Summer Memories

It's been forever (6 months!) since I lasted posted pictures, but I'm finally catching up--at least a little. Hopefully I'll get back into the swing of things and keep up a bit better. We've had a great summer! Here are the highlights...

Molly Robin, my Molly, and Miriam at the Ross family reunion at Lake LBJ

(This one got out of order. It should come after the lake pics.) Here's Molly and her brand new cousin, Oakley Grace. Molly got to spend a week with her Dad's family in Houston. She had a great time seeing everyone--especially her Grandma Nancy from Washington and her cousins!

Miriam, Molly, and Jack at the lake

All my Dad's kids and his two grandkids

Johnny, Tara (his wife), Jack (their son), me, Jimmy, Philip, Molly, Becky, and Daniel

Jack, Molly, and Grandpol

Molly and I spent a night in Houston with my former CAMP director, Sam, and his wife, Carla. They had a family friend, Hannah, staying with them also. It was a great visit.

Darryl, Molly, and I were able to meet Daniel, Alma, and Daniel's friend, Randall, at SeaWorld. Darryl arranged for us to go behind the scenes to get an up-close visit with Shamu.

Molly and her friend, Jordan, went to cheerleading camp together.

My mom got to visit for a week. We spent 4th of July at SeaWorld. Our favorite thing was doing the Beluga Interaction Program (courtesy of Darryl). We got to spend about 30 minutes in the water with four different belugas and trainers. It was amazing! They are so gentle. We wanted to play with them all day!

We took my mom behind the scenes to the dolphin pools, stingrays, sealions, and aqarium (coral reef fish and sharks)

Molly getting a beluga kiss

We were able to take a week long vacation to Disney World in July. It was a fantastic trip! Here's Molly with Tinkerbell--one of her favorite characters.

At Hollywood Studios

Molly's friend Abby and her family were in Disney World some of the same time we were. The girls got to spend one of their days together. Here they are in the "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" playground area. They had so much fun climbing through all the tunnels and getting soaked by the giant hose.

Molly with her lanyard and some of the trading pins she collected throughout the week.

Darryl and Molly with Big Thunder Mountain Railroad behind them. It was one of Molly's favorite rides in Magic Kingdom.

Darryl and Molly at Epcot on our only true rainy day.

Molly and me at Magic Kingdom with Cinderella's castle in the background

Molly with Daisy at one of the character breakfasts we went to. Daisy was so funny and spent a long time at the table with Molly. She was one of Molly's favorites.

Mickey and Molly at Donald's Safari Breakfast

We were fortunate and ended up seeing every character Molly hoped to see. I didn't put in all the character pictures, but some of her most favorites were Cinderella, Daisy, Tinkerbell and the other fairies, Mary Poppins, and Goofy.

It was definitely a trip to remember! I was so glad we were able to take her. She was just the perfect age--old enough to ride the rides and young enough to enjoy the magic of it all.