Baker Park and Father/Daughter Dance

Last weekend started with a father/daughter dance and went straight into camping mode.

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Both daughters and dads had fun at the dance…
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The girls are on the wrong side of the dance floor here…
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Kyle and I had some fun with our fancy camping attire once we arrived at the campground 🙂
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The kids were ready to go right away Saturday morning
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Spring Break 2014 – Disney World

I was in Orlando for a conference the week leading up to spring break and so Carolyn and the kids hopped on a plane to join me and we extended the trip into the weekend to enjoy some time at Disney World 🙂

We spent an evening at Downtown Disney, a day at Epcot, and a day at the Typhoon Lagoon water park. At Epcot, we stood in line (against my wishes) for three hours to see the princesses from Frozen, we were able to get autographs from a few more princesses into the autograph books, and the Test Track was also a good time! Joey’s face during that ride was so funny as we whipped around turns and accelerated down straightaways. At Typhoon Lagoon, we enjoyed some sun and warm water. I loved the wave pool, the kids had a great time on the water slides, and Mommy enjoyed a chair in the sun 🙂 It was nice to get away from the cold and see the kids have such big smiles on their faces.

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Hanging out at Downtown Disney
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A three hour wait… Elizabeth was happy though 🙂
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Snow White!
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The famous Epcot ‘ball’
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Hulk Smash!
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We love Typhoon Lagoon!
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Christmas break 2013

I was able to take a good amount of time off this Christmas. We played games, video games, went ice skating, sledding, watched football, went to a game, shopped, spent time with family, and enjoyed a quiet new year. It was very relaxing to be home with everyone.

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Elizabeth has been begging to go ice skating 🙂

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Sledding down the street
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Sledding at the park with friends
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A Christmas program at school
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Joey earned a new belt!
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Having fun on Christmas Eve
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A visit from Santa
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Having a hard time containing themselves as Dad wants a picture
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The final Vikes game at the dome with my buddy Darin
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A busy fall

Playing a bit of fall catch up on posting here…

Since Labor Day and the start of school, our family has been busy with sports and other activities just like many of our friends. We have enjoyed nice fall days, went to karate, karate tournaments, volleyball and dance practice, a volleyball tournament, had a visit from our niece Ruby, carved pumpkins, celebrated 14 years of marriage, and finally a birthday for a dear neighbor.

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Fun with pictures at the neighbors
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Elizabeth joined volleyball
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Joey earned his blue belt
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And he competed in a tournament against 15 other boys
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Saturday volleyball games
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A visit from David and Ruby
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Pumpkin carving (notice the gloves that Carolyn provided the kids – lame!!)
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Date night celebrating 14 years of marriage 🙂
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Volleyball tournament
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Ellen’s birthday party with a Halloween costume party
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