My Little Man

A Weekend with the Rushings!

This weekend we went to Fort Walton Beach to spend some time with family. Everyone had a blast. On Friday we all went to cheer on Parker while he played baseball.

There were so many of us that we took up just about the whole set of bleachers. There are several people missing in the photo above. As usual, Lala is aggravating one of my kids.

We tried not to embarrass Parker too much. After the game, we played board games and the Wii. Here are the girls playing some kind of Headbands game.

And here are Uncle Steve and Logan playing Guitar Hero on the Nintendo Wii.

Sometime late at night the kids were all giving out and decided to go to sleep. All the kids slept in the game room with Grandma on the floor. They watched the new Tangled movie to fall asleep to. I think all of them stayed up to finish the movie except for my two girls.

The next morning Grandma and Aunt Jess made pancakes, bacon, biscuits n’ gravy, and sausages for breakfast. The kids got to eat at the grown up table; but because there are so many of them, it became a kids table. On a side note, Aunt Jess’ pancakes aren’t as pretty as Grandma’s.

After breakfast, we decided to go to the beach and play. Here are Parker and Logan playing in the sand.

The boys felt the need to catch everything. So by the end of the day, we had crabs, hermit crabs, minnows, and jellyfish in buckets.  Luke wasn’t too sure about a crab that Parker and Matthew caught.

Luke was content to dig in the dirt and throw the ball around. Here is Luke, Grandma, and Anna filling up a bucket with sand.

Here is Graci playing with the boogie board.

Here are Lydia and Isabelle posing for a picture.

And here is Anna on the boogie board.

Luke still loves the water.

He and Uncle Steve played with this bucket for a long time before he realized that someone had put ‘feesh’ in it.

Here is Lala trying to carry all of her stuff to the beach…by herself.

Can we guess who the two instigators of this next picture were? Yep…the grown-ups.

The kids all decided to fly kites. But as soon as they were up in the air, they handed them off to the adults to hold. This is only five of our eight kites.

And finally here is a picture of all eight kids at the beach.

We had a great time and everyone had fun. All of my kids are fast asleep. Thanks Grandma!

Our Boring Life

We are home from Disney and life has gotten back to normal. The girls in school everyday, Luke and I waste our time doing the same housework and watching the same children’s cartoons everyday of the week in between his naps, mealtimes, and phone calls, Will is procrastinating his schoolwork again, and he stays busier than ever with the church.

There is never a dull moment in our house, yet at the same time, we like our ‘boring’ life. We have time to eat dinner together, and get our homework done in the afternoons. We aren’t running everywhere trying to get to dance class or baseball practice with three kids.

Thank you God for our ‘boring’ life.

Some More Disney Photos

Here are a few photos from our trip to Disney World in March 2011.

 

Will and Luke in their Baylor attire before our  breakfast at the Crystal Palace.

Here are the kids with Tigger at the Crystal Palace.

Always a favorite is the Prince Charming Regal Carousel.

Isabelle strikes a pose.

Both girls learned out to do the panoramic photos with their cameras during this trip. But we kept getting photos like this instead of any scenery photos.

While the girls and I watched Indiana Jones, Will and Luke met the Lightning McQueen and Mater.

Here we are at Hollywood Studios.

This is my incredible family with the characters from The Incredibles.

Here are the kids photos in front of the tree at Hollywood Studios.

Thanks to the closing of Toontown, new Mickey meet n’ greets have been popping up in different locations around the Magic Kingdom. Since Luke enjoyed the characters so much we met as many as we could. Here is the Colonial Mickey from the Hall of Presidents.

 

Anna LOVES roller coasters! Every time she gets on, she puts her hands up.

Our favorite part of going in the Spring is the Flower and Garden Festival. Luke says hi to Lighting McQueen.

Rafiki and Simba are made out of plants for the Flower and Garden Festival. Will couldn’t pass up this photo-op.

Here is the Snow White display for the Flower and Garden Festival.

We loved the Beauty and the Beast topiaries.

The girls’ favorite character to meet is the lovely Marie from the Aristocats movie.

My beauty poses in front of Sleeping Beauty and Prince Philip.

The girls love Innoventions; this time they did the Piggy Bank and the Fire House.

Will took the girls through the General Motors display after Test Track. I am having nightmares already about the girls learning to drive.

One more picture in front of the castle before we left for home.

Luke just kept saying, “Buzz…Buzz…Buzz.” I think this photo is great.

Right before we left the park we watched the parade. The girls had lots of interaction with the characters because there wasn’t anyone else standing by them.

 

We had a wonderful time and made lots of memories.

Animal Kingdom's Kali River Rapids

One of the girls' favorite rides is Kali River Rapids at Disney's Animal Kingdom. We did not get a chance to ride during our January trip since the weather was too cold. The girls insisted they ride this time. Somehow Kate and Jenny convinced Jason and me that we needed to ride it with the girls while they watched Luke. Here is the in-ride audio and video. The quality isn't great since I recorded with a waterproof camera, but it is still fun to watch. Isabelle's face at 3:02 is priceless.

Disney March 2011

Our internet connection has not been the greatest so we have not posted much. I just wanted to post a short video to show everyone how much Luke is enjoying meeting all the characters.