Disney World Extravaganza

In the weeks leading up to Christmas, Noah and Kayt started asking about Disney World.  They wanted to know all about it and had mentioned several times how fun it would be to take a trip there.  Brad and I decided to surprise them with a trip for Christmas.  It was quite atypical for my type A personality, but I decided to join my adventurous husband and plan a spontaneous trip.  I am so, so glad that we did! We surprised them Christmas morning and left eight days later.  After debating, we decided to leave Emery with my grandma. One is a tough age for a Disney adventure.  As much as we missed her, we know that it was a wise choice.  And besides, not taking her guarantees that we will go again in the future.  We went the 3rd through the 7th of January.  The weather was great, the crowds were low, and the trip was something we still talk about daily.  Brad and I knew that we would have a great time watching the kids enjoy the magical place, but we failed to realize how much we would love the adventure ourselves.  It was oddly relaxing and easy.  Here are a few of our favorite pictures and memories::::

Lunch at Epcot

Breakfast at Chef Mickey with Minnie and the gang

Noah the Viking

Eskimo kisses before dinner at Akershus

Showing off her cheerleading moves with Daddy

The infamous Epcot ball

Kayt's favorite, The Tea Cups

Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique

Fun at Animal Kingdom

Hugs for Daisy

Breakfast at Donald's Safari

Excitedly watching a parade

Our first meal after arriving at our hotel

Waiting on a bus

Loving this place

Riding the Carousels 

Dusk at Magic Kingdom

Gotta love Cinderella's Castle

Noah's friend, Woody

Pluto at Animal Kingdom

Family time on the Tea Cups

Princess dinner with Snow White

Princess hair

Posing while waiting for the boys

Princess dinner with Ariel

Digging for dinosaur bones at Animal Kingdom

Brad and Noah after they rode Mt. Everest

And that's a wrap!

Disney World is really worth all the hype, especially for a three and four year old!!!

Double Vision

One of my many favorite things about having two children of the same gender is this...

(E)

It is fun to let Emery wear outfits that used to belong to her older sister.

It brings back so many sweet, sweet memories.   

(K)

These pictures were taken exactly two years apart.  

Emery is three months old & Kayt was (almost) six months old.  

(E)

I also love how Emery weighs the same at three months (13.3 lbs) as Kayt did at six months (13.8 lbs). 

Kayt was my tiny girl and Emmy is my chunky monkey. 

(K)

It has worked out perfectly because now they were the same clothing at the same time which makes them resemble even more.  

I found this too. 

Old house. Long hair. Baby girl number one. 

Look how far we've come!

Let the wedding season begin.

Kayt and I were sad this evening. We had to let Brad take Noah to the rehearsal for the wedding he is in tomorrow because we are still both feeling mucky. 

I am going to the wedding. Period. Even if I spread my 'junk.' 

Maybe I will wear a mask? Probably not. I don't think it would go with my outfit. 

So, we had a girl's night at home. We snuggled up on the couch and honked our noses. It was lovely! 

These are Kayt's Barney pajamas. If the picture were in color, you could see that they are purple pjs with footsie's. She does look like a dinosaur with a big belly in them. It's cute. 

This wedding made me think of the first wedding that Noah was in. Mandy and Sam were married just two months after Noah was born. He was quite a stud in his tuxedo onesy. He rode down the aisle in a doll carriage and the older kids pushing him had his pacifier crammed in his mouth. It was awesome. 

Weddings are tiring, what can I say?

My mom brought Noah up to the church because I was doing my matron of honor duties. She had spiked his hair. I thought it was cute; Brad was appalled. 

Tonight, he is rehearsing to be in his second wedding. This is his friend Molly. He adores Molly. He does everything that Molly says, almost to a fault. Last summer, we were at the park with Molly and she told Noah to go over to the tree on the other side of the park and pee on it. He took off running. When I finally caught up to him and I asked him what he was doing, he said oh, I'm going to pee on that tree way over there, like it was no big deal. I'm hoping Molly uses her powers over Noah to convince him that walking down the aisle is a good idea. I am so sad that I missed seeing this. Isn't he so grown up?

Brad was sweet to send me pictures from his phone so I could feel like I was part of the action.

When I told him he was going to be in the wedding and walk down the aisle, his bottom lip started trembling. He said, I cannot walk to the church. I cannott cross the street because a car might run over me. Since that day, he is convinced that being in a wedding means I am going to make him walk to a church. It's been a source of stress for my definite first-born. And from one first born to another, I understand little buddy, I understand. Brad said he did such a great job tonight. Just cause I like to be real, I cried when he told me what a great job Noah did. He. Is. Just. So. Big. and I am so proud of him. 

I cannot wait to post pictures from a successful walk down the aisle tomorrow. 

I'm off to rest. 

I've got a wedding to attend!

The Word Became Flesh

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 

He was in the beginning with God.

All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 

In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it...

The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.

He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 

He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

And the word became flesh and dwelt among us

and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

And from his fullness we have received grace upon grace.

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

The Gospel of John

Chapter One

Verses one through eighteen

My prayer is that you would acknowledge the grace upon grace that you have received; the grace that comes only from His fullness, the same fullness that became flesh and dwelt among us so that we might become his children, his heir.

Merry Christmas.

Lots of love now and throughout the year, 

The Ingram Gang