End of Summer

 I just have these last two photos from our Florida vacation.  These are from the day we spent at the water park.  We had good weather for a while and then it poured like crazy for quite a while.  We finally just packed up and left.  The picture above is of the kids playing around as we pack up the car.  They were just so happy the whole trip.

 Anna started preschool a few weeks ago.  She loves it.  She's doing wonderfully and comes home beaming every day.  That makes for a happy mama.

 Anna and her teacher, Ms. Sarah.

 We thought we'd take the kids to the zoo as a back-to-school surprise before life gets crazy.  We had such a great day there.  We went to the sea lion show, which we've never done.  Anna and Andrew squealed and laughed every time the sea lions did anything.  It was pure heaven for them.  They just built this huge $18 million dollar exhibit.  You can walk under a tunnel and watch the sea lions swim above you.  It's amazing.

 My little cutie-patootie.

 I think this picture is so stinkin' cute.  What a little personality this boy has.

 She's the sweetest.

 Our friends gave us some passes to ride the train.  The kids were SO excited.  We did it for family night and they loved it.

 This was Anna's face the whole time!

Vacation Continued....

 After our fun day at Magic Kingdom, we took the kiddos to one of Disney's water parks.  It was super fun and they had a great kid area but if I could go back, I probably would wait til they're older to do a water park again.  It made me realize that fast passes make a huge difference.  Unfortunately, there are no fast passes at water parks.  Bummer.  We really did have a great time though.  Anna was probably enjoying it the most.  She was so brave and loved all the slides.

 Oh, to be a kid again.

 The following day, my sweet parents watched all three kids so that Josh, LG, and I could go to Universal Studios.  I was a little nervous to leave all three kids.  I knew my parents would be great with them, but I'm just never away from them for more than a couple of hours at a time.  I thought about them all day and squeezed their guts out when we got home.  Universal was super fun and very different from Disney.  It definitely had a different feel to it.  I think that Disney's employees were much more professional and really played their part well.

 Josh and I were SO excited to go see Harry Potter World.  It was so, so cool to be there.  They did a great job creating this.

 You know you're a Stewart child if....

 It was so fun to go in all the little shops.  Everything was just decked out.  Super cool.

 There's the castle.

 This was in line waiting to go on the ride through the castle.  They had talking pictures.  I tried desperately to get a picture of them but flash or no flash, they just did not turn out.

 Right before we went on the Dueling Dragons roller coaster.  We basically just walked right on.  This was my first roller coaster of the day so I was a little nervous.  Ok, I was REALLY nervous.  It was a blast though.  The first time, we didn't ride in the front and the next time we did.  It was like a different roller coaster being in the front.  It was way more fun and more exhilarating to be in the front.  Loved it.  Only afterwards did Greg tell me how after this roller coaster, my brother Bryan threw up and threw up and threw up.

 This was the. lamest. "ride". EVER.  That's all I have to say.

 Waiting in line for Spiderman.  Look at these tough guys.

 The ride through the castle was super neat.  I love modern technology.  The first time we went on it, it kind of stalled so we got to get immediately back on and ride it again.  We were stoked.

 We had to get a butter beer.  It tasted like caramel cream soda.  We loved it.  We went back for one more on our way out.  It was such a fun, fun trip.  A big thank you to my parents who made this happen.