Christmas Time at Disney

We were given seasonal Disney passes for an early Christmas gift and decided to spend a few days at the parks and a couple nights at a hotel for a stay-cation for Brian's birthday.  We started out at Hollywood Studios, then Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom. 

 We love the Osbourne Family Lights at Hollywood Studios. 

 Bryn isn't trained on posing yet...

Checking it all out

The next morning we headed to Animal Kingdom and walked right onto the safari ride.

 Bryn was glued to her surroundings!

 We found a small playground with ropes and slides to take a break and play for a few minutes.  Bryn found these big dinosaur footprints that "roar" when you stomp them!

 At the end of night two, Bryn wanted to sit with Goofy before we left - 

Bresnan was out for the night!

The big thing was meeting all the characters and princesses and getting their autographs.

The first time Bryn met Mickey, she didn't want to get in line, but when it was our turn she walked right up and talked with him.  The last character we saw was Mickey at Magic Kingdom and this time he talked!  We were so surprised!!!  And Bresnan's favorite was Minnie, he was trying to get away from me to get to her!  So funny!

Our Trip to Michigan and Bryn's 3rd Birthday!

We headed back to Michigan for Thanksgiving and were able to spend about almost 10 days there.  It was really cold for the first few days and made us all grateful for Florida weather that we can play outside all the time in!  But, we did make it outside a few days.

We had two FSU game days in Michigan. 

 Bresnan and Brian relaxing on the couch together.

 Cold weather wear

 And in no time the hat is off and he' s on the move

 Bresnan loves the tunnel.  The bib is a MUST as he is a drooler and constantly teething, the count is at 6 for 10 months - way too many!

 We made it outside to play in the little amount of snow that stuck.  

Bryn was still very excited about it all!  Here is our miniature snowman.

 She loved the giant icicles hanging from our neighbor's steps

 She took her trike out for a spin but quickly learned about traction in the snow.

 On Thanksgiving all the cousins were playing outside and Bryn got to enjoy two seasons of fun - jumping in leaf piles and playing in snow!  (Notice the box in the road, the kids were using it as a sled and pushing each other in it down the road.  Who needs sleds?  Brian thought they were being rednecks :)

 Bryn and Hanna...or what we can see of Hanna

 We made it back and Brian got a chance to play outside with Bryn while Bresnan and I stayed inside.  Brian learned something new, he tried to build a snowman like mine, but couldn't.  The Florida boy never knew there are different types of snow and sometimes snow won't pack together.

Bryn got to celebrate her 3rd birthday in Michigan.  We started off with breakfast and opening presents with Papa, Me, and Aunt Cheryl.

 Once she saw presents, she couldn't wait!

 In the afternoon we went bowling.  We were lucky to have 

Norah and Stephanie and Turmells come too.

 checking out the scoreboard

 Norah and Stephanie

 Birthday Girl!

 Silly faces are a new favorite thing to do

 So scary!

 Her cookie cake (that she already dug into)!

 Bresnan even got a turn to roll a ball

We headed back to Florida and had a family dinner to celebrate Bryn's birthday.

 Another cookie cake with loads of frosting and Dora and Diego 

from last year's cake added on at the last minute.

 Making a wish

She even let Bresnan help a little bit.

Thank you to everyone who celebrated with us!

Festival of Trees

A few weeks before Thanksgiving we went to the Festival of Trees in Orlando with Nana, Me, Aunt Alicia, Heather, and the kids.  We went last year and the girls had so much fun, so we decided to do it again.  The Santa there is so good with the kids - and there is NO line!  I took Bresnan up first as Bryn was a little hesitant, but before she knew what was going on she was sitting on his lap.  He is the only Santa we will see each season!

After the Santa visit, the girls got to get their faces painted.

Ryder, Piper, Bresnan and Bryn