Disney World, June 2010

Here comes picture overload of our Fink Family Vacation to Disney World in Orlando, Florida during the first week of June. Isaac, who will be three in October, had a blast!! We were very excited for Isaac--knowing that he would actually understand and appreciate all the rides and shows a lot more. When Isaac saw the castle in Magic Kingdom he dropped his jaw and said, "Wow!" It was so priceless! So DAY ONE (MONDAY) spent at Magic Kingdom during the day and Hollywood Studios at night.

Taylor was so good to take Isaac on Dumbo. The line for this ride was ridiculous!

"It's a Small World"

"Mickey's PhilharMagic" 3D show

"Buzz Lightyear"

On the Disney Bus--this picture shows Isaac's personality! Lil stinker!

At Hollywood Studios they opened a new ride "Toy Story" --we loved it!!! Isaac refers to Mr. Potato Head as "oto head"

The ride is also 3D

DAY 2, TUESDAY: Hollywood Studios & ...I don't remember what we did at night...

We started the morning with Playhouse Disney Character Breakfast. Isaac was so terrified of the characters at first, when they came up to the table he freaked out and didn't want to touch them. Then they turned on music and started dancing, so he and I went up to dance with Handy Manny and Isaac warmed up to them a lot. And, still to this day, he continues to talk about all the characters he met and loves to look at their "autographs" but it is so funny because it was what he was most scared of the whole trip.

Isaac "hiding", getting "protection" from Papa

Family picture with June from "Little Einsteins"

After breakfast we went to Beauty & the Beast and then to a Live Playhouse Disney show--again, Isaac loved it!!! It was perfect for his age!!

Downtown Disney--they have a stage and let all the kids dance to music--it was so fun!

DAY 3, WEDNESDAY: Pool & Animal Kingdom

Here we are on the Animal Safari

Love this picture of my mom!

Our hotel had the coolest slides!! This was the "baby slide"

This was the "big slide"

I love that I captured this of Taylor's great "form"!
Isaac getting ready to go down the big slide!! I was so shocked he went down it, but he went over and over and over again....

DAY 4, THURSDAY: I don't remember what we did during the day, but we went to Epcot at night. Heather and Isaac on the "Imagination" ride (Heather's favorite when she was a kid!)

DAY 5, FRIDAY: Man, this is why you blog soon after your trip because I don't remember what we did during the day....oh wait, I believe the boys went golfing and when they came back we went to the pool again. That night we did the extra magic hours at Magic Kingdom and watched their new "Electrical Parade" at night and then the fireworks--very cool! Here we are before the parade.

And for those of you who have stuck with this long post, you will see Isaac's shirt says "BIG BRO"....that's right!!! We announced to both our families while in Disney World that Isaac will be a big brother at the end of the year!! I am currently 14.5 weeks along and all is well. More details for another post....

Papa, Isaac and Nana on "Pirates of the Caribbean"

DAY SIX, SATURDAY: Taylor's 27th birthday!!! We went to Disney Quest during the day. Isaac with his "virtual glasses" on for the Pirate ride.

Tyson, Heather, Taylor, me and Isaac with our glasses on! haha!

That night we went to "Charley's Steakhouse" for dinner. I love this picture of Isaac and Taylor!

The whole family!!

And then on Sunday, we flew home. We had a full week in Disney World and we loved every minute of it. Isaac was surrounded by buses, trains, planes and boats--he was in heaven!! He loved the pool and the parks. We were sufficiently worn out by the end of the trip, as evidenced by this next picture which was taken of Isaac 5 minutes after getting in the car to drive home after landing in Denver.

Thanks for the great and memorable trip Nana and Papa! --Isaac :)

Month of May

Wow, I have been slacking on blogging. So...let's start at the beginning of May. My sister and her husband blessed their new baby girl on Sunday, May 2, which coincidentally was my birthday. It made for a good change in the regular Sunday routine, so it was a good way to celebrate. We had my sister's in-laws in town and my grandparents came. Saturday--the day before the blessing--my Nana taught me how to make a blanket for Isaac. He loves it, I love it, and I sure love my Nana for teaching me!

A "Cars" blanket--so appropriate for his age and stage right now...I think he gets his little cars out every day and there are little piles of cars and trains all over our house on occasion.
All the "girls!"

Here's Taylor's "helping efforts" for the brunch--handing croissants to my Nana! :)

My adorable niece Katie--look at that blessing dress!!!

The Housley's and Hill's

My mama with her girls and our kiddos!

The month of May has been pretty crazy for our entire family, but we were able to squeeze in my birthday dinner at the delicious Melting Pot!! YUM!!! If you remember, The Melting Pot was my birthday choice last year, too. ....it did not disappoint this year either!

Another big time commitment in May was our Stake's Youth Dance Festival. About a year ago I was asked to be apart of it and I was in charge of the choreography for the all girls' (ages 14-15) African dance. I sure love these girls and it was so fun to be apart of their experience. The performances were in the middle of May and they did wonderful!! Here is a picture of me with some of the girls at one of our rehearsals back in February or March.

In other news, Isaac started taking private swim lessons. He freaked out for the first minute or two, but as soon as we found a ball for him to toss he was a happy camper and had a "perma-grin" the rest of his lesson. Hopefully he will work up his courage and go all the way under the water....

And, besides swim lessons, he continues to attend a soccer class once a week at a nearby country club. He has really taken a liking to it and does really well at listening to his coach.

This picture is of Isaac trying to drop the ball on his head by himself so he can jump up and hit it...so funny!

The weather has been pretty nice here lately--in the past three days we've been to the pool twice and enjoyed being outside! And....other than that, I think that about makes me current in my blogging--or at least closer!! Yahoo!

This is AMAZING, click on the link

Anyone follow Stephanie Nielson? Or her blog, NieNie Dialogues? Well she just posted a short video she was a part of--the trials of her "new life"--and it is amazing! Click on the link to view it:

My New Life

Isaac in Soccer and a Kris Allen Exclusive

I must say, it sure is fun to have Isaac at an age where he can start participating in activities and genuinely enjoy it! This past Tuesday we took Isaac to a "'Lil Kickers Soccer Class." It is a 3-5 year old class, and with Isaac being 2 1/2 we didn't know how he would do--so we went to try it--and he did awesome!! There was one time at the beginning where he ran over to me, but I took him back and he stayed with the group the rest of the time.

And obviously, being the biased mom that I am, thought he did great!!! In all reality though, Isaac has never been in an environment like this, with other kids playing a sport, so I was anxious to see how he would take to it and he truly picked it up naturally and listened to the coach well.

Don't know why these pictures got so dark....here Isaac is helping the coach pick up the balls.

He did wonderful and even got two stamps on his hand at the end of class and he thought that was so cool!!

Next up: My mom and I got invited to go to an exclusive Kris Allen concert at the Broadmoor. Well, I guess my mom got invited and she invited me--helps that my dad had meetings and my sister just had a baby. Man, I was low on the list! :) But it was really pretty awesome!! Luisa Graff--a retail jeweler here in the Springs--was a sponsor for the event and she got the tickets and gave two to my mom. Here we are with Luisa and her husband (left), another couple Luisa invited (middle), and my mom and I.

After his performance he signed autographs and took pictures....look at how close we were able to stand to him!

He was really down to earth and pretty humorous--it was a great night.

And then my mom and I after the performance.