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Old Scottsdale & Cave Creek Frontier Town | Spring Break 2018

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The start of our 2017 Spring Break took us to the beautiful state of Arizona. We stayed with my parents and explore Old Scottsdale, Frontier Town Cave Creek, OdySea in the Desert aquarium and more. We rode a horse drawn stage coach and ate at a bunch of fun restaurants. Check out all the photos, stories and video of our trip.

Chroma, Epcot, Shopping & More – Emily’s Birthday Fest 2018

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Another fun BirthdayFest for Emily is in the books. Our week of fun included dinner with the Pickle’s at Chroma, a Disney Day with breakfast at Kona Cafe and and afternoon at Epcot, an afternoon watching the ships depart Port Canaveral, and a home cooked birthday dinner. Check out the photos and stories from our week celebrating the queen!

Epcot, Spies, & Ice Cream Cake – Sawyer’s Sixth Birthday

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What an amazing way to kick of 2018 with a Sawyer Birthday Fest!  We started celebrating his birthday over the Martin Luther King weekend with a stay at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge Resort and followed it up with a quick weekend getaway to Disney’s Vero Beach Resort.  As if that weren’t enough we had finally arrived at his official sixth birthday…. Read more »

Disney’s Vero Beach Resort Weekend

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Friday, January 19th, 2018 – Travel to Disney’s Vero Beach Resort We had just come off a fun-filled long week to celebrate Sawyer’s birthday at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge with Colonel and Kee. Since we had a few points in our Disney Vacation Club bank that we needed to use before the end of the month, we decided to head to… Read more »

A Cozy Wilderness Lodge Birthday Weekend

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Friday, January 12th – Wilderness Lodge Arrival and Dinner at Artist Point It was that time of year once again, when the Hayes’ family birthday rotation kicks itself into high gear. We don’t get much downtime between the Christmas festivities and the first birthday of the year, that of our little buddy Sawyer. Because his birthday falls on the 23rd… Read more »

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 »