Chase and Jimbo!

Quick update today since I'm at work...but I meant to do this last night and didn't get around to it. Although now I'm glad I didn't get it done because I have a great picture to share!

First things...Jim had hockey games this past Sunday and yesterday. They won on Sunday, barely I think. But last night they came from behind to win 7 to 4 (or maybe 7-3, I don't remember for sure). Anyways, he GOT HIS SECOND GOAL! Woo-Hoo!! I joked with him and said I was surprised he wasn't traded, he's not the best skater, ya know! But then he goes, "Why would they trade me? I got 2 goals in 4 games!". hahaha. So that was pretty exciting!

Well everyone knows that Chase is the light of my life. I love that little boy more than I ever thought possible. And he's playing football this year so here's his completely adorable football picture!

He shouldn't be old enough to play football! It seems like just yesterday he was taking his first steps! Anyways, just had to share that picture!

And to close, the Red Wings play tonight so LET'S GO RED WINGS!!!!

We're home

Well...we're home! We got home at midnight last night. What a long day. LOL. Sorry for no post or pictures yesterday or the day before! We didn't really take many pictures after my last blog post. On Thursday we did go to NBA City Restaurant for lunch. Here's some pics for Raubin:

Dang that hand is big! ;)

Thursday afternoon was spent by the pool (in the pool for Jim...he hates laying out in the sun). I finally got somewhat of a tan. lol. It was really nice and relaxing.

Friday I packed our stuff up in the morning while Jim was in his conferences and then we ate lunch, spent some time relaxing in the afternoon before heading to the airport. Nothing too exciting!! lol

Today I spent all day at the office. The first few working days of the month are my busiest time so it took a lot for me to be gone this week (and a WHOLE lot for me to be able to not think about work). Anyways, I'll be working again tomorrow to hopefully be mostly caught up before the week starts again. Jim has spent all day searching for his keys...he can't find them. Either left them at the hotel (they're supposed to look for them and call us back) or in the rental car. Sheesh, what a pain. The dogs were so excited to come home though! And we were excited to see them. Bentley has grown noticeably even in the week we were gone.

Anyways, so Jim and I were saying that if his company sends him back to this conference next year that we want to go on a cruise either right before or right after (preferably right after). That would be sweeeeet. So on Friday, the company that was putting on the conference (ASG) asked for suggestions and Jim said quite a few people suggested they have it on a cruise next year. Could that BE any better??? lol

Anyways, here are the scans from the pictures that I had to take a picture of...including a new one from Hard Rock and one from Epcot.

I guess it's back to reality now. No more suntanning...no more vacationing...for awhile at least. Reality sucks. :)

Jim's conference started today so he was busy all morning and then again for an hour or so this afternoon. I laid out by the pool trying to get a tan...We met up for lunch and went to Bubba Gump's for lunch:
Anyone that's seen Forrest Gump should know what the restaurant stands for...














































After Jim's meetings were over in the afternoon we went to Islands of Adventure. It's the other Universal Studios park here and we were excited about going to it because we knew they had a few roller coasters. The park is set up like different "islands" (The Lost Continent, Dr. Seuss, Toon Landing, Jurassic Park, etc.) so here's some pics from the park:










































This was from the entrance into Islands of Adventure.



Seuss Landing: This part was geared towards kids but looked like so much fun. I mean, come on, who doesn't love The Cat in the Hat...or Green Eggs and Ham???


























































































The Lost Continent: These pics are from the attraction "Poseidon's Fury" or something like that...















































Jurassic Park:




















Alright peeps...tell me what this is...



















Don't know? Here's a hint: It opens on 2010. And when I realized what it was I was so darn excited. And we've already decided we HAVE to come back when it opens. Don't know? Ok, here's a visual clue:
























My HP peeps should have it figured out by now. But if not, here's another...

























Yes, THAT WAS THE BEGINNINGS OF HOGWARTS CASTLE!!!!!! OMG! So excited. So cool. We couldn't see through on the other side...they had it all blocked off, but for real, so cool.


Modern Super Hero something or another blah blah blah:























Spiderman ride was a very cool 3D ride. Almost as good as The Simpsons.

We got through the whole park before they closed at 6. We rode 3 coasters twice each...The Express Pass is awesome. Plus lines were really short today. Not sure what we'll do tomorrow afternoon and Friday afternoon...we figured the parks would take longer than they did but no biggie!

We went to dinner at Hard Rock Cafe. We have a picture from there but it's another one we bought sooooo I haven't taken a picture of it yet. That one will just have to wait.

In closing...here's a few things we've learned from this trip (I'll probably add to this too lol):
1. We are constantly amazed at the amount of people from other countries. Honestly, it seems like all Britains come here on vacation. Also lots of Irish people, a few Australian's, South African's, Hispanics, etc. Lots and lots of British people though.

2. Not exactly sure how we'll ever be able to get through our trip that we're planning to England. Everytime we hear a British accent we crack up and think of "Charlie bit me" (look that up on You Tube if you don't know what we're talking about). Seriously, we have to chuckle everytime we hear them. And then of course we immediately say the exact same thing they said in our own British accents. LOL Cracks me up.

3. Florida nights are sooooo nice. We both expected them to be very humid but every night it's been really nice out.

4. Disney World & Universal Studios...We're both glad we have been there. I mean, who doesn't want to see it once? But honestly, we wouldn't come back again if we didn't have kids. I know it's supposed to appeal to kids, but we were somewhat disappointed by the lack of thrill rides. Give us som coasters!

5. Next time we come to Florida...we're going on a cruise. :)

6. The extra money for a really nice hotel? 100% worth it. The service here is amazing.

7. Michelle can't get a tan to save her life.

8. Escargot really isn't that bad.

9. We've been spoiled by Cedar Point. This goes back to number 4. But we crack up when we hear people saying over and over and over about how great The Hulk is. Yeah it was ok...a long coaster. Upside down a lot. But I have YET to lose my stomach on a ride. Give me some big hills people!

10. Don't keep the seashell with the dead crab in it. THAT'S what's stinkin' up the hotel room!

11. If the hotel doesn't have internet in the room, we're not staying.

12. Even if you're full, get the strawberry shortcake. :)

Alright well that's it for now!