Great Job Shayne

Shayne is doing great so far this school year. He had 3 A's, 3 B's and 1 C. He still loves school. I cannot tell you how proud we are of him. He is really making an effort. Way to go Buddy!!

My Favorites

Hangin' with Donald
Marsha "riding" Shamu
Space Shuttle in background
Yet another family pix
Steve and Marsha

Disney World

The Magical Kingdon
Steve spoke to Donald in his "Donald Duck" voice and Donald got so excited that he pulled Steve up there to have his picture taken with him. Steve wasn't even in line. We never found Mickey so that Steve could talk to him too.
Splash Mountain. Marsha, Shayne and I were the only ones to ride. We got the front rows of the car.
Groovy hats.

We had a great day at the Magical Kingdom. It wasn't crowded at all. The longest wait for any ride was 10 minutes. Marsha, Shayne and I rode Space Mountain 2 x's in a row without a line at all. It took us longer to walk up to the ride than to even ride it. I loved it. It wasn't as scary as I thought it would be. September is a great time to go if you want to take a chance with hurricanes lurking around.

Our Favorite Day.........Sea World

Entrance to Sea World
Shayne feeding Stingrays
Shamu show
Another Family picture

SeaWorld was our favorite day. Feeding the Stingrays was pretty neat. I was a little squimmish about it but it was fun. They feel very slimy. Shayne LOVED it. They are his favorite sea animals. We watched the whale and dolphin show and the famous Shamu show. We were mezmerized by both. We did get rained on some during the day but it was still wonderful. Disney World picture coming later.

Pictures #2

Shayne's "sandcastle"
Jeff tracing Shayne
Family picture
Steve and Marsha enjoying the ocean.

Shayne loved the beach. It seemed to be hard to get him out and the end of the day. We had really great waves and he loved diving into them, jumping over them and riding them. In fact, we all did. Of course I also enjoyed a little reading on the beach. We all three want to go back.....

Pictures #1

On the way down to Florida we stopped in Mobile,AL to visit our nephew Sean at Spring Hill College and visit the USS ALABAMA. We loved seeing Sean. He took us on a quick tour of campus and then we had dinner together. The ALABAMA was great. Lots of climbing steps inside the battleship. We also went inside a submarine which is the 2nd picture above. More pictures later. I took well over 500. YIKES!

we're home

We got back from Daytona Beach yesterday. We had the best vacation and no worries of hurricanes. Now it's so devastating watching what Ike has done in TX. Amazing.

So, we made it safely home and are resting up today. Shayne still has some homework to finish but accomplished a lot on our trip. I will post pictures later this week. Time for unpacking,laundry and grocery shopping now.

Hurricanes

Ok, so we're leaving early Saturday morning for Florida. Sometimes I wonder what we were thinking planning a trip in September. Of course, I never considered hurricane season, just like that fact that the cost was lower. So no we anxiously watch Hurricane Ike and it's path. We're still going and hoping and praying that he goes a different route. We're excited to get out of town. We're headed to Daytona Beach and will be visiting Disney World and Sea World while we're there. Shayne is very excited and happy to be out of school for a week. Steve and Marsha are going with us so we'll all weather the storms together.