Dear Leah and Logan,
We survived another Christmas!! Christmas 2016 will always have the side-note that every one of us got sick at one point during the week, but we're all fighters so we gutted it out for a great holiday.
First, there was no shortage of Christmas parties at each of your schools. Santa even made visits to both Rockvale and to Stonebrook. (I'm not sure if you told him you were Naughty or Nice??)
Next stop was Christmas Eve, where you 2 jumped in with your cousins at your Uncle Shane and Aunt Amanda's house. They just moved into their brand new house in Franklin, so I'm sure you weren't allowed to touch anything. You came home with lots of presents.
Next....Christmas Day! Santa decided to show up at Muirwood, and gosh- you 2 sure are lucky. As it turns out, you must have been on the 'Nice' list.
I was actually surprised that both of you took time to open each present nicely and even give each
new toy or game some attention (last year was just a mad dash to open everything in 20 minutes.)
After the grand opening, Christmas morning was spent being lazy and even playing family games like Pop the Pig, Hungry Hippoes, and Twister.
Once we had enjoyed all of our gifts for a bit, we got dressed and headed to Grandma and Grandpa's house. Again- you guys were spoiled. Uncle Caleb and Uncle Justin were there, and it was basically a lazy night watching movies and stuffing our faces with food that Uncle Justin made.
We're very blessed and fortunate to not only have a great families that love us, but also for all the things we're able to get each other for holidays. Thousands of people out there don't have any family to lean on or much money to spoil themselves with. I just want you two to embrace the foundation of family and always seek opportunities to help the less fortunate.
I love you both.
PS. New Years Eve was jsut spent at the house telling each other we'd stay up until Midnight. Leah, you fell asleep at 10pm. Logan, you made it midnight after playing Wii all night!
Love,
Daddy
Sunday, January 1, 2017
Birthdays at Disney
Dear Leah and Logan,
November means that it's time to celebrate Leah's birthday! Big #6! I thought that #6 needed something extra special, so I designed the best Daddy-Daughter date I could think of, especially while you still believe in Princesses and Unicorns.
Our date started at 4:30am on Sunday, November 13, 2016, where I woke you up to tell you we were going to the airport. Our destination was Orlando, Florida- home of Disney World!
We landed in Orlando at 9:30am and went directly to the Animal Kingdom.
From there, the week never slowed down.
Our intinerary was as follows:
Sunday- Animal Kingdom
Monday- Magic Kingdom
Tuesday- Hollywood Studios
Tuesday Night- Mickey's Magic Christmas Party
Wednesday - Magic Kingdom until 2pm.
I had set our Fast Passes based on mostly Princess and Character visits. However, you became such a big fan of roller coasters, you just wanted to keep riding bigger and faster ones.
Highlights from each park included the following...
Magic Kingdom- Ariel's Grotto, Seven Dwarfs Mine Ride (we rode 4 times), Space Mountain, Mickey and Minney, lots of fireworks, and getting your face painted (twice).
Hollywood Studios- Finding Nemo stage show. Disney Jr. stage show.... you weren't a big fan of Tower of Terror, so I quickly got you some ice cream after that one!
Animal Kingdom- A Bug's Life. African Safari. Expedition Everest.
Logan- don't worry, bud.... Your 5th birthday is in a couple months, and I'm thinking you and I will do something extra big for your #6 (in 2018)!
It was a perfect 4 days, and I enjoyed watching how brave you were on each new ride. In fact, you didn't even want the kids rides- you wanted the REAL rides. And don't worry- even though they aren't listed above, we did all the traditional Disney Rides like Pirates of the Caribbean and It's a Small World.
I hope you'll never forget our trip, and I can't wait to ride roller coasters with you again!
Here's a video to sum it all!!! Daddy Daughter Disney Date 2016
Love,
Daddy
November means that it's time to celebrate Leah's birthday! Big #6! I thought that #6 needed something extra special, so I designed the best Daddy-Daughter date I could think of, especially while you still believe in Princesses and Unicorns.
Our date started at 4:30am on Sunday, November 13, 2016, where I woke you up to tell you we were going to the airport. Our destination was Orlando, Florida- home of Disney World!
We landed in Orlando at 9:30am and went directly to the Animal Kingdom.
From there, the week never slowed down.
Our intinerary was as follows:
Sunday- Animal Kingdom
Monday- Magic Kingdom
Tuesday- Hollywood Studios
Tuesday Night- Mickey's Magic Christmas Party
Wednesday - Magic Kingdom until 2pm.
I had set our Fast Passes based on mostly Princess and Character visits. However, you became such a big fan of roller coasters, you just wanted to keep riding bigger and faster ones.
Highlights from each park included the following...
Magic Kingdom- Ariel's Grotto, Seven Dwarfs Mine Ride (we rode 4 times), Space Mountain, Mickey and Minney, lots of fireworks, and getting your face painted (twice).
Hollywood Studios- Finding Nemo stage show. Disney Jr. stage show.... you weren't a big fan of Tower of Terror, so I quickly got you some ice cream after that one!
Animal Kingdom- A Bug's Life. African Safari. Expedition Everest.
Logan- don't worry, bud.... Your 5th birthday is in a couple months, and I'm thinking you and I will do something extra big for your #6 (in 2018)!
It was a perfect 4 days, and I enjoyed watching how brave you were on each new ride. In fact, you didn't even want the kids rides- you wanted the REAL rides. And don't worry- even though they aren't listed above, we did all the traditional Disney Rides like Pirates of the Caribbean and It's a Small World.
I hope you'll never forget our trip, and I can't wait to ride roller coasters with you again!
Here's a video to sum it all!!! Daddy Daughter Disney Date 2016
Love,
Daddy
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