March 28-
Grandma Kathy, Jean, Daphne, Erin, Brendan and Owen
First day at Universal Studios....We are wearing our Harry Potter shirts
Day Two....Grandma Kathy wore the same shirt (cleaned) but everyone else was different.
Best picture of all of us smiling....and having a lot of fun
Jean's video and pictures with comments from her Facebook page:
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| The obligatory "Here are my feet and this is my view" picture. The kids are in there somewhere. | The brothers struttin' around. | Daphne in the raft, instructing the others how to jump, and then rating them. #firstbornsrule | Swimming with Granny! |
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| I loved watching my Pearlie Girlies interact in the pool. Reminds me of me and my sisters at that age. | The kids enjoyed feeding the Koi at the resort! | Brendan said, "This resort is teeming with wildlife". Damn: so proud of him for the use of the word "teeming". Plus, love that he loves all things nature just like his daddy. | So, yes. We won a trivia contest. We competed against 8 teams, and we were tied with another team. In the tie-breaking round, nobody got a single question correct, so we went into the ultimate tie-breaking Super Round: Rock, Paper, Scissors. We sent our best competitor to play for us, and Erin won it for us, naturally. I didn't have a doubt in my mind. |
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| Walking the resort at night; the goggles really make this look. | We had a nice view of Epcot's fireworks at night. | Daphne is a teenager now, which means she can sip a Starbucks and text during anything - even surfing! | Teenagers text even when they're strolling through Hollywood. She's so talented! |
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| Love this lady! Daphne was my navigator the whole trip; driving in Orlando, walking through the two Universal parks and getting around our massive resort. She has freakish navigational skills. She's also just awesome in general! | A little wet from a water ride. He says he still looks cool. | My Greek Mythology lover absolutely loved Poseidon's Fury! | Ahh.....I will never, ever forget this fountain. Brendan accidentally dropped his prescription glasses in it. Six people (including some strangers) dipped arms in there searching for them and came up empty. After consulting with 2 different park employees, I managed to dig them out from a way-back spot and needless to say half of my body went in there, too. It was actually quite refreshing, and Brendan wasn't grounded for a year. A win-win! |
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| Doh! | The 11-ers - typical. | Owen's new best friend, a very funny, interactive fountain. He truly could have stayed here all day. | Mel's Diner at Universal. As we were dining, we heard my dad's signature song, "Chantilly Lace"...my mom and I cracked up! |
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| Granny in all her splendor! | Welcome....to Jurassic Park! | The mischievous Weasley poses in front of Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes. | We call these two the "Vowels". Erin definitely has a way with Owen; we call her the "Owen Whisperer". |
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| Meeting up with neighbor friends! — with Melanie 'Wehrmann' Tameling. Owen, Brendan, Robby and Emma. | Melanie 'Wehrmann' Tameling and Elise! | Granny's sweet and innocent grandkids love taking close-up photos of her nose. | We wrote haiku poems using Story Cubes as our muse; Owen was giddy laughing at his own haiku. OMG. |
