DISNEY!!!

I can't believe that the trip that we have been planning for so long is done already. There are way to many pictures to post all of them, so I just chose a couple and here they are. Most of them are self explanatory.

Dinner at Ohana the first night

Celebrating 35 years

The whole clan

Waiting at the bus stop

Animal Kingdom

Dad being a Wart hog as part of the Lion King show

Piarate Parker

Best seats in the house for the fireworks

Waiting in line for "Soarin" Favorite Ride

Mommy Son Dance

Quite a busy week!

Big Week!

For Christmas my parents gave us the gift of a trip to Disney. This has been in the planning for years now. It is hard to believe that the time has actually come. We start our trip tomorrow by traveling to Detroit and flying out super early Monday morning. I know it is just going to be an amazing trip with so many wonderful memories made. We will be going with a large group of 13 of us. Yes for those of you who are counting we are leaving three of the munchkins at home. The three youngest. Which means I will be without my baby for a week. I know it will be better this way, but always hard to leave one behind. I am excited to have this special time with Parker, Jeff and I. So, send up some prayers for safe travels, good weather and fun times. I will post many pics I'm sure when we get back.

Have A Magical Day!

Fun Facts For The Day!

This post is a little different than the ususal ones. However, I thought it was fun and just wanted to share it with you.

Can It Be True?

Can shopping honestly be good for you? Well, I know that when I get home from a long day of shopping, I am pooped. My feet hurt, my legs hurt and my back hurts as well. It always made me think that even though I am causing a lot of “damage” there has to be a part of this that is good for me. So, this week when I came upon some information to back up my thoughts, I just had to share them with you.

~ The average woman covers 2.96 miles on a shopping trip

~ They notch up 154 miles a year

~ The average woman burns around 385 calories - the equivalent of a piece of carrot cake or two large glasses of wine - trudging around stores each week.

~ Women take an average 7,305 steps each time they head out on a spree, almost three quarters the 10,000 daily number recommended by the NHS

BREAKDOWN OF RESULTS:
Shopping trips per year x hours walked each time =
Total hours spent shopping each year

Clothes shopping 24 x 1 hour, 59 minutes
47 hours, 31 minutes

Food shopping 60 x 1 hour, 22 minutes
82 hours, 12 minutes

Local shopping 48 x 38 minutes
30 hours, 14 minutes

TOTAL 159 hours, 57 minutes

So using a rate of five calories per minute, the average woman will burn 47,985 calories each month.

(Calorie burn rate is based on an average body weight of 175 pounds, walking at an average speed of 3mph)

SO SHOP ON LADIES!

*stats from dailymail.com

I know I didn't post any Christmas pics yet, but there are a ton to go through and I don't know what I am going to do with them yet. However, I thought I would put some up of the "Snow Day" that we had last weekend. Some of our cousins were in town so we invited a bunch of our family over to snowmobile, sled, golf cart, tube, knee board and anything else "Snowy." Everyone had a riot, grown men and the littles ones. So here are some pics of what they did that day. I had to put their names on them b/c you can't tell who is who with all the garb on!