Author Archives: Patrick

The Old Spanish Sugar Mill & Our Trip Around Central Florida

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It was my last official day off of work for my Christmas holiday break, and we wanted to spend it hanging out as a family. Hunter had mentioned a few days prior that he really wanted to go back to the Old Spanish Sugar Mill for their all-you-can-cook-and-eat pancake breakfast. It had been about two years since our last visit… Read more »

Festival of Speed – December Day at the Ritz

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Over the course of the past year or so, Hunter has taken quite an interest in cars. He will often disappear to the toy room for a few hours with the laptop, pull up a photo of his favorite cars, and try to build replicas of them with Legos. He has made it well know that some of his favorites… Read more »

Guys’ Day at Tropicana Field

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The Guys Head to Tropicana Field for the Rays vs. Brewers One of the many skills that Emily possesses is finding the perfect gifts for those in her life. This was yet another example of her expertise in this subject. For Father’s Day, she had looked ahead at the Tampa Bay Rays baseball schedule and found a home game on… Read more »

Ellen’s Energy Mis-Adventure… The Final Ride

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Being that we are lucky enough to live in Central Florida, we have dedicated numerous weekends to visiting the Disney theme parks. Even before the boys were born we often partook in visits to the parks, if for no other reason than to just enjoy the atmosphere. After the boys were born, we continued this tradition but agreed that we… Read more »

The Day The Movies Died… Goodbye Great Movie Ride

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It was two weeks ago today that Disney announced all the amazing additions and updates that are coming to the US parks as well as the Disney Cruise Line. It was an exciting announcement as they told of new attractions and lands that were slated for each of the four parks at Walt Disney World. Disney’s Hollywood Studios, which is… Read more »

Summer Day in Door County Wisconsin

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Monday, July 24th, 2017 – Door County, WI Because we went to sleep at a reasonable hour the night before, we were able to get a relatively good night’s sleep, even awaking at 5:30 am.  The boys were still resting, so Emily followed suit as I laced up the sneakers and replicated my walk from the previous morning.  I would… Read more »

Disney Fantasy 10 Night Caribbean Cruise – Day 10, Castaway Cay

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Waking up from a fun and relaxing day at sea we were ready to take on the day.  It was another beautiful morning on deck 11 as the boat approached our favorite island in the world, Castaway Cay.  Cruise Director Mike called it our little slice of paradise, and he couldn’t be more spot on when talking about the amazing… Read more »

Disney Fantasy 10 Night Caribbean Cruise – Day 9, Last Day at Sea

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It always amazes me that no matter how many times you have been on a cruise, and no matter the length, you always get to the last day at sea wanting to cram as much action into your last full ship day as possible.  Have just come off two amazing island days ai St. Kitts and Tortola, today was going… Read more »

Disney Fantasy 10 Night Caribbean Cruise – Day 8, Tortola

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After an perfect island getaway the previous day at St. Kitts, we were excited for our next stop in Tortola.  We arrived and docked at the island of Tortola at 7:00 am, which is on the early side, due to the fact that the all aboard time was at 2:45, providing us enough time to get to Castaway Cay.  Tortola… Read more »

Disney Fantasy 10 Night Caribbean Cruise – Day 7, St. Kitts on the 4th of July

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There are so many activities and places to see on the cruise that it is difficult to make the nights late and the mornings early.  This was an example of one of those transitions, as we were just coming off  of our day at sea which included a late dinner followed by Oceaneers Club and a late night drink, followed… Read more »