They're ba-ack!

I originally logged on tonight to finish the post I have been working on about our trip to Alaska, but I realized that all of my pictures are saved on our personal computer and currently I am using Adam's work computer. Bummer. But the good news is that the pictures are ready to go, I just have to upload a few. So, I'll save talking about Alaska until next time (but it was AWESOME...I had to get that in there!)

In other news, today was the first day of school in the district I teach in. I've been asking myself where the summer went, but I guess I really did accomplish a lot with all of my house projects, taking to classes, and doing about three weeks of traveling between FL, NJ, and AK.

I was expected today to be a really bad day, but praise the Lord it turned out to go more smoothly than I thought it would! I'm teaching all seniors this semester and holding graduation over their heads is all that's needed to keep them on the right track. With that said, I'm already looking forward to the weekend and my first day off of school on labor day! (I know, I'm pathetic.)

Alaska details and pictures coming soon...

Disney Pictures, As Promised

I am FINALLY posting pictures from my trip to Walt Disney World with my cousin Deneen back in June. We had been talking about going to WDW since before I did an internship with Disney back in 2002. Since I finished that internship six years ago, we figured it was about time we made our way to Disney together.

Here are some pictures (with commentary) from our trip:

Expedition Everest, the newest ride at Animal Kingdom. It's an indoor roller coster that switches track and directions. A good portion of the ride is in reverse! I have to admit I was kind of nervous about this one (the older I get the more of a baby I become about these things) but it was an awesome ride!!



Costumes from the Narnia movies:

The White Witch

Lucy's Costume and information plaque

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E (who else?!)

The beautiful Cinderella Castle

And who other than Prince Charming and Cinderella!

The Crystal Palace Restaurant. Deneen and I went there for a character lunch with Pooh and friends. Fun and Yum!

Me with my buddy, Pooh Bear.

This was too funny. Epcot added this new feature to Spaceship Earth (the ride inside of the big golf ball). These are pictures I took of the animation that came from the ride.

Yes, I AM cheesey...

More fun with photos! I hate that this picture has the glare from the flash, but it's the only one I have and it is too funny not to post! Neen should contemplate starting her own Purple Hat Society.

I took a quiz after we took the animation tour. The quiz tells you which character you are most like. Needless to say, I was pretty pleased with the results!

I have some catching up to do!

Alright, I promised that I'd update my blog, so here I go! I decided that I should start with our trip to Los Angeles back in March. Adam and I took off to LA for spring break and we had so much fun! I think we both agreed after the trip that we had even more fun in LA than we thought we would. We started our trip by visiting Grauman's Chinese Theater, The Kodak Theatre (where the Academy Awards are hosted), and catching a glimpse at the famous Hollywood sign. Then we hopped in an open air mini bus and took a two hour celebrity home tour. And that was just our first day in LA! We spent the next week going to Disneyland and California Adventure, visiting movie and television studios, going to a live taping of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, driving up the Pacific Coast Highway to Malibu, and taking an unexpected trip to Universal Studios Hollywood. We truly had a wonderful time. Southern California is absolutely beautiful!

Here are some pictures from our LA vacation:

Adam at Grauman's Chinese Theater

The Kodak Theater & The Hollywood Sign

One of the highlights of the trip for me...visiting the set of FRIENDS! Look how happy I am!

Malibu...just gorgeous! Notice how the PCH runs directly along the ocean!

Stay tuned for Disney pictures (I'll try to post them later today) and of course, pictures of our Alaskan cruise! We leave for Anchorage, AK on Friday!

It's been a while!

Ok, so I am well aware that I haven't posted anything new in quite a while, but I've been a busy girl!!! I just finished my second class for the summer. It wasn't an overly hard class, but it required A LOT of my time. When I haven't been doing school work I have continued to paint the house, put together new furniture (we FINALLY got a new kitchen table), and hang another ceiling fan, this time in our bedroom. So, my apologies to those of you who I haven't kept in touch with over the last month... I set a goal to accomplish a whole lot this summer, and while I'm almost at the finish line, I'm afraid I've been a bit anti social along the way. I know I still have lots of pictures to post, including my trip to Disney with my cousin Deneen, and lots of house pictures, and I will get to it soon... promise!

In the mean time, I received a wonderful phone call yesterday morning from my oldest friend, Beth, who called to tell me that she gave birth to her second child, a little boy, Caedon David at 12:01 am on July 31st. He weighed in at 9lbs 15oz, a big boy! Caedon was just two minutes shy of being my husband's birthday buddy!! And speaking of my husband, Adam celebrated his 26th birthday on Wednesday with out me. He's in Allentown, PA this week on a business trip. He's been there since Sunday morning, but he returns home tonight and I am anxiously awaiting his safe arrival.

Well, that's it for now. I'm almost done painting the family room and I am going to get back to work so I can get this over with!