Happy New Year!!!

Lets hope that 2012  is a great year for everyone!

Santa Picture!

 Santa was already at the mall. Ben wouldn't take a picture by himself. I will give it a try again later.

Fall Fun!!

The Spratley Wedding Weekend!

We were in Carbondale, IL this weekend to celebrate Tony's cousins wedding. The kids were very excited. The girls went to breakfast with rollers in their hair. They are so excited.

Before the wedding we went to this great park. It had a huge castle, sculptures for wizards, horses, knights and so much more. The kids had a great time.

 The kids had so much fun. Ben feel asleep in the car on the way to the wedding but woke up long before it started. Annika looked great. Ben was the Ring Bearer and Katie and Maddie were his escorts. They did a great job.

Happy Birthday, Katie!

Today Katie turns 8.

What an amazing 8 years it has been. We have moved three times. She has a brother and sister. Katie has taken ballet, gymnastics and growth so much. I never thought that her favorite books would be just about any chapter book. She loves horses! We are hoping to sign her up for riding lessons soon. She loves to help out and being a big sister. What an amazing girl she is. Happy Birthday!

Added a picture from a couple of xmas ago. What a deer.

Happy Birthday Maddie girl!

It amazes me that Maddie is 6 today. Where has the time gone? She is such a little grown-up. She is starting First Grade, loves ballet and is already checking out boys. I am not ready for any of it. Today she asked for chicken legs for her bday lunch. We fished with friends and now she is playing with all her new toys. I will try to post pictures later.

Finally Ben's 2nd Bday Pictures!

Dance Pictures!

 

 

Happy Spring!!

  

Katie Ice Skating

A couple of weeks ago Katie went Ice Skating with Tony. She had a lot of fun and was pretty good at it. Maddie went to a Birthday Party at a friend's house.

Our trip!

Our trip is all posted now. You can read about day 1 to 7. I hope you enjoy. Ben is finally getting over the stomach bug and my Sinus Infection is ending too. We all had a great time! I have a hundred more pictures. The kiddos filled their autogragh books. I need to make pictures at Walgreens and put together my disney book by the end ot the month. Wish me luck!

Our Trip to Disney 2011

Our trip began at 5:15 am on Jan. 28th. The kiddos got up at 5am and were much happier then I thought they would be. Our limo arrived at 5:20. We headed to the airport. The temp was 16' and snowing lightly.

Waiting at the airport. Our plane took off at 7:10am.

We arrived in Orlando at 9:25am. Our luggage went to the hotel and we took the Magic Express Bus to the hotel too. Luckily for us the bus came very quickly. We stayed at the Caribbean Beach Resort. Our room was a pirate room. It was pretty cool, but not worth the extra money. The frig was inside of a big barrel.

We spent a lot of time on a bus going from park to park. You also had to take a bus to get to the eatery in our resort. It was kind of a pain.

The first Kingdom we went to was Epcot. As we were walking we saw Donald by Mexico. Ben was asleep but the girls were happy to get his autograph. We had dinner in Norway with the Princesses. Ben and Tony got a special cupcake for their bday. Katie got to see Ariel and Maddie saw Belle. We also did the Kim Impossible Game. That was a tons of fun. The kiddos were very tired. Everyone was in bed by 9:30. Fast asleep by 10. The weather was great. You only needed a light jacket at night.

Maddie was dressed up as Aurora and Katie as Ariel. Ben had on his Woody and Buzz shirt.