Find Your Happiness

Our first official park day was at Animal Kingdom. We have been in Florida for two full days by then but both days were spent at the water parks (Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach). It was sooo hot and humid at AK that day and you can just see it with Eleanor's rosy cheeks below. My Mom flew from Indiana again and joined us just like last time! The kids were so excited and happy to see their Lola. This trip was planned in less than two weeks and we're all so glad she was able to join us even with the very last minute notice. Up! The Great Bird Adventure Show. Look at the wingspan of that bird! I believe it was 10-feet wide. Amelia was being shy and didn't want to give Russell a hug. But Hubs didn't leave him hangin' ;) It's funny because Amelia keeps saying the Wilderness Explorer call now--complete with the hand gestures. The wilderness must be explored. Caw caw! Roar! Nathaniel gave Dug's ear such a good scratc...

My mood is definitely getting better now that we're experiencing warmer temps and longer daylight. For some reason, the time change this past winter hit me harder than ever. (Seasonal Affective Disorder on top of Postpartum Depression is no joke. It's depression on top of depression) Now that it's not pitch dark by 5:30pm and we're getting more Vitamin D, everyone is in better mood. Happy wife/mommy, happy life, right? The kids love driving with the car windows down. They ask all the time if we could roll down the windows and crank the radio up. Even Eleanor, who was the reason I said no for the longest time, now enjoys the wind on her face, too. The last three photos were taken by Nathaniel. He enjoys taking photos with my DSLR. I am especially in love with the last photo. It's soft focus but Amelia's smile is making me feel all the feels. Hopefully someday soon, I can teach Nathaniel the proper settings and technical side of phot...

We went to Lusby, MD to spend Easter with my Tita (Dad's sister) and her family this year. I just love spending Easter with family and the kids have been asking me when we are going to visit again. We have a huge family reunion planned this summer and I just can't wait to see everyone. Nathaniel and Hubs were sick the week before Easter so we missed all the Easter egg hunts. So we decided to have our own instead. I provided the easy to find eggs (mostly for Eleanor) but Uncle Mark hid 12 eggs and the bigger kids certainly had fun looking for those. This was Eleanor's first Easter egg hunt as she was just a baby last year and we were also driving from Georgia back to North Carolina most of the day (for Lads to Leaders conference). As always, the children used their Easter baskets from Oma. She sends a new one every year and they are always so adorable! Tita Beng also gave the children Easter baskets and Nathaniel received this Squ...