Hey all. Thought it was about time to catch up with what is going on now. I will finish our Disney trip, don't worry about that...I have too many cute pics left, I have to share! But for now, here is what is making the news. Baseball, baseball, and more baseball! The boys have been playing/practicing non-stop it seems. Every night we are busy busy! And so finally here are some baseball photos!
Oh yes, Gabriel's other big news is that he was drawn in the lottery to go to the public school's pre-k program!!! There are a limited number of schools that have the classes and so the kids are put into a drawing. Gabriel gets to go to the same school that Kaden did, has the same teacher Ms. Marcie, I LOVE her!!!! I am SO excited. Gabriel is ready to start now! I keep telling him August will come quickly...
Luke is playing his first year of machine pitch and is doing a great job! He is #18 on the Dirt Dawgs. He has great coaches and group of teammates!
Now for Ms. Josie Claire. She is GREAT at these baseball games. Watches a little, walks around a little, and naps occasionally. We had 3 games on Sunday and she was just as sweet as could be!
Gabriel Todd has his first game last night! It was adorable. He is playing with 3 and 4 year-olds. They don't have a clue bless their hearts, but they're SO cute! Gabriel is #4 on the Cougars!
Oh yes, Gabriel's other big news is that he was drawn in the lottery to go to the public school's pre-k program!!! There are a limited number of schools that have the classes and so the kids are put into a drawing. Gabriel gets to go to the same school that Kaden did, has the same teacher Ms. Marcie, I LOVE her!!!! I am SO excited. Gabriel is ready to start now! I keep telling him August will come quickly...Back to baseball---Kaden-man is playing 6 year-old t-ball this year. He is with almost all the same kids and coach from last year. Again he is #10 on the Yankees.
Luke is playing his first year of machine pitch and is doing a great job! He is #18 on the Dirt Dawgs. He has great coaches and group of teammates!Now for Ms. Josie Claire. She is GREAT at these baseball games. Watches a little, walks around a little, and naps occasionally. We had 3 games on Sunday and she was just as sweet as could be!
Michael decided that since she will be 2 on Saturday (yeah, you read that right---2 years old!! I can't believe it!) that Josie should be out of her high chair and using a booster seat. Josie is THRILLED to be sitting at the table with her big brothers!
Onto Michael's news...he received his diploma and transcripts in the mail the other day! It's official, the boy has graduated with his masters. Congrats again honey, I'm SO proud of you!!!
Now you're all caught up. It will be back to Disney next time... :)
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We went early and got a great spot for the lights parade and the fireworks:
Yeah, right there by the castle! It was incredible! More and more families showed up to stake their claim and the Disney folk brought out some hula hoops. 
Jump ropes too. Hilarious! Our kids wanted to be in the middle of everything!
The castle started changing colors so I of course took a picture of the purple one! Oh to live in a purple castle...
We got Mickey ice cream sandwiches this night while waiting. YUM! All the kids LOVED them. Josie and I split one meaning I got a couple of bites of hers!!!
During the parade Luke got a special treat. When Captain Hook went by Luke jumped up and pointed at his Hook shirt. The Captain started cheering on the float and made a big deal for Luke. Awesome! I'm sure the video is cool! My picture isn't that great, the camera had a hard time with all the lights but I just wanted to show Hook cheering for Luke. 
Now it was time for the fireworks, which were unbelievable by-the-way!!!!
What an incredible day! The next day was Animal Kingdom. We had loads of fun just not loads of pictures. I brought the camera, just not the battery...it was still plugged in at the hotel. I was heartbroken! We did take pics with our camcorder and so eventually I will get those on here for you all to see. There is still one more day at Disney, back at Magic Kingdom! :) More photos to come.
Kaden excited about going to the Buzz ride after we finished at Space Mountain:
On our way to the ride we saw Buzz himself. Gabriel was beside himself. He LOVES Buzz. Buzz is his 'Mulan'. What a fun time!!!
On the ride, we got stopped for a few minutes on the ride so I was able to snap a photo:
And the guns still worked while we were stopped so I ended up with my BEST score ever. Here's the proof!!!
And that was while holding Josie mind you! Next we headed over to Pirates and a family favorite was there. Captain Hook and the male Harmons:
Luke was wearing a Hook shirt and Hook was thrilled with that! He made a big fuss over him. Fun!!! Josie really liked Hook from afar. She was pointing at him and calling him puppy dog (her term of endearment) but when Mike asked if she wanted to go over to him there was a fast shake of her head "no". Waiting in line for Pirates:
I LOVE that picture because we have one with the boys and I from when we went in 2006. We tried to replicate it with our addition of Josie. What great pics these are. We will have to do this every time we are a Magic Kingdom. Here is the 2006 shot:
Isn't it fun to compare the difference in those 2 1/2 years?! What adorable babies I have!!!The boys lined up for a shot and Josie ran herself over there to be in the photo. Adorable!!!!
Luke on Aladdin's Magic Carpets after getting soaked at a water stop:
Here's most of the fam at Philharmagic---what an incredible show that is!!!! We LOVE it!!
Here we are on Cinderella's Carousel. Josie wasn't a fan, you can tell by the pic:
I had to add this one too because it's too fun with the boys at their different heights, lined up by ages. Cute :)
Well there are just too many pics from this day so I will continue tomorrow. We had the best day there. It was incredible. The 'other' Harmons are going to Disney World this week and we wish them as much happiness as we had there! Enjoy you guys!!! Say hi to Mickey for us!!!
Bless his heart... Onto the park. We went to Disney Studios! I was SO looking forward to it because it has my Aerosmith roller coaster. Last time we were at DisneyWorld I was pregnant with Josie and couldn't ride. Not this time! I rode and I LOVED it! It's so awesome! There are no pics or anything but I know you can imagine my face there :) Joy! Bliss! Elation! Awesome! I love my Steven. After riding Tower of Terror and Aerosmith early in the morning, we did as much as we could---the place was PACKED! There were people everywhere. In fact I ran into one of my best friends from high school---Selene and her family! That was pretty incredible!! 
We had lunch at Toy Story's Pizza Planet. The kids were really excited about that! Kiddos waiting for Daddy and Luke to bring our lunch (about 45 minutes later!):
More cheese please!
We took the kids to the playground but it was so packed you couldn't walk around, it was insane! We didn't stay long and even the kids were ready to get out of there. We headed for the parade and though Josie slept through it, we got to see most of our Pixar favorites. Kiddos were in heaven!
We saw the Indiana Jones stunt show and rode the Star Wars ride again and again. Kaden rode it this time and LOVED it! Here are our obligatory speeder bike pics. How can you not take pics on this every time you are there?!
Kaden took this shot while Daddy was buying Luke a beloved Jedi Mickey lightsabre. He did a great job!
After the show we rushed over to ride the long awaited Toy Story Mania. It was SO busy all day long and our fastpasses weren't until 9pm. It was SO worth waiting all day for. What a FUN and FASTASTIC ride it is! The decorations are just incredible. Disney/Pixar rocks! Here were are:
Josie wasn't a big fan of the ride but the rest of us loved it! We ended the night LATE but on such a great high! I snapped a shot of the hat on the way out: