Disney with G Mama!

My little pirate Mickey.

Jake and G Mama.  Walker wasn't being cooperative.

The Race cars.  This is Jake's newest favorite thing at Disney World!

How in the world could Jake see out to drive? He's barely clearing the steering wheel!  Ha!  Maybe that's why G Mama's mouth is wide open! ;)

My little race car driver.  He for sure couldn't see out!  Ha!  In fact, he barely met the height requirement; needless to say, our car was all over the place!

Dumbo!!

 

Tyson's mom came to town earlier in the week for her Spring Break.  The first thing on our agenda- Disney World!  Mary Ann said she hasn't been in over 20 years, and I think we showed her a good time.  Again, we were all pretty tired when we got home...and we only rode 3 rides!  Ha!  One day, we're actually going to make a full day of Disney.

We're actually headed back to Disney World next weekend as we celebrate Walker's 2nd birthday.  I can't believe I just typed that he's going to be 2!  Time is flying by!  Anyways, I think we're gonna try out a different park, so I'm excited.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Church Easter Egg Hunt

Today was Jake's school's church Easter Egg Hunt...does that make sense?  He goes to school at a church, but Tyson and I haven't decided if Jake's school is where we want to go to church or not.  Or did I just make it even more confusing?

Anyways, we went to an Easter Egg Hunt today, and despite the 90 degree weather, we all had fun.  Tyson couldn't go, though, since he had to work, so it was a little chaotic at times with both boys by myself.

Walker's group (age 0-2) went first.  With Walker being 9 days away from turning 2, he definitely had an advantage over the younger ones; he also had another advantage besides age...his big brother.  I told Jake that he wasn't allowed to pick up eggs with Walker's group, so Jake basically thought it was his job to teach Walker how to run around really fast and pick up as many eggs as he could.  And if Walker wasn't fast enough, Jake guarded the eggs until Walker could get there.  Ha!  I'm sure that sounds pretty obnoxious, but there were more than enough eggs to go around; in fact, there were some eggs leftover in the end.  It was so dang hot, all the parents were trying to get their kids out of there ASAP.  Anyways, it was actually pretty cute without being too overbearing for the little ones.  I was proud of their teamwork. :)

Jake's group (4 year olds) went next.  Talk about crazy...as soon as they blew the siren, those kids were off!  I took my eyes off Jake for a second to fiddle with Walker, and when I looked up, I couldn't see Jake for the mob of people.  So scary!  Luckily, like with Walker's group, the crowd cleared out quickly since people were trying get out of the heat.  And finally, there was my sweet Jake, sweating like crazy but trying to "win the race" (as he called it) and get the most eggs.

After my little panic attack, I grabbed the boys a snow cone and headed home for the AC and our pool.  So so so much fun...well, except for almost losing my child.  I'm pretty sure that'll be the last Egg Hunt I do alone!        

SSI: My Grandparents!

 Love that my grandparents are holding hands here. :)

 Tyson says I'm a "Granddaddy's girl." :)

The other day, my grandparents drove over to St. Simons to visit us, and it was perfect because I've been missing them so much lately.  My grandmother, who suffers from Alzheimer's, gave us a little scare a few weeks ago, and I couldn't get to her to see her.  Luckily, she pulled through and I got to spend some time with her that day.  I love my grandparents soooo much, and it breaks my heart to see them getting old.  Well, according to my 85 year old granddaddy, he's got about 10 more years on him before he's "old." :) Love them.

SSI: My Parents!

 This trip wouldn't have been possible without my awesome parents, so I thought they deserved their own post.  Thanks, Mom and Dad!  We love y'all!

 I love the way Walker is looking at my mom!

I have never seen so many pelicans on the pier before, and they were so aggressive!! 

Such a pretty view.  I sure wish Tyson could be here with us to see it!

SSI Day 1

 Fake smile #1...

 ...and fake smile #2!

 Walker was fearless at the beach!

 RACE!!

 Jake enjoyed "surfing" sans a surfboard...or waves...or much water.  Ha!

 Sand in your eyes much?

 Look!!  Jake found a dinosaur bone! :)  It broke my heart to have to tell him that it was just a dead crab.  Ha!

Spring Festival

We had such a fun weekend this past weekend!  Saturday, the boys and I went to our first birthday party in Orlando.  Our new friend, Sean, celebrated his 6th birthday with a party at his house complete with a bounce house and all!  Sean and his brother, Ryan, are in Jake's karate class and live right down the street from us, and their dad is a head high school football coach in the area.  We really like their family and have made friends quickly with them.  I wish I had pictures from the party, but I didn't want my first impression to be "the crazy lady with the camera" to our new friends.  Ha!

Saturday night, Tyson got one of his secretaries to babysit and we had a datenight.  There is a fun little community next to us that has cute little shops and restaurants and we visit it frequently for datenight.  Plus, several of the other football coaches live in the area, so they have ended up joining us at the end of the night...too much fun!

On Sunday, our neighborhood had a spring festival that the four of us went to.  There were bounce houses, pony rides, fair-type booths, and other fun activities for the kids.  As you can tell from the pictures above, my boys LOVED the pony rides.  Oh, and excuse the bathing suits...we went straight home and hit the pool.

Such a fun weekend!  Now, the boys and I are in St. Simons with my parents at their condo, so the fun continues.  I'm already working on a post tomorrow, so check back!

Dinosaur World

 Dinosaur World

 Jake's favorite dinosaur- a brachiosaurus

 Stegosaurus

 Walker's favorite- T Rex

 Not sure what kind of dinosaur this is, but both boys were actually looking at the camera at the same time, so I had to include it. :)

 Triceratops

Spinosaurus

Jake's latest fascination: dinosaurs!  It all started with a "Dino Dan" DVD I got him for our ride down to Orlando, and he's been obsessed ever since.  Well, when I saw that "Dinosaur World" was close to us, I knew we had to go.  It was the best decision I've made (well, Tyson helped, too) in a long time!  Jake said he like Dinosaur World as much as Disney World.  Ha!

Walker loved Dinosaur World, too!  He loved it so much that he ran around yelling "T Rex" constantly, no matter what the dinosaur was.  It was super cute the first 20 times, but by the end of the day, Tyson, Jake, and I were about tired of hearing "T Rex."  Jake finally looked at Walker and said, "Walker, not all dinosaurs are T. Rex's!!"  Hahaha!  It was super cute, though, looking back.

Anyways, enjoy the pictures from Dinosaur World!  I took a lot of pictures, but they all kind of looked the same, so I just included the pics of Jake and Walker's favorite dinosaurs.

Have a Sunshiny weekend!