April Activities

These are a few of my favorite April photos (yes, I am aware that it's August!). I just love these boys!

Potty Training!

Drunk Driver!

He's going to hate this picture one day. Note the position of the right hand!

Lego Building

Daddy time

Reading his favorite book, "Who Loves Keegan"

"No eat play dough, Mom!"

Hanging out with Gavin (who is in time out)

Well, this looks safe.

Space Mountain

I finally got around to sorting through the photos downloaded from our iphones. I think these pictures are so funny...one from my phone and one from Jay's. The boys rode Space Mountain for the first time and this is the photo they take while you're on the ride that you can buy at the end. I think it's hilarious that Jay and I are in separate cars with separate kids and we're both holding them in the exact same way. Holding onto them for dear life and trying to keep them from flying out of their seats! I think I was more afraid than they they were!

A very wet Disney trip

A little bit of rain (ok, SIX inches of rain is not a little bit!) can't stop the Allison's from visiting the Happiest Place on Earth!

Day 2 was so much nicer!

When you wish upon a star, your dreams come true!

Sponge Bob celebrates with Logan

A little late on this post, but I wanted to show you some pictures of our trip to Orlando for Logan's 6th birthday. Jay and I had the opportunity to participate in Disney's "Give a Day, Get a Disney Day" program in which we volunteered for a couple of hours in our local community (in our case, it was at the homeless shelter) and received a free ticket to Disney World in return. My parents were able to volunteer as well, and also had a couple of free Disney tickets they had won (of course they did!). This allowed us to grant Logan's birthday wish on a dime, as is the Allison way. This gave us the opportunity to splurge a little and get a suite at one of our favorite Orlando hotels, the Nick Hotel, where you can celebrate your birthday with Sponge Bob, get slimed, and can even throw a pie in your grandmother's face! Of course, since we are Allison's, Jay and I spent one dreary, rainy morning while we were there to sit through a time share presentation and earn a free gift (and $80 food voucher to use at the hotel's mall). "No, we don't want to buy your time share" we must have said 1,000 times.

Getting slimed (it was COLD, but they insisted!)


Keegan loves Dora

Dessert at Cici's (where the buffet is Buy 1 Get 1 Free with coupon!)

Logan, Justin, and Gavin. We were so pleased to have the Lee family join us. The kids played nicely together and I was happy to have someone to hit the outlets with. Steph makes me look good -- I spent far less than her at the Coach outlet, which I pointed out to Jay as I handed him my receipt so I wouldn't be in quite as much trouble!

Birthday with Sponge Bob

Where the boys play...I mean, sleep.

If you have small children and haven't been to this hotel, you really should give it a try. I'm watching for a good deal this fall and we plan on launching "Operation Allison's and Friends Take Over The Sponge Bob Hotel". Maybe you'll be able to join us?????

Gilchrist, here come the Allison's!

Ready or not, here we come!

heartwarming moment of the day

While wacthing The Cat in the Hat (the movie):

BOY IN THE MOVIE: I wish I had a different mom!
LOGAN: Not me. I just want my mom. I just want you.
GAVIN: Yeah, I just want our mom too.
LOGAN: Cuz you're nice.
GAVIN: Yeah, we just want you....and NANA!

play ball!

Here are a few good shots of the Royals in action.

Papa served as the official "Keegan entertainer", which is not for the faint of heart. Position requires continuous energy, unwavering enthusiasm, and a high level of fitness. The successful candidate must be able to run up and down a hill repeatedly for the duration of the t-ball game while simultaneously keeping Baby Keegan safe and entertained.

Gavin Roy at the plate.

Logan strikes a pose before his hit.

The Royals

MVP's

The Three Stooges

water play

When the weather gets hot, the Allison's make good use of their sprinklers! Photos courtesy of Ashley (while I was at work).

Not happy about something...

Really, REALLY not happy about something!

Spring is in the air

Ok, so yes, we're nearing the end of summer. A fact I am aware of every time I take a look at the calendar, see the back-to-school shopping commercials, and receive emails from my boss regarding my impending return to work. And now you know how far behind I am on my picture editing/posting/filing, but these pictures were just too cute not to post.

Tallahassee puts on an annual Springtime parade/festival downtown. This is truly a highlighted event, and I think it might be a crime to live here and NOT attend this festival. Vendors and businesses spend months putting their floats together and the city actually pays some lucky people full-time salaries year-round to sit in their office and organize this event.

This year, we met up with Logan's BFF, Jonathan, and watched the parade across the street from his father's fire station. It was far less crowded and we had actually had restrooms (at the fire station) that we could use without too much of hassle. Additionally, we were at the START of the parade rather than the end of it, which came in handy in the afternoon when the parade had ended for us (but not for everyone down the street) and we were able to beat the crowds leaving early and making it home in time for naps.

I started off the morning with a rather hilly 10K; my first post-Keegan delivery race. The kids surprised me (shown below) by showing up fully dressed and fed, and bearing gifts of flowers and Gatorade. This was a nice, heartwarming surprised, followed up with another welcome surprise: free beer and Publix coupons at the finish time! Someone sure knows how to make me a happy woman!