Saturday, October 24, 2009

life at it's fullest...

my man took yesterday off from work and we decided to take the boys and my parents to storybook land. we had a blast. last evening we were home after a fabulous day and started having some fun with my camera. in the moment, after major giggles, dancing, singing, jumping, wrestling and cuddles... i realized, yet again, how cool my God is for giving me my family. i just love my boys. jerry, zach and logan are the very best things that ever happened to me. they bring me such joy and happiness. they make my heart so proud and full. every moment together is a moment i cherish. sure, we have our not so joyful days or patient days but God always finds a way to remind me that HOPE continues to be there...regardless. i am utterly blessed and thankful and overwhelmed by these specific presents in my life as well as blessings that include my mom & dad, jer's parents, as well as my sister (& in laws) and brothers in laws and close network of friends. whew! it brings me to my knees.

thank you God. thank you thank you THANK YOU!!!!!



jer and boys yesterday at storybook land...


me and my buddy z...


mr L is my ace of hearts


my parents and boys doing a victory cheer for the phillies... at storybook land


zach coming down excitedly on a slide


logan holding on tightly to papa... his right hand man


my crazy boys together


my favorite people in the world


daddy and zach playing... last night


boys dancing last night...this is an every night ritual. so fun!


silly boys


jumping for glee... love his little face...

Sunday, October 4, 2009

disney world

for the past 10 days my family went to the greatest place on earth... disney world! the entire braatz group met out in florida for some really fantastic days. we all had a great time. we laughed, we walked and walked, we celebrated my birthday :), we dressed up in costume and participated in the not so scary halloween experience (a blast!), we saw and did so many fun things, we ate tons, and hardly slept! :) we did enjoy our place of residence too. contemporary has new villas and our room looked over the magic kingdom where we could see fireworks nightly. it was awesome! the time went by quickly and we already are excited about the possibility of a next time. most importantly, we got to spend time together as a family. we all do love each other and it was fun just being together. God is so great!

i, of course, along with the rest of the crew took many of hundreds of pics but here is just a little recap of what we did!

M I C.... K E Y... M O U S E!!!





courtney (jer's sister), adam and their baby girl, tessa



jason (jer's brother), monique and baby sophie on the peter pan ride



the castle from logan's perspective



big smiles on tess in the morning



logan and zach's favorite...especially logan! buzz and woody!



the braatz boys



on pooh ride



z and mickey mouse. cutest. picture. ever



my pirates dressed up for halloween party at magic kingdom



me and zach waiting to go into chef mickey's!