Three generations of Moms and a special guest (Ruby) getting ready for some good eats.
A Mother’s Day Eve dinner, originally uploaded by Woldfamily.net.
A Mother’s Day Eve dinner
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Our first model rocket launches!
After building our rockets and fixing some mistakes we received our order of rocket engines today in the mail. It was perfect timing because tonight was a beautiful night with little wind. So, we all jumped in the car and ran down to a local park for some initial launches.
We were worried about losing Elizabeth’s rocket because of the small size and the altitude that it reaches so we stuck to the larger rockets that Joey and I built.
As instructed, we started with the smaller engines and then got a little more confident and went with the ‘big boys’ on the second launches (my launch was not recorded).
Thankfully we recovered the rockets with each launch and have more rocket engines for future launches. Carolyn is saying that I am enjoying this more than the kids 😉
Next up is taping a small HD camera to the rockets to record the flight – stay tuned…
I recommend this activity for anyone with kids as it has been a fun journey!
Elizabeth launches “Big Bertha” – 200 ft
Joey launches “Amazon” – 200 ft
Joey launches the “Amazon” again with a cheering section and a larger rocket engine – 600 ft
May the 4th be with you – Star Wars Day
It was a lot of fun to watch the Star Wars saga with Joey a couple of years ago. It has been even more fun seeing him become such a fan through the Disney experiences and toys that he has enjoyed since watching the movies. Today he proudly wore his Darth costume 🙂
May the 4th be with you – Star Wars Day, originally uploaded by Woldfamily.net.
Pogo Sticks!
The neighbor kids introduced Elizabeth and Joey to their pogo stick and Elizabeth has been on a mission to get one of her own. We found some at TRU last weekend and the kids have been on them everyday when there is not snow on the driveway 🙂 Brings back memories and they are having a lot of fun counting their jumps before falling off.
Building model rockets
We bought the kids model rockets for Christmas and we decided a rainy afternoon was a good time to start building them 🙂
The kids are very curious but also commented that they “just want to launch them”. I guess this is an example of our instant gratification based society. In the end, I hope they are proud of their work 🙂
Spring Break 2013 – Disney World
We made a break for it on Monday and flew to Orlando for a couple of days to visit Disney World. It had been two years since our first visit there and the kids were excited to see some new things and remember some others they had forgotten. We planned on two days of park visits. The first day was at the Magic Kingdom. Even though it was the same week of the year that we visited two years ago the temperature was completely different. Our last visit was 90+ and sometimes miserable in the heat. This time we were bundled up with temps trying to reach 50 degrees.
We started at Belle’s house which is a new ‘show’ and then proceeded to see some of the other princesses, fairies, and characters such as Buzz Lightyear and Captain Jack Sparrow who we missed in our previous visit. On the second day, the plan was to start at Hollywood Studios and then Epcot later in the day. Unfortunately, just as we were getting ready to pass into Hollywood Studios Elizabeth got sick and ended up with a short lived flu bug. The girls went back to the hotel for the day and Joey and I spent the day doing “guy stuff” and saw a few stunt shows and Starwars related activities.
It was a good trip and we made the best of it even with Elizabeth not feeling well.
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Cinderella’s Castle in the background.
We were early to the airport and did not make the first flight which Elizabeth was excited about so that we could hang out at the club!? 🙂
The ride to Magic Kingdom
The princess from Brave
Buzz!
Joey was picked to play the part of the Beast with Belle and danced with her (I was jealous)
Tinkerbell
Indiana Jones Show
The Star Tours show was awesome
The Lights, Motors, Action! show was very entertaining
Joey, Joey, Joey…
I came home late tonight and found Joey reading a book with this hard hat on. How can we be hard on him for staying up late reading? 🙂
Polar Plunge 2013
We had another successful year at the Polar Plunge. With your help, Joey and I raised over $1,100 and our team total was over $2,300 for the Special Olympics of Minnesota. A special thank you to my Delta family for helping so generously 🙂
It was a lot of fun having many family members join (Little Joe, Big Joe, and Nix) this year along with some friends that included newbies and Plunge vets. Joey was a cool customer until we go to the event and then he expressed some concern. He was ready to go once we got in line and handled it like a champ!! Too bad that old Dad forgot to make a stop in the hot tub 🙁 Hopefully he returns with us next year! We were all so proud of him to try this experience. Thanks again for everyone’s contributions!
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After the jump we’re still smiling
Oh, it’s cold!
Pre-jump “warm up”
Nix – I mean Prince, Joe and me
Quite the crowd
Videos (all can be viewed here)
If this computer thing doesn’t work out…
Maybe I can be a brick layer? We had fun with the snow brick makers today.
If this computer thing doesn’t work out…, originally uploaded by Woldfamily.net.
A little winter fun
While Carolyn was hanging with her lady friends, the kids and I took to the snow and ice for a couple of hours.
