August 13-17 2008
My grandparents celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary on August 15. So the entire family got together in Orlando FL to celebrate with them. We flew into FL on 8/13 and met Daniel for the first time. This was also the first time that my Aunt Daysi met Anthony and Adrian. Daysi loves her great nephews and they love her!
Here is Daysi with Daniel and Adrian. You can't see Adrian's smile, but Daniel and Adrian are happy to finally meet!
Am I looking in a mirror?
These are my cousins (Daysi's two children) Gaby and Isaac. Anthony loved playing with his cousins!
Adrian meeting Pappie for the first time...he was all smiles :)
Anthony: WHOA! Now that is what I call a bubble bath!
Bradley (Meagan's Brother): HELP!
Anthony: Are those real bubbles?
Grammie: Would you like to hold some bubbles?
Grammie makes the berry best smoothies!
Daniel and Adrian are tired of the flashing cameras
Adrian is all smiles for his Uncle Dennis!
Our second night in Orlando (our hotel was across the street from Disney World) we went to Downtown Disney. It was mainly lots of shopping, but we did have fun with Lego's and had some free chocolate!
This robot is made completely of tiny Lego's!
This is my brother Nathaniel (Nate) helping Anthony build Lego's
My sister, Katrina and her husband Ryan
Daddy's being a good helper :) From the big smile it seems both Dad and Anthony are having fun!
Bradley posing "cool" for the camera
Beautiful Daysi with her 2 beautiful children Gaby and Isaac (who is trying to lean out of the picture)
Adrian was not too excited about Lego's
Neither was Daniel...I just love his little toes!
Finally parted from the Lego's, Dad and Anthony went to check out the dragon in the water
Dinosaur! Anthony recognized this right away. This dinosaur is also made of Lego's
Our family
Stitch is randomly spitting water out into the crowd
Bradley is seeking cover behind Isaac
This part of Downtown Disney was called Pleasure Island...but for these folks the island isn't too pleasurable
To the right is Gaby, Isaac and Bradley spinning the cup on the merry-go-round.
Grammie helping Anthony hold on to the horse. Although Anthony isn't smiling, he had so much fun Grammie had to pry him off the horse when the ride was over
The day of the celebration has arrived. Of course, when we got there Adrian was hungry. Thanks Mom for taking pictures of family for me!Aunt Daysi
Dennis' Mom
Uncle Jay with Gaby and Isaac
Aunt Patsy and my Mom's cousin
My cousins Zak and Nik, Keegan (Lisa's son), my Uncle Joe and his girlfriend Lisa
(I haven't seen my Uncle Joe in about 10 years. It was great to see him and my cousins again. Though they live in Georgie, they travel to NM fairly often. Hopefully we can meet up sometime in NM!)
Bradley and Anthony bonding. No matter how hard we tried we couldn't get Anthony to say 'Bradley'; but he did learn to say 'Nathaniel'!
My sisters! Katrina and Nichole (who is holding Daniel)
The Man of the event...Grand-daddy. I love his gold cumber bun and bow tie
This is almost a four generation photo...only I was taking the picture! Grammie, Adrian, and Great Grandmommy
When lunch started Adrian started to get fussy. Grammie does a good Adrian pouty face.
Uncle Dennis and Daniel; and Ryan smiling in the background
Like Father like son...put some glasses on Anthony and I think we have twins!
After all that fussing Pappie has the magic touch
My Uncle Moe. He got to fly to FL and really enjoyed his flight! Moe loves his family and I love him so much! Moe loves to dance, hold hands, laugh and smile! I hadn't seen Moe for almost 10 years...it was great to see him and know he is doing so well.
50 years later and they still get lost in eachothers' eyes
and are still so in love
After the celebration we were all tuckered out...including Daniel.
Daniel was very observant and interested in everything that was going on
Grammie and her 3 grandchildren!
We kept taking pictures of Daniel and Adrian becuase they look so alike! You can tell they are related
Bradley and Daniel
Whoo...finally got a picture of Nathaniel and Adrian!
Ryan playing with Daniel and Elmo
My parents and Katrina left Saturday morning so Nichole, Pat and I had the entire condo to ourselves. We decided to play a round of mini golf. Anthony had so much fun. Here is Anthony trying to putt Nichole's ball
We told Anthony to pick up the ball and put it in the hole. So he picked up all the balls and threw them under the log :)
Eventually, Anthony found the right spot. Hole in one!
Nichole is trying to convince Anthony to putt the ball
This is hilarious! While we were mini golfing, there was Karyoke going on. When we told Anthony go put his ball in the hole, he got wind of the music and started dancing...too cute!
Anthony finally lost one of the balls so we called it a night. But on the way back we passed a little park and Nichole couldn't resist Anthony pleas. So Nichole and Anthony swung and played in the little park for a while.
Adrian cried the entire game of mini golf and finally fell asleep while Anthony was swinging. I love the Erkle look Adrian is sporting :)
The next morning we checked out of condo and bid farewell to Nichole and went to SeaWorld with my Grandparents and Uncles. Before we left, Grand-daddy took Anthony for a ride in his golf cart. Anthony enjoyed the ride so much that when it was over he took control of wheel!
Then he found Great Grand-daddy's cool hat
The first stop at SeaWorld were the Sea Turtles. Anthony loves Sea Turtles...every time we have gone to the Phoenix zoo since Anthony has asked to see the Sea Turtles
Nigel
Crush
Grand-daddy helping Grandmommy push the double wide
Dad and Anthony looking at the Dolphins
Anthony checking out water
Great Grandparents and 2 of thier great grandchildren. Even after 50 years of marriage they still make a great team!
No visit to SeaWorld is complete without Shamu
Anthony wasn't sure what to think of the whales at first
He eventually got more into it
Adrian couldn't see a thing but his burp cloth. He doesn't understand what all the fuss is about :)
2 cute!
SPLASH!
That splash made Anthony a little nervous
But then Anthony couldn't get close enough
When we left Shamu we walked by the misters. Dad and Anthony got pretty wet
Great Grand-daddy and Great Grandmommy with Adrain
Anthony fell asleep on Pat's shoulders
We were waiting inline for the Arctic Adventure and Adrian got a little restless
blowing raspberries
Beluga Whale
Lounging Polar Bear
After the Arctic Adventure, we went to the Sea Lion and Otter Show. It was awesome and was full of humor.Here is the Otter stealing the pirates map
Marooned Sailor and his mate check out the pirate ship
Jackpot! The mate found the otter
In the end they brought out the walrus
Anthony was so excited about the great white jaw that he hit Dad in the head with his cup
Anthony loves sharks and kept yelling 'shark..look at the shark...theres another one' as we walked through tunnel of sharks
We had to hurry to catch our flight home, but we couldn't skip the Manatees! Anthony wasn't sure what they were at first, but he quickly learned the word Manatee.
Pat and I both love Manatees. It was awesome to see them so close. Though we couldn't stay long, we were happy we got to see them.
The Manatees did a good job of posing for pictures :)
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