a little shelton: family

Monday, November 17, 2014

Last Day DISNEY DAY 5- back to Magic Kingdom

So, these photos are gonna be all out of order, but I can't get them straight, so I will explain as we go. Wednesday night ended up with Ben and Ellie throwing up. Ben threw up a lot for a really long time so he was still really not feeling well the next morning. Ellie on the other hand, threw up once and bounced right back ready to go. Spence and debated back and forth what we should do with our last day. We ultimately decided I would go with two kids into the Magic Kingdom, by myself. Ya'll, did you hear me say I went into a park by myself? It was an amazing day, though. We were able to do lots, and Ben rested up with Dad and Haddie. We were able to nap and then the whole family hit the park in the evening.

I'm still in a bit of shock that I went with these two cuties into the park

We saw Mickey

We rode Dumbo, but they both really really enjoyed the play area before we rode the ride. It was funny to me, but a good testament to kids loving to play

She was speechless meeting "the mermaid"

I snapped a couple really pretty pictures of the castle

love this one

Zeke is a pretty good photographer, and Ellie has fantastic posture apparently

This is "Puppy". He hasn't left her side since we gave him to her, including going all through the park with us. She kinda loves him a lot

While the boys went and rode Buzz and the Speedway, the girls went to see Minnie. Ellie only wanted to see Minnie and refused to talk to Daisy. She jumped and hugged Minnie

But she refused to have anything to do with Goofy

We were able to ride the carpets all together

Haddie really enjoyed meeting all the characters while Ellie was pouting and stomping. Daisy kept trying to sign the boys autograph books that I was saving for Donal and Goofy's signatures. She was pretty funny, but Ellie wasn't interested at all

Donald was really funny trying to get Ellie in the picture, but she was having none of it

She couldn't keep her eyes off her.

She even imitated her curtsy. I melted into a puddle in the floor

This is us on the way out after we dominated the park

This sweet snuggle made me all teary

One of Ellie's favorite dances on Just Dance Disney is "Everybody Wants to be a Cat" so we had to meet Marie on our way out of the park. We also met Pluto, but didn't get a great pic with him.

The Shelton Six with the Main Mouse

Haddie charmed Mickey

Monday, August 4, 2014

Beach Week 2014

We took advantage of Zeke's year round schedule, and spent his first track out week at Holden Beach. We were able to rent a fantastic house from some sweet friends of ours. It was seriously the perfect house. PLENTY of room, a pool, great spot on the beach, toys because they also have kids. We fell in love with Holden Beach as well. There was a fun ice cream place, awesome dinner spot, putt putt, italian ice, a candy shop, and more! We can't wait to go back!

Loved the pool

The hot tub doesn't work so we used it as a small pool. It was perfect!

The kids all loved swinging in the hammock

GORGEOUS rainbow

The boys learned to play UNO

Ben does not have a poker face

Zeke enjoyed making Uncle Scott draw LOTS of cards

this wild girl, honestly the ocean reminds me so much of her. It's crazy, unpredictable, beautiful, fun. All things we could use to describe our girl

She enjoyed waking up EARLY everyday. I'm talking before 5:00 so most mornings she fell back to sleep on the couch watching tv.

early morning snuggles

He takes such good care of all of his siblings, but he has the sweetest relationship with both his sisters

This is Haddie, on the beach. She didn't like the sand

Girl, can jump

So, Spence and the boys enjoyed this raft. There is a fantastic video that includes me screaming Spencer's name repeatedly while our kids were flung out of the raft and grasping desperately for their lives (and I may exaggerate a wee bit, but this is my blog so I can tell the story how I please so there)