Disney 2011-- 11/25/11-- Hollywood Studios

EllieKate, Roger, Christie, Ramon, Chelsea, and Emmy at the Sci-Fi Cafe-- 11/25/11


Roger, Ellie-Kate, Christie, Emmy, Britti, and Chelsea at the Osborne Family Dancing Lights show at Hollywood Studios.-- 11/25/11

Ellie-Kate, Roger, Christie, Emmy, Chelsea, Britti, and Ramon at the Osborne Family Light Show-- 11/25/11

Ellie-Kate at the Playhouse Disney (er Disney Junior) show-- 11/25/11

Ramon, Britti, and Chelsea volunteered to be part of the show in the Backlot Tour at Hollywood Studios-- 11/25/11

Disney 2011-- 11/25/11

Ellie-Kate and Emmy before the Muppets 3-D show-- 11/25/11


Ellie-Kate and Christie and Mater and Lightning McQueen-- 11/25/11

Ellie-Kate, Britti, Chelsea, Minnie, and Emmy at Cape May in the Beach Club Resort-- 11/25/11

Britti, Ellie-Kate, Emmy, and Chelsea at Cape May-- 11/25/11

Britti, Emmy, Ellie-Kate, and Chelsea in front of a GINGERBREAD carousel at Cape May-- yup, the whole carousel is a gingerbread house in the shape of a carousel-- very impressive :)

Disney 2011-- Thanksgiving at the Fort-- 11/24/11

Emmy, Chelsea, Britti, and Ellie-Kate with the Country Bears-- 11/24/11


Britti, Emmy, Goofy, Pluto, Chelsea, and Ellie-Kate-- 11/24/11

Ellie-Kate and Trevor, "the rope guy"-- 11/24/11

"The rope guy" and Chelsea-- 11/24/11

Disney 2011-- 11/24/11

Ellie-Kate, Roger, and Emmy at Fort Wilderness for Thanksgiving at the Fort-- 11/24/11


Roger, Christie, Emmy, Chelsea, Ellie-Kate, Britti, and Ramon at Animal Kingdom-- 11/24/11

Emmy, Rafiki, Roger, and Ellie-Kate at Rafiki's Planet Watch-- 11/24/11

Christie and Minnie at Camp Minnie-Mickey in Animal Kingdom-- 11/24/11

Emmy, Chip, Chelsea, Dale, Ramon, Britti, and Ramon-- 11/24/11

Chelsea, Ellie-Kate, Pocahontas, Emmy, Britti, and Ramon-- 11/24/11


Ellie-Kate, Britti, Ramon, Daisy, Emmy, and Chelsea-- 11/24/11

Ellie-Kate, Britti, Ramon, Goofy, Emmy, and Chelsea-- 11/24/11

Christie, Roger, Emmy, Donald, Ramon, Britti, Ellie-Kate, and Chelsea-- 11/24/11

Ramon, Ellie-Kate, Britti, and Chelsea on the Small World ride-- 11/23/11

Disney 2011-- 11/23/11

Chelsea and Britti at Liberty Tree Tavern


Britti and Ramon at Liberty Tree Tavern in Magic Kingdom

Ellie-Kate, Chelsea, Emmy, and Britti at Liberty Tree Tavern in Magic Kingdom-- 11/23/11

Posing in front of the castle in Magic Kingdom-- 11/23/11

Ellie-Kate and Emmy with the fairy godmother :)

Disney 2011-- 11/22/11-11/23/11

Chelsea samples her special birthday dessert at Cinderella's Castle in Magic Kingdom-- 11/23/11


Emmy, Chelsea, Jasmine, Britti, and Ellie-Kate-- 11/23/11

Ellie-Kate LOVES Jasmine! 11/23/11

Emmy, Ellie-Kate, Christie, Chelsea, Cinderella, Britti, and Roger-- 11/23/11

Emmy and Ellie-Kate play in DinoLand in Animal Kingdom-- 11/22/11

What a great day!!

We just had an amazing day!! Britti had a fun 25th birthday-- what a blessing for her to be here in Athens so that we could celebrate together. We went out to Casa Nueva for dinner and then came home to open presents and eat cake. Much fun!!

Before dinner, though, we had two pieces of GREAT news!! Chelsea received her very first college acceptance letter (from Baylor), along with a merit scholarship! Very fast response :)

Also, Emmy won her election for Morrison-Gordon Elementary School Student Council President!!!! We were so proud of Emmy for giving a speech in front of almost the entire school and doing a great job of presenting herself and campaigning. What an honor and opportunity :) She's the youngest one in her grade, and it's terrific that she has such a super reputation with her peers.

November 8, 2011

Emmy won the election for Morrison-Gordon Elementary School Student Council President!!


Chelsea, Ellie-Kate, Britti, and Emmy sing "Happy birthday" to Britti-- 11/8/11

November 8, 2011

Britti smiles by her Rapunzel princess cake-- 11/8/11

Ellie-Kate, Chelsea, Britti, and Emmy smile at Casa Nueva-- 11/8/11.

Ellie-Kate and Emmy pose at Casa-- 11/8/11

Chelsea and Britti-- 11/8/11

Top 10 Most Memorable Moments from College Road Trip--2011

10. Shopping at Richland Mall in Waco-- It even has a Build-A-Bear!
9. Shopping at Sooner Mall in Norman-- After discovering that Crossroad Mall in OKC (the mall where Christie and Britti used to go all of the time when Christie was in grad school in Norman) was out of business, we had a fun time with last minute shopping before catching our flight.
8. Hanging out with Harriett at OU and attending "University Sing," featuring acts from Greek organizations for OU Parents Week-end.
7. Hanging out with Erika at Baylor and attending "Pigskin," a broadway-style musical review-- one of Baylor's many Homecoming traditions.
6. Watching the ponies pull the Schooner around Memorial Stadium in celebration of 28 unanswered points in the third quarter during the OU-A&M game. (Final score-- 41-25)
5. Visiting Lady and Joy (the actual bears that live on the BU campus)... Yes, they really live right by the student union, and they go for walks around campus!
4. Touring two great campuses on very sunny (but windy!) days!
3. Surviving the 5.7 earthquake in Norman! (Christie thought that the Days Inn was going to take a tumble!)
2. Laughing and dining with Corinne and Nathalie at the Denton, TX Olive Garden on our way to Norman. How amazing to be able to just pick right up as though no time has passed!!!
1. Realizing that Chelsea is a Big 12, Southwestern-kind of gal!!

College Road Trip-- 11/4-11/5/11

We stopped by the old complex where we lived when Christie was in grad school. This duplex was the first place that we lived-- August, 1989-July, 1990.


Chelsea poses before the game at Memorial Stadium-- Go Sooners!!!! The Sooners won-- 41-25, with 28 unanswered points in the third quarter :) 11/4/11

Chelsea poses in front of the library (left) and Bell Tower (center)-- 11/4/11.

Chelsea poses by the Schooner in the Student Union-- 11/4/11

Chelsea poses with Bekah-- easily the very best tour guide that we had in all four campus visits. We told her that, if her pre-med career path falls through, she should get a job at Disney! 11/4/11

November 3-4, 2011

Chelsea, Christie, Corinne, and Nathalie outside of the Olive Garden in Denton, TX (north of Dallas)-- 11/4/11


Corinne and Christie-- 11/4/11

Chelsea and Nathalie-- 11/4/11

Erika and Chelsea pose before heading to Pigskin, a Broadway-style musical review by Baylor student organizations-- 11/3/11.

Chelsea poses in front of Judge Baylor's statue, with a beautiful view of campus in the distance-- 11/3/11.