Roger and Richele, Dec. 13-16, 2008

Rog and Richele arrived with no problems from the cold North on Saturday afternoon. It was kinda cool even though Rod wore shorts and short sleeves to the airport. I had on jeans and a jacket...and was just right.



Rog and I stopped and got some munchie type groceries on the way home from the airport while Rod got Richele situated at the house and "conditioned" to the animals. She walked out carrying Emily so that didn't seem like it was gonna be a problem.

We decided to do some Christmas shopping at the outlet mall on Sunday. It was packed with shoppers--lots of the foreign variety with ten bags...taking everything out of their boxes so it will all fit in their luggage. LOL We didn't find anything we couldn't live without--well those stuffed Eyores at the Disney store WERE really cute!

Pretty view of the castle with the trolley.

Monday I had a doctor appointment early (more nagging about the weight issue and consequences of diabetes if I don't get it under control...bummer) and then the three of us headed out to the Magic Kingdom to ride the roller coasters. We saw Splash Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain and Pirates all in about 1 hour and 15 minutes. We grabbed a quick lunch--they have these new express order things...like an ATM that you can order your burger, fries and coke and check out quick. R&R got turkey legs that looked so yummy--but I thought the temporary crowns would not like all that chewing. I had enough time to do the Haunted Mansion with them before I caught a ride home with Rod when he got off. The kids ended up staying out there until about 5pm. and then joined us at home for dinner of brats on the grill.

The possums from Splash Mountain...love them!!!

Tuesday they decided to take a day off from the parks and go to the Beach. It was a perfect beach day--about 80 degrees forecast at Cocoa Beach. The water was cool, but, not too bad when it was warm on the beach. They picked up shells and ate at our favorite place over there (Rusty's at the Port). They made it home just in time for a quick supper of shrimp wraps and some spinach dip.


From Pirates of the Caribbean...Johnny Depp character and my favorite thing at this ride...the pirate sitting on the wall with the dirty oh-so-life-like feet!!!


The plan for the rest of the week is as follows: Jackie has a temporary crown fitting on Wed. followed by the permanent crowns on Thursday. We are going out to Disney's Property Control to get some good deals on Christmas presents for Richele. Then R&R are going out to Universal Studios thanks to Patti and Tim who traded some tickets with us. Thursday Rod and I have eye doctor business in the afternoon so we will probably hang out at the pool or such and then we are going to an Orlando Magic ballgame. Friday all day the four of us plan to do the Disney Christmas party and hopefully stay long enough to see the Christmas light display at the Studio. Can't wait for that. We will probably just sleep in on Saturday, have a big breakfast and then try to get them to the plane on time! Wish us luck and STAMINA!!!