Animal Kingdom

Not a whole lot to say here, the pictures are pretty self-explanatory :o)

All it took was 1 try!!

We decided to take the training wheels off her bike today.  She was so excited because then I could hang on and then let go like Gaspard's mom from one of her favorite Disney shows, Gaspard and Lisa.
She got on, we went down to the street and I started to help her, with in riding 2 feet, she was balanced by herself and she took off. I was so surprised.  She was so excited.
She couldn't take off by herself and wanted me to help her practice.  It didn't take long before she was able to roll down the driveway and get herself going.  Then she kept practicing in the street and was able to take off from a even surface, by herself.  She doesn't give up easy and she is so tickled with herself.

Virginia and Chuck E Cheese

While the older kids went off to WA to visit family, Meema and Tariyah took an Amtrak trip to Virginia to visit Jim, Amy and the kids. We had to wait quite a while for the train to come, so we just stood around and played for a while.

Sleeping on the train

Keeping busy on the train

They were celebrating Delaney's birthday which was June 15th, so they decided to celebrate Tariyah's birthday at the same time, it was so sweet of them, she really had a good time.

Cody, Brooklyn and Tariyah

Alyssa, growing into a beautiful young woman.

Brooklyn and Tariyah, best cousins

Aunt Janie bought a battery for Tariyah's little car, they had fun riding in it.

We had our own celebration at Chuck E Cheese for Tariyah and then Haidyn.

Walt Disney World and Family

Jairyn getting to go on his first Disney Cruise with Meema.

I guess he thinks he is ready to navigate the ship already. Mom said that he knew the layout of the ship with in the first few hours of being there.  He knew where everything was and what he wanted to do. Especially where to get ice cream, she said he had 5 cones the first day.

Here they are at Castaway Cay

Janie and Haidyn

 

Jeriann and Hunter

Shaun

Jairyn

Jairyn and Haidyn above and Jeriann, Shaun and Hunter to the left. Their ship, below.

Shaun, lookin' as he always does, lol...confused.

Pretty Momma

A few of the professional pictures.

Yep, on the right you can see him eating that ice cream again, ha ha

Waiting for our family to come from the cruise boat to their hotel!!

The first day we went to Epcot, it was rainy and even cold.  We had to buy a couple of umbrella's and I bought a Mickey towel to use as a blanket for Aamerik.  We trudged along though and because of the rain there were not a whole lot of people so we got to go through more of the park. :o)

I really enjoyed the ride Mission: Space, it gave you a small sense of what it might feel like going into outer space. We let the kids meet the Characters and took a few pictures.

Here they are!

Mom and her girls

The next day was Hollywood Studios, we were pretty tired but we went...Mom, Janie and Haidyn stayed behind this day...Haidyn needed a break so he would be able to enjoy Magic Kingdom better.  It just so happened that it was Star Trek weekend(month) at Hollywood Studios, Shaun really enjoyed that and so did we.  I got my little Obi Wan Mickey, that's what I call him even tho he is probably just Jedi Mickey.

We met up with Brother Briggs who does an entertainment show for people while they are waiting in line to take pictures with Phineas and Ferb.  It was great, he involved all of us that were there.

Hunter and Aamerik, cousins and 6mos apart.

After Universal Studios, the adults went out to dinner after getting McDonald's for the kids, this is what we came back to at Mom's hotel room.

Mom and Janie, stayed home from Hollywood Studios this day so they took a few other pictures.

On Sunday, June 3rd, we went to Magic Kingdom.  Of course it was a magical day, not only because we went to the happiest place on Earth, but it was Tariyah's 5th birthday.  My little princess is growing up so fast.  We made it through alot, but there was so much left to see and do...I can see why annual passes would be a positive thing.  Maybe one of these years, ha ha...

This little bird got so close to us, it was so cute, I love how the birds at Disney World are used to being around people.

We bought a fan to help keep Aamerik cool, it seemed to work.

All in all we had a great time, I am glad we were able to spend some time with my family and enjoy a little bit of Walt Disney World.  We still have a lot to cover over there tho.