What's happening in my world…
The Huntsville Stars are a head. The weather is holding. Katie Beth is doing well with the excitement. The crowd is thinning already in the second inning.
Dinner was good. I had a Philly Cheese Steak. Hmmm. Hmmm.
If I could just get a beer, I would be set.
Hmmmm. Hmmm.
We had great time at the game.
Initially, Katie Beth was not a happy camper. But, I ran her around a little and let her go see the other children, which turn out to be the right thing to make her happy.
We will be heading down to Walt Disney World for the tail end of the International Food and Wine Festival at EPCOT. This will be our longest trip to Walt Disney World for total of 12 days. Weeee! I think we will be getting annual passes this year while on our Spring trip.
We will be staying at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort, which is our home resort. (We are Disney Vacation Club members. You can drop our name and you will get a better deal. Nick Cotton is your man.)
I am looking forward to kicking back at the High Rock Springs Pool. But, I am sure we will be going all over the place.
Our trip is still far off. Drop us a line if you want to join us. There is always room for more.
I am leaving work early today to join Karen and Katie Beth at the Huntsville Stars baseball game against the Mississippi Braves. The game starts at 10:30AM. There is nothing like a cold beer and hotdogs in the morning.
Katie Beth will be ecstatic as she loves going to baseball games. She may even get to see Homer the mascot of the Huntsville Stars.
You can get the Huntsville Stars schedule here.
I hope I see you there.
Katie Beth just loves to dig in anything, but I guess all children love to dig.
We had a great time getting ready for Easter. Come Easter morning, Katie Beth enjoyed looking through all of her Easter basket.
She found all the eggs hidden in the yard to everyone’s surprise.
We are back from our trip to the Gulf of Mexico. We visited my mom’s family including her Uncle Williams, her Aunt Dorothy, her sister Ann Cowley, her sister’s children, and her brother Tommy Alonzo. We had a great time. Katie Beth got to see a real beach for the first time.
I will be posting photos and video soon, but I have to recover our web site first, which crashed just before the trip.
Our next trip is only a couple weeks away. Walt Disney World here we come!
We are back from our trip to Fairhope and Gulf Shores, Alabama. You can see our pictures here (remember “friends” and “photos” are the username and password.)
Day 1
We had a nice drive down to Fairhope, Alabama. We stopped a long the way so Katie Beth didn’t have any accidents. Katie Beth loved playing in the play area at the Chick-Fil-A. (Side Note: Every time we pass a Chick-Fil-A or any restaurant with a play area, Katie Beth now goes crazy wanting to play.) Katie Beth played in the water at the Greenville rest area.
When we arrived at my Aunt Ann’s house, we found my cousin’s Ashley and Little Alfred. Soon, my Aunt Ann and Uncle Alfred arrived home. Ashley’s family came and joined us for hamburgers. Ashley even brought over Reynolds’ wooden train set for Katie Beth to play with during our visit.
Day 2
We dropped in to visit my mother’s Aunt Dorothy and Uncle William. We had a nice time chatting.
Next, we headed down to Gulf Shores, Alabama so Katie Beth could play on the beach. She had a great time, but she screamed with sheer excite the whole time she was running in and out of the water.
After our visit to the beach, we returned to my Aunt Ann’s home for dinner with all my aunt’s children and my Uncle Tommy. We played Apples to Apples. We had a great time.
Day 3
We went to the Fairhope Beach Park where Katie Beth got to feed the geese, ducks, and seagull . I’m not sure who ate more of the bread Katie Beth or the birds. In the video clip below, you will see to Katie Beth asking Karen for more bread with sign language.
Katie Beth had a blast at the large playground in downtown Fairhope. She was able to climb all over, under, and through the equipment.
That evening, everyone came back together for Uncle Alfred’s and Aunt Ann’s great gumbo. They have the best gumbo recipe that I have ever had. (A great roux is the key to a great gumbo.) My Uncle Alfred worked on it throughout the day. Karen even enjoyed the gumbo, which says a lot. You can see it simmering in pot.
Day 4
We joined Stacey and Sammy Wilcutt for Palm Sunday mass and then we started our journey home. I think we all had a great visit. My Aunt Ann and Uncle Alfred were wonderful hosts.
We stopped and visited with Paul Ronning (Karen’s brother) and his daughter Lea Moore on our drive home.
Katie Beth is pictured here with her cousins Ashley and Stacey.
Everyone had fun visiting tonight.
My Uncle Alfred made gumbo today for tonight’s dinner. Everyone is coming over again tonight.
(It was been wonderful spending time with everyone and having them take time to visit with us.)
My Aunt Ann and Uncle Alfred have been wonderful host having us stay in their home.