Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Miami

After we left the cruise, Karen rented us a car to drive down to Miami. Zev, Tahl, and Ava had fun "driving" while Ari was putting the car seats in. 


We stopped in North Miami to visit with Grandma Mimi. The kids had lots of fun in the pool. 

Ellie REALLY hates getting in the pool.  She is too funny. 

Ellie had lots of fun visiting with Grandma Mimi though. 

Zev had fun swimming with Uncle Oren. They really look alike in this picture. When we left at the end of the week, Zev cried.  I asked him why he was sad, and he said he was going to miss "Unkin Or-nin." Oren is a really great uncle.  Zev and Tahl are very lucky.  (Zach and Brad aren't too bad either...) 

We had a great time with Grandma Mimi, and then we drove on to visit Grandpa George and Grandma Dee.  Zev and Ava were excited to swim at their pool the next morning. 

"Cheese!"

Here is Ellie with Buby Mary.  The kids loved seeing her. 

Ellie also got to pose with Grandma Dee by the pool. 

Tahl was busy swimming with Grandpa George.  Look at how he is out in the middle by himself! He got really confident during his week in Florida. 

Tahl was swimming back and forth between Ari and Grandpa George.  He was working so hard. 


Here I am with Matthew and Jordan.  I had so much fun playing with Robin's boys. 

Tahl NEVER falls asleep in random places, but he was REALLY tired from all that swimming. 

Zev wanted to wear his "Team Noah" shirt from his cousin Noah's birthday party to bed.  Ava wanted to wear one too.  Before I knew it, she had undressed and put it on herself.  The two of them were trying to convince us that they should be allowed to have a sleep over. 

Here is Tahl the next morning, ready to swim in the pool again. 

Ari with Z, Jordan, Oren, and Grandpa George

Tahl, Ari, Zev, Oren, Matthew, Grandpa George, Jordan, and Robin... look how beautiful Grandpa George's pool is. 

Jordan swimming with Grandpa George


Here is Zev watching TV with Ava before dinner. 


T didn't watch TV because he was busy playing with the phone. 

We ate dinner at a famous ice cream parlor.  Here I am with Amanda, Matthew, and Jordan.  They are Ari's cousins.  

This is Zev with Ari's cousin Zachary.

Tahl REALLY liked the ice cream. He could not be a bigger fan of chocolate. 

Here is Tahl hugging Jordan goodbye.  They are both so sweet. 


This is Zev after we got home.  He is so proud of this pillow case signed by Goofy, Mickey, Pluto, Minnie, Daisy, and Chip and Dale. Thanks Tova and Brad for the pillow case! 

Zev has started his first week of camp this week, and he is busy catching up on sleep! We had a great trip, and now it is back to the real world. 

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Disney Cruise!

We just got back on Sunday from our big vacation!  Without further ado, here are some pictures... 

On the first day of our trip, we flew into Orlando and the kids were great on the plane. My wonderful husband agreed to let me take the rest of the day off and go to Universal Studios by myself.  I went to visit the WIZARDING WORLD OF HARRY POTTER!  The castle and the line into it were the most amazing parts.  I LOVED IT. 

Don't be fooled by the snow.  It was hot and rainy. I had a great day, but no one wants to see pictures of me on here. 

The next morning, we got up and went to Port Canaveral for the cruise. Here is the bus and Uhaul for our drive.  This was a pretty funny set up. 

Here are Oren and Noah on the bus. 

Here are bunches of us waiting for the chance to get on the ship. 

As soon as we got on, we saw that Donald was there with no line, so we rushed up to meet him. 

These guys were so happy to meet him! They love meeting characters.

Here are Ava and Jaren getting on the boat.  These girls are so sweet. 

Zev and Tahl had special shirts from their GG for the first night of the cruise.  There were very excited about their Mickey shirts. 

Zev has trouble some times hugging a little too tightly. 

T did not like it...

Here are Zev and Harper looking out the window. 
 

Zev was excited to be in Andy's room, and he really liked this giant potato head in the kids area. 

This is Zev dancing at the kick off party before dinner. 

Mr. T smiling at dinner. 

The food on the boat was AMAZING. Our guys were also great eaters.  

Jaren and Oren at dinner. 

Tova and Harper at dinner.

The first day of the cruise was Ari and I's anniversary.  Here they are singing a song to us to celebrate! 

Ava was excited to meet the princesses.  

Maybe one day I'll get someone who is more excited to meet the princesses.  

Here are Ellie and Harper with Buster.  How cute are they?

On the second day, we went to Atlantis in the Bahamas.  Here are the cousins looking out at the fish.

Here they are touching some of the star fish. 

Jaren, Noah, and Ava... all these cousins had so much fun together.

Zev and Jaren hugging.

Tahl touching the star fish.  His arms were a little short... 

Here are Ari and Tahli swimming. 

Buby with Ellie and Ava

Both guys wanted to sit with Ari on the bus ride back home.

Here are Ari and Tahl in front of the cruise boat. 

We went back for naps, but we had enough time to wait in line to meet Mickey before dinner.  Tahl LOVED hugging the characters. 

Zev gets pretty excited about it too.

family shot

How cute are these two posing together in a port hole in their little polos?  I'm in love. 

Ava was posing in the port hole too.  This picture was the only one with good lighting, but there were lots with her in different poses.  She is too funny. 

Tahl got back in line and met Mickey again with Ava.  These are some photogenic kids! 

Here is Zev on his second night of the cruise with his second Mickey bar.  Both boys said the Mickey bars were the best part of the cruise. 

Tahl and Ava with Minnie. 

This is T in his pjs waiting for the show to start with Aunt Tova. 



This is Zach (and I think Noah...) riding the Aquaduck water slide. It was not the best water slide I've ever been on, but it was really cool considering it was on a boat.

Look at Ellie in her beach wear! How cute is she? 

All the Felsons at Castaway Cay. It was such a nice beach. 

The kids and I (maybe me the most) had fun playing in the sand. 

Zev really wanted to scoop the water and bring it to the beach. 

Here he is playing with Noah. 

Tova and Harper

Harper and Zev were floating on this raft with Buster

Look at these sweet girls napping.

Zev got to meet Stitch while he was waiting to get back on the boat. 

When we got back on the boat it was Pirate night.  All the girls had these cute matching dresses that just happened to look perfect for Pirate night. 

Tahl came prepared. 

another chocolate pirate

yum

just a little bit messy

Look at these pirates!

Here are the guys watching the pirate show on the deck. 


Ari is convinced that Tahl should wear head bands at all times. 

This reminds me of his dad...

Pirate Zev

Both guys were excited to see Captain Hook.

me and one of my favorite Pirates!  Arrrr! 

me with both guys

Ari with both guys...

Later that night we got to meet Goofy.  Zev was so excited to tell him that it was his 7th time to meet him. 


Tahl is in his pjs.  After this we stayed up REALLY late to see fireworks.  Both guys loved them. It was worth the fit poor Tahl threw while waiting... 



On our last day on the cruise there was a character dance party.  The guys were really excited to dance with their favorite characters.  We, of course, hung out with Goofy. 


There were lots of colored lights, so excuse the weird pictures, but it was so cute how Zev was trying to copy Goofy's every move. 





Zev was doing the sprinkler and all sorts of moves.  He was in Heaven. 

After the dance party we went to play on he splash pad. 

It was so nice to have this on the ship. 

Both of the guys loved the Mickey pool because they should stand and swim.  It was the perfect height.

There was a really neat thing where the kids could solve mysteries on the boat with pictures in frames that animated and came to life.  Zev solved both, and here he is with his detective partner, Ava. 

The Glenns make such a cute family photo.

Ours not so much... Tahl was mad and Zev was silly.  

Oh well... 

Much better again, we need to work on this... 

Here are Buby and Buster with all the kids.

Noah and T talking about something... 

Noah and Z.  Zev really loves Noah and tries really hard to get him to like him. 

Here are the kids with our waitresses who were so great. 

Noah and Zev hugging again on the last morning.

Jaren was carrying Tahl around the boat like he didn't weigh as much as here.  She is so sweet. 

All the cousins except Ava right before we got off.  This was the best trip for them to really hang out together and have a great time. 
Thank you so much to Karen and Gregg for doing this for us.  It was such a special time, and everyone loved it. We are so lucky to have you!