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Okay it has been forever since I have blogged. So lets see if I can catch you up. We really did leave Disney World.


Blaine survived First Grade. Here he is at the Awards Assembly with some friends.


We did Bible Schools, Baseball, Swimming Lessons, and Basketball Camp with Coach Thurman.


Did Golf Camp in Lubbock. Watch out Tiger!!!!!


The Gang is all here.... Brant, Zeke, Payton, and Blaine.


Celebrated the Fourth of July with friends and family.


Started Second Grade in Mrs. Patridge's Room. Having fun with Grayson.


Camped out on the deck of the garage with dad. They even brought the TV on the roof. Great fun.


We played a little flag football. We had a great season.


Before the game.....


Put me in coach........

Supported those Bulldogs................

G-daddie got a new puppy - Spike ....

He is so cute and sweet.


Kevin lived out his dream of going to Scotland to pay homeage to the Golf Gods.


This is my "Scotland"- a new laptop. Which explains the non-blogging. Have you ever tried to put all of you "old stuff" onto your new computer. Anyway - I love it.....


Blaine reached his AR goal for the first 6 weeks so he got to sit in the VIP section for our pep rally. All the Bulldogs came.... It was so fun....


All the VIPs.......


Even Spike showed up - WOW.....

Well I hope you have caught up on the Carters. We have been busy but love every moment of it. I will try to get better about posting again.... Have a super one.

Fantastic Friday

Wow.... our Friday started out with a Character Breakfast at our hotel ...Chef Mickey
This is a celebration where the characters come to your table and signs autograph books and takes pictures with your child... Here are Blaine's pictures...






Then we headed to Epcot.....

The "Epcot Ball".


Blaine's favorite ride....Mission Space... (not his parents though)... It gives you the experience of traveling into space... including lift off with G-forces and asteroid showers and it is even equipped with barf bags which Kevin and myself thought we might have to use. Not Blaine he was ready to ride it again... Needless to say we didn't.


Test track was a family favorite for everyone.... The ride takes you on a real test track to test brakes or the lack of, heat errorision, and then it takes you outside to get you to top speeds of 65 mph. We rode it many times.

Lunch was at the Japanese restaurant in the World Showcase (spotlights all the countries)
Here is Blaine looking "foreign" - very United Kingdom...


Then we came back and changed rooms... (the hike was crazy so we asked to be put in the main building...) Our room had been renovated and this is what it looked like.

A little different from the previous one..... ( totally different league... Kev loves the plasma TV).....

Terrific Thursday

Our first full day at Orlando..... We checked out of the Nick Hotel and then went to the Magic Kingdom and checked into our room....



At the Contemporary which is really close to the Magic Kingdom.... The cool thing is that the monorail goes right through it....


Our room looked something this (not our family though)

We weren't in the main building so we hiked a pretty good way but we were close to the water.

After check-in we headed to the Magic Kingdom.....

Wow... Cinderella's castle is amazing...... the Mickey in Blaine's hands is a great thing... It is an interactive toy that tells facts about the parks with a sensor in his nose that interacts when we go by the parks sensors. It will tell about the rides, do jokes, and many more things. It was his first purchase from the loot G-Daddie, Nani, and Poppie gave him.


A little rain dampened things for a while but luckily we were waiting inside for a ride so we just watched other people getting wet.


One of the last rides before we left the park was the old standard.. It's a Small World... A great ride....

Then we had tickets to see...

An awesome show.... We have seen many cirque performance but this was one of my top favs.... the four little japanese girls were amazing and stole the show....
http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/CirqueDuSoleil/en/showstickets/lanouba/intro/intro.htm
Here is the official website... if you are interested.....



One of my surprises was to eat at Wolfgang's restaurant. Wow was the food great. I had crabcakes, shrimp and scallop fetticini, and a super dessert. Here is Blaine with his dessert. It was create your own sundae.....


Lastly before we passed out, we went to Disney Quest.... an arcade where you pay one price at the door and then you need no coins. We had a good time. I even relived the old days and got my skills back on Frogger and Dig Dug. Wow. There was also a River Rafting Virtual Experience where the family practiced their rowing. Both Kev and I decided we were definately out of shape......

official link
http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/entertainment/entertainmentDetail?id=DisneyQuestIndoorInteractiveThemeParkEntertainmentPage

Magical Moments

Wow we are having a wonderful time....
Here are some fun moments

Blaine is so excited to be in Florida... He is ready to hit the pool!!!!


First night we stayed at the Nick hotel. Blaine had his own room with bunk beds, telephone, and playstation2.... also it had an amazing....


POOL> Great waterslide.... Blaine also got a .....




tattoo!!!!!!


Dad was happy - there was even a mini-golf course...

To end the night.... Jimmy Neutron big screen by the pool... a great night...

OH MY - No time to blog... end of school

Lots has happened.... let's see if I can catch you up...


Blaine received a big trophy at the Cub Scouts' Awards Ceremonies for his Derby Win....


WOW!!!!!!


Then Spring Break... We had a blast just staying home and playing outside. Blaine is on top of his "shop" shooting his mother - I think......


Next - Kevin's cousin got married in Austin.... Here is Blaine waiting to go to the big celebration....Doesn't he looked handsome?


Then to Houston to the doctor. Of course we went to the Children's museum ... one of our favorite stops. Great book chair huh???? The doctor's visit went well. Everything looked great and they said they would see us in 6 months.


Another great "toy" at the museum - the bubble maker......


Wow - the Kissmobile stayed at our hotel....Blaine wasn't as impresed as MOM!!!!


Then we went to the Zoo..... Another favorite Houston place we love to visit - it is really close to the doctor's office


There was a new baby giraffe... doesn't look like a baby does it????


Now we have almost completed our first "real" season of baseball. We have played t-ball but this year we played coach pitch in the Optimist League. Blaine has really improved. We had a good season and now are in the tournament. We won our first game but have been rained out since Thursday. Oh well stay tuned....

Lastly we are going to Disney World this week. Kevin left today and Blaine and myself will fly on Wed. We can't wait.... MICKEY MOUSE!!!!