Last weekend we took a little personal time off to take the boys down to Disney World. This is Ian's second trip, and Christian's first. We stayed at Disney's Beach Club Resort - a really cool place with a sand bottom pool! Ian thought that was just sooo cool! LOL

I just wanted to share some pictures and a few stories behind them. We had a blast!

One of the Disney photographers saw me carrying Steph's new baby - the 1DmIII (along with the new 70-200 2.8L IS lens). He was tapping his fingers together, and asked if it was a 5D (held his hand up and motioned "5?" I shook my head and held up just 1 finger. He practically giggled! I love fellow photo nerds! LOL). Steph said he could hold it if he'd take a picture for us! Christian, of course, is more interested in the show going on in front of the castle!
(from left to right - Grandma, Opa, Oma, Steph, me, and in the stroller, Christian, and Ian)

The boys got to meet Timone and Rafiki from the Lion King. Ian thought it was cool, Christian just wanted to pet Rafiki!

Ian loved the "giant disco ball" at Epcot. Here's just a fun shot of him being cool!

Christian is our serious child. Opa now calls him "Winston Churchhill" because he's always looking so serious!
Tickle time!
We rode the ferry in one day. It's a neat experience. Useless fact: The Seven Seas Lagoon (the lake in front of the Magic Kingdom) is manmade, and took 3 years to excavate. When we rode the bus from the resort in, the lake actually has a bridge over the road! (It's not really a tunnel - really crazy!)
Even the maintenance crews get into the fun! LOL
These guys were really good - like a Stomp! performance. They had a drum set made completely out of plastic flower pots and garbage can lids.
The Air Force Thunderbirds did a fly over Disney while we were there. Steph brought out the big guns - her 70-200 lens, cranked up the FPS to max, and ran Av mode to get the fastest shutter speed. She got some great shots of these guys!


Just another shot of Spaceship Earth (the giant disco ball, as Ian puts it!)
Ian got to drive the Indy Raceway cars with Opa. He was so excited!
Of course, on Saturday, the rain came and didn't let up at all. We still stuck it out, and toward the end, we just let Ian take his shoes off and splash through all the puddles. He loved it!
Christian has a new game - he puts his binky in my mouth and tries to take it back. It's quite funny, and he just laughs and laughs!
He absolutely REFUSED to admit defeat! We'd try to lay him back, but he'd pull on the stroller and sit right back up again. We even had a crowd watching him, it was so cute. Steph caught this as his binky fell out of his mouth (look between his knees - that's in mid-air! ROFL)
Here's a video:
I'm not sleepy!!!



Just a parting shot of Cinderella's Castle with the storm clouds rolling in.

All in all, it was a great time. Steph and I even got to have a date night! Oma and Opa watched the boys (they were fast asleep anyway) and it felt great to get our batteries recharged. The next few months are extremely packed, with some big events, lots of fun stuff, and even more things to share with you. More to come!

Shan