electrical parade

one of the things i vividly remember about the magic kingdom as a child is the electrical parade. it was super-cool! :) so, gramma and i kept telling tyler that he had to take the kids to the parade. we were so thrilled that he did! i think tyler was impressed! it really is incredible to see.

brooke's birthday dinner

brooke chose japanese for her birthday dinner. so, off to epcot they went! brooke got ice cream for dessert. when i asked her what she ate, that is what she remembered. guess you can't blame her for rememebering the good stuff! :) scott was excited about his chopsticks, as you can see in the above photo. brooke had a wonderful, busy and full day. i know that she made memories with daddy and scott that will last a lifetime! if you notice brookie's necklace...it was one of her gifts from her mimi and poppi. brooke said that all of the girl cousins on the wilson side of the family have one. she loves it! :)

sea world

sea world was the chosen destination for brooke's 8th birthday! birthday girl's favorite part of sea world was seeing shamu. and she also liked the sea horses and the giant octopus. brooke picked out a stuffed manatee as one of her b'day gifts from gramma and grampi. and scott, not to be left out, won a penguin. (well, daddy won it for him!) :) so it was a good day at sea world...smiling faces all around!

magic kingdom

daddy took brookie and scott to magic kingdom on their first day at disney world. i heard that scott's favorite ride was "it's a small world." brooke's favorite ride was "aladdin." as most of you know, brooke loves to hula-hoop. and how great is it that there was hula-hooping in the streets of the magic kingdom? perfect! :)

disney with daddy

here is a collage of the kiddos with daddy. i don't know who had more fun...tyler or the kids! :)

happy 8th birthday brookie!!!

this is the first of a few birthday posts for our sweet girl, i'm sure. she celebrated here today with scott and me. the pics above are of the kiddos opening their gifts from ralph and betty and the williams side of the family. so thanks to everyone! as you can see in the pics, she (and scott) loved everything!!! :) she spent her actual birthday in disney world with her daddy and scott. and then we are celebrating again this weekend! miss priss is having the birthday that keeps on giving...and she deserves it! i feel so blessed to have brookie as my daughter and i know that her daddy feels the same way. brooke is truly a sweet, kind, loving spirit with a little dash of drama and some spunk added into the mix. she loves all things "fancy" and enjoys reading and art, dancing and singing. she's all girl and i wouldn't have it any other way! happy 8th birthday brookie!!! you are so loved by so many!!! :)

it's that time of year again...

three cheers for breathing treatments!

it's a party over here!

yes...it's breathing treatment time again. scott always seems to deal with this during spring and fall. last fall brooke even had to take some breathing treatments, but thankfully she seems fine this year. not so for scott. as you can tell, someone visited disney world! scott, brooke and tyler just got back from disney. i was hoping that the warm weather would help scott's reactive airway to quit reacting! but it was not to be. so, here we are. but isn't he cute with the mickey mouse ears? i could not resist taking a few pics... he loves tossing his animals in the air during the treatments. he laughs and laughs and that helps him to take deep breaths, so it's a win-win situation! :) well, except that we would rather be winning by not needing the treatments. but, we are so blessed....i'm not complaining!!!