Sea World Day 3

Sea world was our day three adventure. I think we got robbed on the whale show....apparently just 4 days before we arrived they decided to try and have all 8 killer whales live in the same tank at all times. Because of this the whales aren't cooperating as well since the females are trying to determine who is queen bee! They started late and cut the show early...oh well...they were still a sight to behold!

Hudson's first roller coaster...kid style!

He liked the first so much he wanted to try others!

The Dolphin show...really entertaining!

At the end of the day Jay, Jax, Kenna and Papa went on a ride called Atlantis....it was one of those wet rides that I opted out on!

SHARRRRRK!

Disney World Day 2 (Half Day at Magic Kingdom)

Day Two: This time we took the ferry across the Disney Lake to get to the Magic Kingdom. We stayed on the East side of the park and visited mostly little kid rides! It was very enjoyable!

Jaxon was such a trooper...helping make a big deal out of characters and rides for the little boys!

On the Disney Ferry

The Buzz Light year Ride was our favorite!!!

Oh NO! They've been captured by Zurg!

The Hughes with the ever loved Buzz! Hudson and Ty would shake Buzz's hand but they wouldn't go near Mickey Mouse!!!

Ty in line to drive the race cars....again!

The Family waiting in line....again.

Going up! Ty and Hud were troopers!

Family Photo with Minnie & Mickey!

Disney World Day 1 (Magic Kingdom)

This is Day One! Of course my pictures show up all wrong and are not in order but I'm too bugged to go back and change it! We had such a great time and the first day was for sure the most exciting! All the anticipation, everything is new and exciting. My mom and dad came with us and it was so awesome to have them spend this fun filled vacation with us. I will post by the day since I have SO many pictures and cant choose! Come back for more if you dare!

DAY ONE!

Crazy kids and their crazy hats!

Everyone loved the tea cups!!



Spaceship rides with Papa are the best!

Space Mountain...Awesome!

The Last picture of the day however not the last picture on the blog!! What a great day it was!

Here we are just arriving! Oh the fun we were looking forward to having!

First ride of the day...Aladdin's Carpet ride.

Mickey Ears!!!

Hudson was all upset that I had his name put on the back of his hat....apparently he doesn't want anyone to know who he is. Little stinker!

A much happier boy who LOVED driving the race cars!

How can it be that my baby is 3?

Time really does go by so fast. I even try to savor the moments....well most of them, but I just cant slow down time. We have always joked with our kids that when they turn 4 they just have to stay 4...we don't want them getting any older than that. Reality is hitting me that Ty will be 4 next year and that wont be funny anymore! I love 3 year olds and I look forward to all Ty will bring with his 3 year old verbiage. Almost everything they say and how they say it is funny and I eat it up!

Here are some pictures of my baby over the last 3 years...he gets cuter every year and I think he started off pretty darn cute!

Tyson Brady Hughes

Born February 28th 2006

8 lbs 13 oz

(1 week old)

Ty-ger age 1

Look at all that cuteness just ooozing out of him!

Ty Ty age 2!

Ty loves his family!

T-Y age 3

My little Tyson, Tyger, T Y (tee why), and Ty Ty....Buddy you make me smile everyday by just giving me your big tooth and gums smile. Its never a grin its always a full on cheese! I love you with all of my heart and oh how I wish I could slow down the clock. You want to be so big and I want you to stay so little. I think your winning cause you get bigger each day, your words become more clear, your sentences longer and your obedience better. I love how much you love your family...every single one of them is special to you. I cant imagine our family without you. The Lord knew what he was doing when he added you to our family...we need you to make us laugh to teach us patience and to make us whole. I so look forward to seeing how you grow and I pray that you would be all that the Lord would have you be. I hope that you will come to know Jesus at an early age and that you would show the world his love through your life and your bright smile. Jesus made you approachable with that big grin of yours and I hope one day when someone asks you what your so happy about, you will be able to tell them about Jesus! You will always be my baby no matter what! I love you Ty!

Here he is showing me how big he really is...he can hold up the 3 fingers...that's big stuff!

Super Boys!

For Valentines Day I got the little boys capes with their initials on them. They LOVED them and have been playing with them non stop. I just love these pictures!

Valentines Fun.

We had a fun time celebrating Valentines day this year. Jaxon and Kenna had parties at school and enjoyed getting their cards ready for their classmates. Ty and I went to Auntie B's for a Valentine party where they had heart shaped grilled cheese and cupcakes. Valentines Day the kids woke up to a present on the hearth, heart shaped french toast and then off to two basketball games!

I actually took this picture a few days before Valentines day, printed out a bunch of copies and made puzzles out of them. We sent them to all the grandma's/grandpa's, aunts, uncles and cousins. My 4 little sweethearts! I love em!

Here is Miss K very excited about putting her valentines together!

The Heart Breakers! I know you cant see it but they had matching shirts on that say Heart Breaker. So cute!

Ty & Levi...always wrestling!

Tyson eating his cupcake after NOT eating his heart shaped grilled cheese.

Valentines Morning....Heart shaped french toast...YUM!

Kenna always wants to decorate with a sign....I wonder where she got that idea? =)

Here is daddy trying to put together his Valentine puzzle.

From my man!

We got to get out Valentines evening (with the rest of the Treasure Valley) and had a great time thinking about when we first met. Funny enough, neither of us remember any of the other Valentines Day's that we've spent together! Id prefer just being with Jay then making a big deal out of it...I know he loves me EVERY day!

5*5*5

So, Ive been seeing this fun game floating around the blog world where someone tags you to go to your 5th picture folder and post your 5th picture in that folder....BUT, no one has asked me to play so I thought I would start my own! (I'm not bitter or anything, but you girls should know...I like to play these kinds of games!). =) So here is my picture!

Now I tag:
1. Katie E
2. April M
3. Stephanie B
4. Tara H
5. Angie T

Please play with me! =)

HOT LAVA!

So as you may know Jay is coaching Jaxon's Upwards team but he is also coaching Kenna's team which in his own words is "WAY different than coaching boys". Kenna absolutely LOVES having her daddy as her coach, something she has wanted for a long time and she seems to really be loving basketball. She even told Jay yesterday that she liked it more than cheer leading (how can this be!!!????). Jaxon is so focused and knowledgeable about the game and has really great body control and can do whatever you tell him to do. Jay coaches by using basketball terms with the boys but with the girls its a whole different ball game! He came home last night to tell me that he was trying to teach the girls a lay up drill where they run wide to the hoop as apposed to straight up the middle, but the girls didn't seem to be getting. So he explains again that they need to stay out of the key and just before he was about to blow the whistle to start the drill Kenna yells "Just a second, Just a second"....pause "Its like its Hot Lava and we need to stay out of it!"......"Right" Jay says and then they all got it!

Marley & Me

We just got home from seeing Marley & Me and it was so cute! And so true to life. I laughed at Jennifer Aniston at the end of her rope with the crying babies & barking dog, because Ive been there...more than once I hate to admit. So much about that movie seemed as though I had lived it...not so much the dog part because....well, honestly, Daisy has been a dream! Yes she chews things up and sometimes barfs on the floor, but she is so loving and sweet with the kids,with all of us. But the thing that caught me off guard was not that Marley dies in the end but when "Jenny & Jon" are at the doctor to see their first ultrasound and they find out that the baby has no heart beat....gulp....I lost it. It will be six years in April that I miscarried our 3rd child and to be honest I haven't cried over that for probably 5 1/2 years. I don't know why...I know the Lord has a plan and it didn't include that child in our lives and Ive always been OK with that and I still am, but when I saw the look on the actresses face it pierced my soul and so much came flooding back. I spent the rest of the evening thinking about what our life would be like had I not miscarried, how I would have a 5 1/2 year old. Would it have been a boy or a girl? All things I wont experience in this lifetime. Either my hormones are extremely out of whack or as a mom I will always carry that feeling of loss with me. How strange for it to pop up during a movie about a dog, I know...but it made me think about that little someone that I hope I will meet someday in heaven. It also made me think about how strange it is to loose something so much a part of you and yet because of that loss I have Huddy & Ty and I may not have them had the miscarriage not happened...that I am SO thankful for. You'd think after coming home from a movie about a dogs life with a great family I would have come home and hugged Daisy (I did =)) but mostly I wanted to scoop my 4 babies up into my arms and sob. God is good, He always is, and He always will be. Thank you Lord for this reminder, for this memory that came flooding back, and for being there for me 6 years later.