Let's Dance...

We are SO looking forward to Molly's first dance competition this weekend. All of the girls have worked so hard tweeking and perfecting their dances for the upcoming weekend. Our dance family will be taking a total of 14 routines to the competition. I wish them all safe travels & the best of luck!

Triton

I somehow missed posting this last fall. So, without further adieu, here's a small tribute to a special part of our family. October brought with it a very sad day for our family. Our only "son", Triton, lost his battle with cancer. He was the best four-legged companion we could have ever added to our family & an awesome hunting partner for Eric. Thank you Triton for 12 wonderful years of unfaltered love & dedication to our family. You will be greatly missed & never replaced in our hearts. Triton Cole 2/20/00-10/22/11

Surprise Weekend...

We have spent the last two weeks trying to get both of the girls well. These weather changes have all of battling allergies & sinus problems. Poor Molly had to start back on her breathing treatments for the first time in over two years & go through chest and sinus x-rays at the hospital.

Thankfully, they are both doing alot better....and just in time, too! Because, we had a very exciting weekend planned for Molly this past weekend. We loaded up & told her we were headed to the St. Johns River for a fishing trip. Little did she know, we were actually taking her own her very first visit to Disney World! We managed to keep it a secret the entire way, with her not figuring it out until we actually pulled up to the entrance....she was ecstatic!

Upon arrival, we all got a big surprise. Several men with suits & ties greeted us with balloons telling us were had been chosen as their "Family of the Day"! We were personally escorted to our upgraded room...a top-floor suite which totalled over 3200 square feet! It had three balconies that overlooked the princess castle in Magic Kingdom. It was absolutely beautiful!

Even though the parks were extremely crowded while we were there, we made the most of it by timing our rides & using FastPasses. The longest we waited to ride anything was around 30 minutes...which we didn't think was bad at all.

We had scheduled an appointment for Molly at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique where she had her very own Fairy-Godmother-in-Training do her hair, nails & makeup. Then, she put her princess dressed on & headed to her first Character Dining at the Akershus Dining Hall in Epcot. She met all of her favorite princesses.

We also scheduled character dining meals at Chef Mickeys...

...and The Crystal Palace with all of the characters from Winnie the Pooh.

We were able to accomplish alot in the couple of days we spent at the Magic Kingdom. Molly's favorite rides were Splash Mountain & Space Mountain (we rode it twice)! We made so many great memories with our oldest girl & cannot wait to go back again and experience it with our baby girl as well!

Man, Time Flies

Time sure does fly! I cannot believe that I have let so much time go by without posting about everything that has been going on in our lives. We definitely stay busy with these two little girls & I wouldn't have it any other way. But, I have got to start making more of an effort to blog about them so that maybe one day they can look back at this blog & see exactly what was going on in their lives at this time.

Too much time has passed to try to recap everything that has happened since my last post, so I'll try to hit some of the highlights:

-Molly has made the competition dance team at Steps & she is absolutely loving it! She dances 3 days a week & has her first competitions coming up really soon...she's very excited.

-Halli is 1 now and she's walking (& running) everywhere! She definitely has a strong personality but is such a good baby. She keeps us laughing everyday! -We took the girls on a cruise last Fall to the Bahama's & we all had a great time. However, I think we'll wait til they are little older before we tackle that again!

-For Halloween, Molly was an Indian princess & Halli was a ladybug...they were too cute & really enjoyed trick-or-treating.

-Christmas was great...it was such a joy watching them both on Christmas morning with their new toys. And, surprisingly, all of our trees survived "Hurricane Halli"!

I will definitely try to post more often now to keep things up-to-date. I cannot wait to see what things this new year has in store for our little family!

Happy Easter...

...from our little "Bunny"!

Zoo & Aquarium

We had a blast spending the weekend in Atlanta. First, we spent an entire day at the zoo...

For supper, we hit the Hard Rock Cafe (which by the way, it does not pay to have reservations there...we still had to wait 1 1/2 hours for a table!)

The next morning, it was off to the aquarium...

It was totally worth the trip & money spent to get see Molly's expression when she was finally face-to-face with a "pen-gun"...

With Spring here, it seems that the weekends get both busier & shorter! There never seems to be enough hours in the day.

After picking up Molly from school Friday, we headed straight to riding lessons. She's getting better & more comfortable with the horses as each week goes by...

We left horseback riding, got a quick bath, changed clothes & hit the stage...

Saturday brought with it a birthday party and then a trip to Flat Creek for supper. Flat Creek was SO nice & we had a great supper (even though my grilled crab legs were burned!) Molly absolutely loved it there & asked if we could move there to live...

Yesterday, it was time for Halli Creek's moment in the spotlight. She had Easter pictures done (with live bunnies) early yesterday morning & I cannot wait to see how they all turned out. Here's a picture I snapped of her quickly in the front yard...Then, Halli got to experience her first fishing trip before heading over to the Oglesby's for supper...

It was a VERY TIRING weekend...