Monday, July 15, 2013

Grandpa Gregory's Faithful Servant Award

 We spent one of our evenings in Florida at my Grandfather Gregory's lifetime achievement ceremony in Orlando.

We all had dinner before hand and my studly men all wore suits... my hubby is so handsome... :)


We didn't get to sit with the guest of honor but after dinner Connor went and sat up on his lap... the pictures that follow are so funny!!

 What is that smell? 






PopPop was that you??












 
  Oh yeah... well I can do that too!!













 Vale didn't seem as bothered... he's just saying cheese!!!


 Kyle and Kimber were there too!


Kyle seems to be enjoying Grandpa's company! :)


 I'm not exactly sure why they are acting like they are in the military... but it's a guy thing right...??


Love this family picture just wish my dad was in it too! :)


We then went down to the conference where they honored Grandpa and gave him the Faithful Servant Award which was really cool!


 They introduced him and told stories about his beginnings with the association he worked with for like 30 years... He said he joined because he felt like he could be a member without having to compromise any of the things that he believed in. :)  Grandpa has always stood firm for what he believes.  He is a man who truly trusts and depends on God and what His Word says.


Grandma was honored with him since their ministry was done together.


They are still in love after over 50 years...


Then the award was presented.


 And grandpa stood to receive it, even though it took a lot of his strength to do.


He then said a couple of words and grandma did too...
(and we have a lovely view of Aunt Pat's hair-do...) :)


Then my Uncle Rick preached a message.  It was a very good night and I felt honored to be able to be there to witness this evening.

Disney World!!

 We got the wonderful privilege of going to Disney World with family while in Florida!
It was soo much fun!


The boys were mesmerized in it's a small world.


Taking it all in... 


 My cousin's daughter Kimber was very excited to see all the little people singing and dancing!


The boys looked super cool with their 3D glasses on... 


The flash made them look like cyborg glasses but that's ok... :)


He had so much fun on the merry-go-round!  Mommy was feeling a bit queezy so sat off to the side... 


Connor wanted to make sure I knew I was loved... :) so sweet!!!


Grandma might be having more fun then Vale... just maybe... :)  haha


There were fun things for the kids to do while we waited in line for the winnie the pooh ride.


Jimmy showing Vale how to work it... 


Then his older brother shoving him out of the way once he's gotten the hang of it... yup... sigh...


Connor kept making silly faces next to this statue in Belle's castle, where we ate lunch... he is a goofy kid sometimes... 


I love this look on Vale's face!!  I feel like I just broke some disturbing news to him... 'wait, what do you mean Mickey's not a REAL mouse...?!?!?!'


Vale shook his way through pirates of the Caribbean... he was a little startled by the drop in the pitch black... 


This is probably RIGHT before Kimber peed on her lap... fun times being a mom... :)


 Again, the whole pregnancy and going round and round in circles thing wasn't exactly mixin for me...
The four of them had fun though! :)


But we got a family photo on the stationary dumbo instead...  


The boys loved the cars, probably Connor's favorite this time around and Vale just about crashed mommy... so fun time was had by all! :)


Quick pic on the train ride across the park... 


This was the boys on the Jungle Safari ride... I think the oversized scary animals might have sparked Connor's imagination a little too much... :) 


The boys loved the parade and the fireworks!  No parade pictures... I had a kid on my shoulders the whole time...


Connor loved watching the fireworks with his grandma!  I think he's clapping for Tinkerbell here... :)


When you wish upon a staaarrrrr....! :)


We had such a fun but LONG day!!
We stayed at the Dolphin Disney Resort but we were so busy I didn't even get to look around... we didn't go to the pool or anything!  I wish we'd had more time on this trip... it was truly a wirlwind of activities!

Florida and other such adventures...

We went down to Florida to visit my Grandparents.

That's right folks... we drove from Kincardine, Ontario to Winter Haven, Florida.
It was only 30 hours of driving with two toddlers... no big deal. AAHHHHHH!!!!


 It actually wasn't as bad as you'd think... the boys did well... no one puked and besides the struggle of trying to get them to eat something other than chicken nuggets and fries it was a relatively painless trip.




















Connor showin off his cool dance moves...


 We made it to Florida!!
Both boys loved spending time with their PopPop watching baseball!



 We were so busy!  I felt like we hardly had time to do anything besides what was already on the schedule.  The time flew by!

Connor was very excited that he got to meet Ben Zobrist, a baseball player for the Rays. :)


 He signed a baseball card and a cup for Connor!!


It was really cute. :)


This was his face in the car telling Grandma about it... :)



















We went to Aunt Sandy and Uncle Jack's for dinner and the boys loved playing on Uncle Jack's chair... :)


This is a guilty look but I'm not sure what he did... maybe I should call and apologize to Aunt Sandy in advance for whatever it is she finds... :)


I love my grandpa very much!  He's been a huge part of my life and we hated leaving him!


Connor loves my grandpa too! :)


I've been reading his book that was just published and I love it!! It's a great read especially for anyone in or headed into the ministry!