Anderson Family VACAY!!

The Anderson Fam took their first family vacation EVER!! We went to Disney World! It was so much fun and everyone was SOO good and happy and the best part, it was outside so that means no blinkety blinking in the pictures! Yay! FYI this is a VERY picture heavy post so if you are not a big fan of the Andersons and their cute widdle faces, I suggest you skip it all together.

Can't wait to get out of the city!!

Finally in Orlando, just waiting for the bags. We had a driver pick us up and drop us off at the airport! He held a little sign that said "Anderson" on it. His name was Paul and he was so nice, he even took us to get groceries! Oh and he offered to babysit our kids while we ran in to the store. No thanks Paul, we'll take the kids and our bags with our valuables in them thank you very much.

Clean sheets in a big bed, in a room that we can jump up and down in....heaven!! The first thing we did when we got there was yell and run around and jump on the beds ( we have very thin walls/floors at home so this was a treat)

Um yeah, I suck at dancing in all forms, even the easy setting on Dance Revolution.

Ready. Aim.....

Fire!

And miss, bummer. She still won a bunch of other junk though so don't worry.

The shows at Sea World were top notch and had the kids rolling in the aisles.....

The lady behind E thought it was funny too.....

The mornings were freezing but each day turned out beautiful. Don't I have the cutest kids?

Magic Kingdom! The lines were crazy everywhere......

But the kids made their own fun! (this was a pass needed for the ride and it proved to be quite entertaining)

This is my favorite pic of the trip! I just love E, she is so creative and spunky and comes up with the funniest things!

So, Alice was clearly rented out by this family but we took the opportunity to steal a picture. You can see how much Alice loves E.

OK, I know these people. I don't know how I do, but I do. I have a thing with faces and if I see someone I think I know then it will drive me nutso until I figure it out. I am 80% sure they are in our Stake in NYC. Anyone know who they are?

The Fairy God-Mother was really an old NYer in disguise. How do I know this? Right after this picture she scolded E for being in a tank top in that cold (65degree) weather. It was a dead give away.

These were not like I remembered them. In fact they were so gross I took 2 bites and threw it away. I never waste food, it was just that bad. It didn't resemble turkey at all. It tasted like a big fat juicy hot dog, and to top it off it peed on my leg. (if anyone has had one of these you know what I mean. its why they wrap them so tight at the bottom) Can apparently liked it a lot more than I. And yes K dawg, it gave me a headache.

The obligatory Mickey ears....now with sequins! She wore this for the next 2 weeks following our return, so cute!

Isn't my hubby so handsome? And look at those arms!

Bootylicious!

Scariest. Character. Ever.

Sea World was my favorite park, it was so beautifully done and the kids loved it.

I love dolphins. When I came here as 9 year old, we were allowed to pet the dolphins, that was the highlight of my trip. My dad still talks about how excited I was. I also got to participate in the Shamu show which my mom reminded me of.

I love this picture. I wish that the Orca's were clearer. But when you go up to the tank you really grasp their enormous size. It was amazing to watch them swimming around.

It was so neat being so close to the action.

We were at Sea World just 2 days before the trainer was killed. It was so sad to hear about her death. She had had a speaking part at the beginning of our show but she didn't participate in it.

We rented a car on Sunday and because of a mishap we got a free GPS and a free car seat, nice! We went to church and visited the temple grounds. It was so gorgeous and the weather was perfect.

And then we went to the beach.

And saw this guy, who really looks like Ben from Lost.....

Sea World again (they have a 14 day ticket that you can use whenever so since it was so close to our hotel we would just walk over when we wanted)

We tuckered these guys out everyday which doesn't happen very often! Thanks for a great trip Can!!

Quiche....how you spell?

"You don't spell it son, you eat it!" Can anyone name that movie? This Quiche is sooo yummers. I got it from the Smitten Kitchen blog and she adapted it from Le Pain Quotidien. And I adapted it further. (I left out the onions and leeks cuz my kids love Quiche and that woulda ruined it for 'em.) Here is the link.

Snowy February post in April, oops!

Yes I know its late, but back in Feb. we had a big snowstorm and they even cancelled school which they NEVER do here (hear that you VA/DC whimps?) The kids had a blast playing in it.

And after we had shoveled the front walkway and were sick of scooping up poopy snowballs we did what any normal family does and we went up to the roof to play. No poop to be found, well er except pigeon poop that is.

And then we built a prize winning snowman.

And did some snow wrestling....

And even mom decided to have some fun! It was a fun day topped off by some amazing fresh fish at Osman's, he is a killer cook.

Newscaster for a day....or maybe a second

Wow, its been a while and I know everyone is just dying to know what we've been up to so I am going to attempt to catch you up on all the news thats fit to print.

The YW were lucky enough to get a tour of the CBS studios from a gorgeous gal in our ward Cali Sorensen. As you can see we are hard at work on a news story. Or maybe she's trying to tell me how to work the button for the teleprompter. Either way it was fun and the YW liked it, or so we hope :)