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What would happen if you crossed Toy Story and Star Wars?

Just a few pics up tonight. A Vader puzzle, Obi-Wan Unleashed and another shot of Yoda in Mickey Mouse ears.

What I did on my Winter Vacation
by Heather

We just got back from 10 fun filled days at Walt Disney World. The kids had a great time and by day 5 they had the routine down. Breakfast bar at the house, then off to a park by 9:30. Squeeze in a ride and then a big breakfast. Squeeze in another ride, benchmark, or pin, then lunch. Maybe a ride and then definitely a nap. Try to find a benchmark or pin while napping. One more ride and then supper. A final ride and then home to bed. Did I mention the benchmarks. Most days we were lucky to get in 4 rides. Our max standing in line time could only be about 20 minutes, so our choices were limited. To be honest, I actually didn’t care about the rides. Dee and I really just enjoyed watching the kids, their expressions, and their interactions with other people. Yes, they are twins, a boy and a girl. They are 15 months old. Yes, it is amazing I can get them to nap at the same time. Yes he has hair and no she doesn’t. They are cute. Thank You!

We ate so much good food and the kids were great. Sam actually has learned to use a spoon and demands to hold the spoon and bowl by himself. He even got a whole bowl of ice cream for dinner one night to avoid a meltdown. Ella’s vocabulary grew by the day. She says dog (there are several in “Haunted Mansion”), cat (Tigers at Animal Kingdom), duck (a seagull in “Pirates of the Caribbean”), and of course ball (which she said every time we rode the monorail). Every ride Sam demanded to sit on the seat by himself while Ella started off in the seat by herself but quickly ended up on someone’s lap. However, we almost got thrown out of “It’s a Small World” because the kids were standing up in the front of the boat. We had a great time on every ride, and we even got to watch the fireworks at Epcot.

We enjoyed visiting with all of our friends Larry, Jessica, and Evan, then the Burnett clan, Julia and Francesca, the Martin’s, and Edie. All and all a good trip. But the most magical moment came on the 9th day when Dee opened a surprise hidden Mickey pin packet. Guess what was inside…. A survey marker pin. Can you believe it???

What can I say? I’ve got skillz.

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The Twin’s First Visit!!

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A recent purchase…

Started off great!

The twins and wife drove up to my mother’s for the weekend. I stayed home because I had to labor.

As it turned out, my betters at the labor camp decided at the last minute to not labor this year on labor day. Sweet!

I got to play the new Guitar Hero even longer! Got to search for more geodetic bench marks! Got to stay up late and watch movies! Didn’t Shower!

It rocked.

Then everyone came home. I was so happy to see my wife and children again. Even though I had a good time alone, I did miss them. Apparently my grandmother missed me, too! She sent me a heart shaped box of Whitman’s chocolates. I just finished the last piece today, 09/09/09.

I flipped the box over to see if there was a legend to all the different chocolates I had eaten over the past few days. No legend, but there was something stamped on the bottom section of the back of the box:

BEST BEFORE 01MAY09

Apparently my grandmother is trying to poison me. I know for a FACT that i’ve seen her since VALENTINE’S DAY, so she’s been holding on to this one to get it good and ripe. I will give her the benefit of the doubt though. She’s on the same pain medication that I am on and let’s just say It’s Good Stuff. She might not be in her right mind.

Then again, I could have gotten my brother’s box by mistake.

So, let this be a lesson to you all. Visit your grandmother often & be nice.

Just don’t eat the chocolate. She might be trying to POISsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

It was a teacher work day at the kids school so the three of us trekked out to Ft. Moultrie to look for bench marks. Found some, didn’t find some. It was a worthwhile trip. The twins took a nap half way through the adventure. Then we went to mommy’s work and had lunch.

Clicky the Picky

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Found 4 today.

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Clicking the photo will take you to the first image for today.

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Tooled around the ACE Basin this morning. The twins really liked getting OUT of the car, not so much the riding around part.

Click the pic to see more photos of the twins and our recent adventures.

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I was almost drained by mosquitos on Daniel Island…