters. They were like big stuffed animals to her.

Look at Em hugging his leg.

Tigger is daddy's favorite.

But then again, we all LOVE Tigger! Doesn't everyone? Look at the happiness!

Gotta hug Pooh Bear. He is so huggable!

We all love Pooh Bear!

Piglet was Ben's favorite. We also realized that Emily blended right in. She was wearing the same color pink as Piglet!

We're on our way...

I know these posts are going to be out of order and very random...but that is me...Ms. Random...lol. Really I am just posting in the order that I am remembering things. I really intended to blog every day we were gone, but the wireless was nonexistent in our resort. The dial-up thing just wasn't working for me so now I am forced to tell the story in the pieces as they come to me.

So this was the first time the kids have ever been on a plane. I think that experience was just as exciting as the prospect of going to Disney World. I was so worried about how it would be on the plane. I took my laptop and some movies just in case they got bored, but I didn't even need to take them out. I made them special busy bags that fit nicely on their carry-on suitcases. I will post about those later.

Emily was excited to find two new books, a Tinkerbell to color, a little princess coloring book with stickers, and the crayon rolls I made both the kids at Christmas. Oh and I almost forgot she put her Ariel doll in there, too. Ben had similar things in his bag, but he only had daddy read him the books and then was content to listen to daddy's earbuds to the satellite radio in the arm rests. He also helped daddy do his Sudoku puzzles. Emily and I spent quality time coloring and talking.
Here are some pics of the morning.

Morning with the Princesses

On Wednesday we went to have breakfast in Cinderella's castle with all the princesses. Emily was so excited and from the moment we stepped on the plane to fly to Florida that is all she could ask about. She just kept saying, when are we going to see the princesses, mommy? Every park we went to she looked for the princesses, and alas to her dismay she didn't see any of them .

I was a little worried because the night before she started crying and telling me how sad she was that EVERYONE but her had a princess dress, and she wanted to look pretty for the princesses the next morning. So with my heart breaking in two, Chris and I went on a search for a princess dress in the hotel. We did not find one, and I did not realize the shops at Downtown Disney were open until midnight, oh well. We did however, find a shirt that she had wanted earlier in the weekend with Aurora on the front. We got her that and hoped it would be good enough.

Well the next morning she woke up extra early, and found her shirt. She was so excited and didn't mention the dress at all. I am so glad because I really didn't want to spend fourty dollars on a princess dress, but I so would have just to see her smile and make her day. Yes, you will do anything to make your children happy. ESPECIALLY in the happiest place on earth!

On the Disney Monorail that ran right by our hotel.
Ben would only take a picture with the armor. He was not excited to be in the castle with the princesses. He was afraid that all the boys at home would laugh at him. Sheesh.

Talking to Cinderella and getting her autograph.

Posing with Cinderella for a picture.

Waiting for the appearance of the first princess.

Practicing magic...Bibiddi Bobiddi Boo!

Wishes do come true...

Okay...maybe a cinnamon roll will help him feel better, and a sword of course.

See their faces....this picture tells a tale, don't you think?

From this point Emily is the only one who wanted to pose with the princesses. Here she is with Aurora, her favorite.

Jasmine...Lizzie's favorite princesses

More magic practice

Wow he is actually smiling in this one...I guess he likes Belle. And Emily...still beaming!

Very un-princess like bite of eggs.

Walking down the royal steps.

Ben fighting the knight.

Ben using his sword to fight and Emily backing him up with a little magic. Seems we have a Level 1 fighter and sorceress here!

So...we are home

We are finally home from our eight day vacation in Disney World. We are all exhausted. Last night we got off the plane at 9:45 and were home in bed by 11:30pm. Both kids were up around six...but were convinced to go back to bed for at least another two hours. There are definitely parts of the vacation that I want to forget, but there are parts that I will remember forever. There is nothing like seeing your little girls face light up when you enter Cinderella's castle for the first time and she realizes that SHE gets to see and talk to Cinderella. Or when you come out of a ride and your son pulls you by the hand SCREAMING...BUZZ LIGHTYEAR mommy! I couldn't even see Buzz, none of the adults could, but Ben spotted him immediately and we had to get his autograph!

Here are a couple of pics to hold you over...I have mountains of laundry and souvenirs to organize, and other stuff to do for next week. I will post again later today with more pics. So for now...here you go!