Crazy Hair and Gardening - 236/365

Today, I was hitting up spin class again after Reagan went to Grandma's and Jim headed off to work.

I'm just loving the spinning. It's so fun!

Reagan had a fun day over at Grandma and Papa Greg's. She was helping him in the garden. She loves looking for plants to harvest. While she was out there, she was just wearing her leotard, so they gave her one of Jim's old jackets to wear. It was doubly cute!

This evening, while she and Jim were reading books, she insisted on wearing her rainbow hair extension. It was so darling!

Spinning!

Gardening

Fancy Hair

Zac Brown Limo - 143/365

This morning Reagan insisted we take Brandy outside for some fun since she didn't get to go out yesterday. She seemed to really like it and hung by Brinkley a lot. It was cute. She did eat a lot of grass in which she threw up later. Thankfully on the tile for once.

This afternoon, we were going on a limo with Ron, Rachel, Chase, Jess and a whole bunch of other people to see Zac Brown Band. We had an absolute blast. The people watching in the parking lot was insane. Drunk teenagers, guys with tank tops and stains, girls with puke. It was a freak show that's for sure. The people watching was almost better than the concert. LOL!

We had lawn seats and thankfully it was dry. We found a good spot near the back. We were sitting on the grass for about five minutes when Ron said "I'll be right back." When he got back, he had six chairs for all of us. It was so nice. He said he couldn't take it another minute on the grass. LOL!

We got home around one. It was a fun day!

While we were there, Reagan spent the evening at Grandma and Papa Greg's. They had fun and Reagan was thrilled to help Papa Greg plant his garden. They planted all kinds of stuff.

They had a really fun time together.
Great day for all.

Brandy & Brinkley enjoying the yard.

 Garden Planting

 TaDA!

 Putting out the summer flag.

The girls at the concert 

 The crew!

 Enjoying our chairs courtesy of Ron.

Fairy Garden - 138/365

 Typical Spring day today.

Reagan started her day with school and she was excited for Nana to pick her up today. She had to stop and show Nana all the new puzzles on the kids table in the lobby. She was excited.

After school, we hit the mall. We have been on a mission to find the Clark's sandals that Pam had in Myrtle. Reagan has taken an interest in the little hose they give you when you try on shoes. She insisted on wearing them the rest of the day. It was hilarious!

This evening was T-ball practice. She is really loving it and doing really well. Although she did almost take off Coach Ron's head tonight. LOL!

When we got home from practice we dove right into building her Fairy Garden. She has been so excited and loved picking out all their little stuff. She is extremely hopeful that Tinkerbell will come for a visit. It's so cute!

We are really proud of the little garden!

Puzzles on the kids table.

Wearing her hose.

Batter UP!

Fairy Garden - TaDa!

She loves it!

Sports and a PJ Party - 131/365

 It was a busy day today!

Reagan, Nana and I continued our garden center tour. Today we hit up Petitti's. I needed a big bowl for some a few Water Lily plants I want to try to grow. Reagan thought it would be hilarious to sit in one and pretend she was on a boat! She's got such an imagination.

This evening she was off to her second T-Ball practice. She is really doing well and really loves it. It's so cute to see her all decked out in baseball stuff. She spends a lot of time just playing in the dirt, too. It's too funny!

After practice she was having a PJ party with Nana and Papa, since Jim and I were off to the Cavs game. The Cavs, despite their injuries, are doing SO well. The game was a great one and back and forth like crazy! We got to see a WIN, so that was awesome as well. I have never heard that place louder. It was CRAZY!

Reagan had fun at her PJ party! They watched movies and played toys! She gets so excited to go over there! Precious memories!

Good times for all!

Riding in her "boat."



T-ball practice

PJ party! 

Go CAVS!

 

 

Boy Scout Breakfast & Planting - 154/365

This morning, Jim was attending the Boy Scouts of America Breakfast at Camp Stambaugh in Canfield at 7AM. Rotary is one of their big donors, so that's why they got to be there. He said when you parked your car, they took you to the actual meeting down in the woods by limo. Which was kinda cool. The Boy Scouts are hoping to raise funds to keep programs running in the area, fix and repair camps and help those scouts that may need financial support. Jim said it was a great time and very interesting. He was glad he got to be apart of it. He forgot a picture though....LOL! 

Today, I finally got all my planting done! I elminated a couple of our Begonia boarders this year. I went for more pots. I also put in a butterfly/hummningbird perennial garden in the back. There were some bushes back by the deck that we had pulled out in the fall. I hope to attract all kids of pretty friends to our house! We'll see!

 

Garden Center - 132/365

The day after Myrtle Beach is usually garden center day! 

I can't wait to get my flowers in and my hummingbird feeders up! Today was no different. 

Nana, Reagan and I hit Petitti's and found some great stuff. There is one spot in the backyard, where I'm going to do a perennial garden with all stuff for butterflies and hummingbirds, so I got a lot of stuff for that! Can't wait to get it in! Reagan was helping and she was picking up all kinds of stuff and putting it on my cart. At one point, I heard her ask, "Mama, is this beautiful?" I turned around and she had a flat, almost as big as her! It was a HOOT! I was busting! 

 The photo of the day is Reagan and her flat...

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Victoria - 242/365

It was our final full day on the ship.

We were all starting to get a little bummed, but we still had an excursion to look forward to at least. We were visiting Victoria, British Columbia today! Jim and I were super excited to visit here, since it's one of the places the Canada movie at Epcot covers. That's one of our favorite attractions in Epcot, so we've seen it a million times!

We weren't docking until 2:00pm, so we had some time on the ship in the morning to chill out. We slept in again, which was nice.
This morning, they were having the final Nicktoons Dance Party of our trip. They let the kids get up close this time. It was like a free for all, it was fun! Papa even hit the dance floor with Reagan and some Nicktoons! Ray and Jenny came, too, and got in on the action. We had a good time!

After the party, we all went up and grabbed a snack. Then everyone went back to their rooms to start the packing up process. You had to have your bags out by midnight tonight, or you had to carry them yourself. We had so much crap, we didn't want to be involved with all that. HA! Since we weren't getting back on the ship from Victoria until 9:00 tonight, we wanted to be ready, so we could do something fun when re-boarded.
While I packed up most of our stuff, Jim took Reagan swimming. We were so lucky with the weather. Reagan got to swim everyday on the ship! She loved it!

Getting off the ship today was CRAZY, they only had one gangway and everyone met on the ship for their excursions, then headed out at the same time. Once we got through the madness and found our bus, it was much better.

Our excursion today was Victoria Highlights and Butchart Gardens. Jim and I were pumped to see the gardens, since they are also in the Epcot movie. Our bus driver had a hell of a time getting situated. His microphone wasn't working at all! He had to tried for at least five minutes to get it going. You could tell he was just mortified!

The first part of the ride was interesting. We drove along the water, and got to see some amazing homes and scenery.  We went through a couple little towns and saw some cool stuff.

The ride just kept getting longer and longer though. At one point, he said, "We could take the highway, but we're going to go a more scenic back road that's 35miles." We all looked at each other like, "NO!" We just wanted to get to the garden. Some of the people on the bus, started to nod off, including Nana and Aunt Pam. LOL!

We finally arrived at the gardens and were so excited!

The enterence itself was just gorgeous, you could tell the whole thing was going to be beautiful! It covered 55 acres. It was amazing! Jim and I could not believe we were there, we were pumped.

Our first stop was the sunken garden. It was a garden, essentially down in a hole! It was an old abandoned quarry, that the founder envisioned as a garden. It was spectacular!

They had this amazing fountain, too! It shot water up so high, then the spouts would rotate to create different effects. It was stunning!

Next, we walked over to the Carousel, where Reagan and Jim took a ride. It was in this beautiful building with huge windows. Reagan just loved it.

From there, we went through the totem pole garden and headed toward the Japanese garden. That was pretty cool! We found this cool little red bridge where we all took pictures. We did just Reagan, couples, girls and then all the guys. Reagan was so funny. We tried to take just the guys and she kept jumping in the picture! It was a hoot! I've trained her well!
After that, we went over to the rose garden. Just beautiful! The whole place was stunning. Some of the flower plants were taller than me. They have such a mild climate in Victoria, that it's perfect for gardens. It never really snows and barely ever even frosts! Sounds perfect to me!
Our ride back to the ship was way quicker than the ride there. This time we took a spin through downtown Victoria. Talk about amazing! The buildings looked like old castles. It definitely shows it's British heritage.
When we got back to the ship, there was a beautiful walkway out into the water, that went right next to the ship. We had a little time, so Nana, Ray, Jenny, Jim, Reagan and I, decided to take a walk. We got some really cool pictures of the ship from over there.
Once we got back on, we dropped our stuff off and went for some dinner at the Blue Lagoon. We were all starving!
After dinner, we tried to find some dancing but it was a no go. We went to the karaoke lounge and Reagan was upset she couldn't go on stage. She really wanted to sing. It was already 10:00, at that time the kids can be there but it's "adult sing" only. Jennifer was so sweet, she was willing to sing a song, so Reagan could go up on stage with her. It was so sweet and Reagan was THRILLED! She could not have been happier!
It was a great way to end our last night on the ship.
The photo of the day is our little family at the gardens...

The next is Papa and Reagan dancing with Sandy the Squirrel at the party...

The last is Jenn and Reagan singing karaoke...