Spreen Twins

Spreen Girls....

2010-05-17T16:53:00.000-05:00

We got a quick chance to take a few pics of all the Spreen girls. This is all the grandchildren SO FAR on Brian's side EXCEPT for little Ernie. (I don't think he would have enjoyed the girly party!) Hopefully we can get some pics of them ALL together soon!

Baby Ruby even got a chance to try out the pony with the help of Uncle Aub!

Pony Rides

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Can you tell the girls loved it????

Tme to Ride the Ponies

2010-05-17T07:02:00.000-05:00

We took all the girls outside to see the ponies. We had two ponies and a wagon pulled by a pony for the girls to ride on. They all loved it and rode NUMEROUS times on both the ponies and the wagon. They were all so cute! This is them waiting to hear all the rules and all about the ponies....

Can I freeze them at this age????

Look at those hands on hips!!!!

Tea at the party

2010-05-16T17:53:00.009-05:00

We let each girl have hot water, a tea bag and sugar cubes! They loved making their own tea and putting sugar cubes in it. They were so cute in their hats. I mainly got pics of my two girls but did get a few pics of our friends at the party. We had 20 little girls here!

The girls cousin Sofie.

Julia and Rachel our twin friends since the girls were pretty much born.

Emerson and Addison.

Can you tell they were loving this?

The birthday cake

2010-05-16T15:37:00.004-05:00

The birthday cake was AMAZING! I was soo super excited about it. If you are local check out her site HERE! The girls decided this year they wanted one BIG cake instead of two. For those of you who know me know this was a BIG jump for me. I have always had two cakes and sang "Happy Birthday " twice at each party. Just because they are twins shouldn't mean they have to share a cake or their moment of singing to them.

Stacey who made the cake did an AWESOME job of combining hats, tea cups, and ponies on the cake! Best of all ...it was BEAUTIFUL and tasted AWESOME!

Set up for the Little Ladies Louisiana Derby

2010-05-16T13:47:00.006-05:00

The girls wanted a tea AND pony party for their fifth birthday . The only way I could think of to make sure that they were BOTH included was to have a Little Ladies Louisiana Derby themed party. This of course meant the party had to be at our house. Which means ALOT more work. We haven't done a party at our house since they turned one so we decided to go ahead and do it. This also meant a girls only party which is a first for us. I was really sad not to be able to have some of my friends kiddos over, but know that this is no longer about me..it's completely about the girls! They loved having only girls their age here!

I have about a 1,000 pics from the party ...so I'll break this up in numerous post..

Here is the set up....

Each girl had her own tea cup.

Sashes around each chair.

They love my BEAUTIFUL (as they call it) tea server!

We put different candy in vases for decoration and for them to take home as part of their party favor.

It was ALOT of work setting up, but it was soooo worth the girls reaction to it all!

Back to blogging

2010-05-16T13:39:00.001-05:00

Yes I think it is time. It's been very hard for me to go to any blogs over the past year because I was so heartbroken that I lost all the pictures here on the blog. I've decided to start doing it again... Pics coming soon of my now FIVE year old girls Birthday party!!!

Happy Mothers Day!

2010-05-09T16:43:00.014-05:00

Nana aka Mom... Sorry we didnt' get to suprise you with these in person... but here is your mothers day gift!

We all got to gether and got the pictures you have asked for for a long time...all your girls together. We got some of the boys with us too!

We all love you and hope you had a GREAT Mothers Day!!

Kisses from us all......

HEARTBROKEN

2009-07-27T18:09:00.002-05:00

I haven't blogged in QUITE sometime..If you haven' t noticed..all the pics are GONE on my blog and it's just made me quite SICK bc I am the one to blame. See I got an email saying I needed to buy more space bc all my space was getting full in my Picasa Albums. SO stupidly I deleted the Picasa albums bc I don't ever use them...WELL that means they are GONE forever!!!!!!!!! BUY MORE SPACE.

This was for the girls to read later in life..... SO I am still heartbroken and hopefully will one day be able to put some of the pics back on here where they belong...but it will take YEARS. Also after reading up on all of this blog stuff ...It worries me to redo the whole thing for it to just all disappear one day??

SO from here on I will start to blog again for those who still come......

To my girls...I am sooooooo very sorry. Your pictures mean so much to me and the time we spend together doing all these fun things mean even more to me! I hope you two will understand one day how much I dearly charished all the fun things we go do together!

THE disney photo book

2009-07-05T14:18:00.001-05:00

Click here to view this photo book larger

Conners Bday

2009-06-27T15:48:00.009-05:00

As usual I am so far behind on the blog. Life is just moving too fast... I just realized I need to get hte pic son here from their bday party!!! Here is some pics of Conner (AKA Abigails boyfriend) bday party. It was a dress up party...

Conner the bday boy.

Either Ashton or Owen.

Timothy.

Gotta love red icing on cupcakes!

The girls bff Lilly Kate.

Happy 4th Bday Conner!

Swimming lessons

2009-06-12T19:53:00.006-05:00

Swimming lessons have gone AWESOME so far this summer. We are going to do some more lessons as the summer goes on. Here are some funny pics of them jumping in, swimming on their back and learning to dive.

SWEET Abigail

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I love this picture of her!!!!

Last Night...Le Cellier

2009-06-11T17:05:00.000-05:00

Our very last night we ate at LeCellier in Canada... It was soo good and the girls really liked the tinkerbell drinks!

Our last day..............

2009-06-04T04:56:00.000-05:00

The last day we had reservations for breakfast at Hollywood and Vine. We decided to cancel those so we could go EARLY to the Magic Kingdom. The girls wanted to ride some of the rides one last time. Brian stayed and packed up the car (we checked out and then checked in at a hotel off grounds that night so we could get the most out of the whole day!) and the girls and I took off to the Magic Kingdom by ourselves! It was so nice bc we literally walked on EVERY ride!!!!

We saw Alice on the tea cups!

We also made sure we FINALLY got to talk to Ariel with her tail on!

The funny thing about them meeting Ariel is that Amelia started singing the aaahhhhahhhh ahhhahhha song for Ariel! Ariel was HYSTERICAL! She never stopped talking to them. Abigail told me after meeting her that Ariel was still one of her favorites!

We went and saw Mickeys house.

Telling the castle goodbye...mommy cried!

The girls wanted to spend the rest of the day swimming at the
pool so we went back to the Beach Club and swam the rest of the day. I didn't have my camera, but the smiles were HUGE and we had so much fun in the pool. I wish we would have stayed 9 days just to spend some time out at the pool!

It was VERY hard for me to tell the Magic Kingdom goodbye! I had been planning this trip since they were born and it was a dream come true for me!!! I had been doing research on what to do etc. for 2 years before we went. I can't even begin to say how amazing this trip was for me, Brian and the girls. It truly was MAGICAL! Our babies are no longer babies and are now little girls. I hope they love the princesses for quite a while, but know they eventually put them in the past. For now though I hope they continue to be dreamers and BELIEVE in the magic for as long as possible!!!! I hope their four year old celebration is one they will remember!!!

The Yacht Club...Yachtsman Steakhouse

2009-06-03T16:54:00.000-05:00

That night we went to Yachtsman's steakhouse. It was in the Yacht Club which is attached to the Beach Club where we were staying. This was one probably the BEST food meal we had in Disney. Our server was out of it and the manager ended up waiting on us but the food was AMAZING. I didn't take any pics while we were in there...only pics while we were waiting....

Animal Kingdom

2009-06-03T04:59:00.000-05:00

Our second to last day there we went to the Animal Kingdom. It was a GREAT day and the girls really enjoyed this day. They FINALLY got to ride a water ride and it was BY FAR a FAVORITE of both of theirs. Abigail REALLY loved it!!!! We would have ridden it more if the lines weren't getting longer. Brian got soaked both times we went down!

That morning we were there when the gates opened since we had breakfast reservations for 9:15. We got to go in and wait at the ropes for the little mini show. It was really cute and then we got to follow the car to our restaurant.

Mickey by the tree of life.

Sassy Girl.

We ate breakfast at Donald's Safari Breakfast at the Tusker house. This had an AMAZING spread of food. I think this buffett had more choices than any other breakfast we went to.

The girls FINALLY got to see Daisy! They were super Excited to see her there!

Our pal Mickey!

LOVE this one... SMOOCH!

Goofy was REALLY goofy and had a good time with the girls.

Daddy even had fun with Goofy.

Of Course.... the only other Time out in Disney..this time BOTH were in time out over fighting who got to sit in what seat in the stoller...which was assigned DAY ONE!!!!

I didn't take any pics at some of the other things we did bc I was just enjoying the day. The Safari ride we got to see baby elephants playing in water. The water ride was the favorite of the day. We also saw the Lion King show which was AMAZING! They played instruments and just had a blast all day!

Mickey's Backyard BBQ......

2009-06-02T18:15:00.000-05:00

That night we went to Mickey's Back yard BBQ. It is seasonal and is at the campground. It is outside under a pavillion and had all sorts of BBQ food. A live band played and entertained everyone while the characters came out and danced on the dance floor. It was VERY hot but we had a great time. I put them in cowgirl boots that Amelia was NOT liking very much... so after those came off and her sandals on she was a dancing queen!!

Waiting for the bus...

Enjoying dinner.

Abigail was MUCH shyer about dancing. Amelia would have gotten on stage with the band!

Dancing girl!

TWIRL GIRL

Daddy and his mini me...

A quick shot with Minnie

Amelia was sooooooo worn out and fell asleep in the parking lot from the car back to our hotel. She RARELY sleeps in the car so this was just too cute for us!

Abigail of course was WIDE awake!!!

This was a ton of fun and was something different to do at Disney.

Radom pics of the day...

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These were just random shots of that day!

Magic Carpet ride.... Amelia and I got spit on by the camel!!!!

The girls were having fun playing and cooling off while the camel kept spitting out water at them!!!!

Brian being silly?

Holding up the Epcot ball.

Yes Disney is Not ALWAYS the happiest place on earth... keeping it real here... Amelia got put in time out right in the middle of Epcot. I can't remember why ...but hey just because we are in Disney doesn't mean they could get away with everything.......

The flower and garden festival was going on while we were there...... Neat topiaries everywhere. I fell in love with them, and even got a small mickey mouse one to bring home and grow myself...so far I've kept it alive and growing!!!

Askerus in Norway

2009-06-01T20:04:00.000-05:00

The next morning we went to eat Breakfast at Askerus in Norway in Epcot. This was a great princess meal! When we walked in the door we took a picture with Belle (you can guess Abigail was in heaven!) that they gave to you as part of your meal package!!! That was a nice touch since most of them you have to buy!!! We then went to our table and had hot skillets brought to the table and you could also go get stuff at the buffett. This is the only place you can find our first princess we were in love with ARIEL in a dress!!!

The girls were SUPER excited to meet her!!!

Onto Snow White.

Aurora

Cinderella!

This was an AWESOME meal. We weren't rushed in and out and the girls got to talk to all the princesses!!! If you can't get into Cinderella's Royal Table..this would be a great alternative! Cinderella was sooo nice here and talked to the girls for quite a long time!!!! She asked them who was the oldest....this is the first time they replied ... We don't know and won't find out until we are married!! This is a VERY true statement but haven't heard them tell people. We tell people all the time, and I guess they finally have picked up on it.

Yes that's right folks...our girls have NO idea who was born first and won't know (so if you know you better not tell them!!!) until the first one gets married!!!!!!

1900 Prak Fare

2009-06-01T07:50:00.000-05:00

That evening we went to 1900 Park Fare at the Grand Floridian for dinner.

The girls LOVE this carriage, and of course so do I since Brian proposed to me in one!!

Dancing to the paino man while we were waiting to be seated.

Cinderella.....

Abigail was BLUSHING when she met prince charming!!!! It was tooo cute!

Kisses for the prince!

The wicked step mother. She was soooo hysterical. She made a little girl cry and NEVER got out of character.

One of the stepsisters.. Anastasia. She was SO LOUD and OBNOXIOUS!!! It was soo funny! She kept screaming "MOTHER" across the dining room.... asking men to marry her etc. The girls didn't quite know WHAT to think of her! If there is any character in Disney to be for a day I think she would be the one I would want to be! She could pretty much get away with ANYTHING!!!!

Drizella who also pretty funny...she kept asking why Cinderella was on their dress and she wasn't????

As for ratings on this dinner....well the food was OK at best..it was SUPER loud, and crazy in there. I was expecting a little bit nicer of a place. You were PACKED in there pratically sitting with other families. The enetertainment was HYSTERICAL!! BUT Brian and I decided that at the end of the day we were not up for buffets. We pereferred more of a nice quieter low key meal at the end of the day at Disney and someone waiting on us. ESPECIALLY when you are paying that much! Just our opinion .... it was a fun place just not our favorite, and the least favorite of all the places we went to see princesses.

Pool

2009-05-29T05:35:00.000-05:00

One of the girls favorite memories of Disney is the pool at the hotel. Crazy hunh?

It WAS an amazing pool. I would love to go stay a couple of extra days and not buy tickets for the parks those days and just hang out at the pool all day!

This pool had numerous pools and this was just the main pool. There were also other small pools all around the hotel. CRAZY!

Anyway the main pool area had a VERY LARGE slide, a small slide, a lazy river pool, hot tubs, an area that we called the toilet bowl bc it spun you round and round like in a toilet bowl pretty fast, tons of just hang out pool areas and then the kids favorite the BEACH pool. The pool was a beach entry and the whole thing had sand on the bottom. It was only 2 feet max! It was PERFECT! My memory card ran out of memory so I had to use my little camera so sorry these aren't the greatest of pics!

This was the little kids slide as my girls called it. They loved it, but could see the BIG slide above our heads. It was a HUGE ship that was shipwrecked. The girls kept asking to go down it so the lifegaurd told us to go get life jackets and let them go down it. I was a little nervous bc they had to go down by themselves. It had a tube that was 75-100 ft. long and then you go through a whole bunch of twists and turns, with waterfalls falling on you and you go FAST! You had to go up a spiral staircase to get to it.

Here is the end of the BIG slide. THe first time they came down I just knew they were going to say never again. Brian went down then each of the girls went down and then I came down. When I came down they were screaming "Can we do it again???" They loved it and did it OVER AND OVER!!!!

If you love swimming and pools the Beach Club is the way to go! FYI if you stay at ANY disney resort you can use the Beach Club pool after 5 PM! :)

The beach club...

2009-05-27T19:40:00.003-05:00

We stayed at the Beach Club Villas while we were there, and absolutely LOVED it. I WISH I would have taken more pictures of the pool. It was UNBELIEVABLE! Here are a few pics of the girls on the grounds of the hotel....

Breakfast at Cape May Cafe

2009-05-26T22:33:00.000-05:00

The next morning we ate at Cape May Cafe. It was the restaurant at our hotel the beach club. This was one of our faorites on meeting the characters. Maybe because we weren't rushed to get there and we DEFINITELY were not rushed during our meal. (WHich most of them you feel very rushed!)

Minnie brought out cupcakes and sang happy birthday to celebrate the girls 4th birthday!

Goofy was sooo cute with the girls.

Coral Reef

2009-05-26T13:16:00.000-05:00

That night we went to Coral Reef. It was really a neat place. You table faces a wall that is a HUGE fish tank. The whole wall is a wall of glass. There are scbua divers that swim by, and they even give you a paper with all the names of the fish. Amelia spent the ENTIRE meal asking Brian what kind of fish is that? I had a sinus/allergy attack that night so I wasn't feeling the greatest. I did get a few pics with our little camera....

Abigail wanted a fancy drink like mine so she asked for my lime...she did this with it!

WE rode the nemo ride after dinner...super cute!

Had to take a pic of this as we were walking to dinner.

MGM

2009-05-26T10:08:00.002-05:00

After we went to Chef Mickey we headed to MGM. I don't know why but I took hardly any pictures while we were there. We went to a million inside shows so that is probably why. This was also one of the hotest days while we were there.

The girls REALLY loved Beauty and the Beast show and the Ariel show! AMAZING!!!

Day Three...Chef Mickey...

2009-05-25T17:24:00.004-05:00

On the third day we started out with Chef Mickey. We got there early and had to wait so we went and played in the store that is in the hotel.

Abigail LOVED this and was ready to bring it home, but she didn't quite have enough Disney Dollars!

Posing like the princesses taught her to do!

Waiting with Daddy!

My minnie!

Abigail and her Daddy!

We hadn't met any of the "characters" before this meal. Only the princesses. They were SOOOO excited to meet Mickey and all his friends. I was REALLY suprised how much they loved seeing them! This smile tells it all!

Laughing at goofy!

I LOVE Abigail's face in this one.

ALL smiles!

YUMMY breakfast!

Check out Amelia's face!

Oh I want to frame this picture. I can't remember what secret she was telling, but I just love this picture of her!

Being silly with Pluto!

SMOOOOOCH!

The whole family with Minnie....

Chef Mickey was fun and the food was good. If you make reservations make them EARLY for this one! It's one of the hardest to get into!

Citricos

2009-05-24T20:32:00.001-05:00

Our first full day at Disney ended in a dinner that ended up being one of mine and Brian's Favorite the whole time we were there. I didn't bring my large camera that night ..I just had my little one. I only took a few pictures but wanted to share because we loved this meal so much. It was in the Grand Floridian and was called Citricos. SOO YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!

FYI...for those of you reading this to get tips on your trip...I wish someone had told us this IF you book meals at another hotel than the one you are staying at you have two choices on how to get there. 1. drive your own car if you have it. 2. you have to take a bus to a park (magic kingdom etc.) then take another bus to that hotel. SUPER pain in the rear... SO if you aren't going to have a car..don't book many meals in other hotels. By the end of the day transportation is exhausting as it is, and then have to take 4 buses for a meal would have done me in!!! We were lucky enough to have our own car, so it wasn't an issue! We had NO idea that the buses didn't run from hotel to hotel! We ate at some AMAZING restuarants at different hotels (which was also fun to see other hotels) but would have been a real pain if we couldn't have driven!

The girls got to make their own sundaes...umm they LOVED that!

Daddy on "his" car!

The girls in their Carriage.

Metting the Princesses

2009-05-23T10:46:00.005-05:00

After Bippity Boppity Botique...we went to the meet and greet with the princesses in Toon Town. (You stand in line and then they let about 5 families in this room with three princesses.) Because the girls were all dolled up the princesses talked to each of them forever! Belle talked to Abigail for at least 5 minutes and Aurora talked to Amelia that long too. They were soooo nice to the girls and actually got to spend some time with them other than just posing to take a picture like at most of the meals.

Talking to Cinderella.

My favorite...Cinderella.

Abigail was spinning with Belle!!!! SOO ADORABLE!

Teaching her the princess pose..

Abigail was ready to POP she was so excited!

AWWWW!

Her kiss from Belle!

Amelia with her favorite!

If you go this is a GREAT place to actually spend a little more time with the princesses...if you are doing bippity boppity botique..it's a MUST afterwards. They talked to our girls ALOT longer than the people in front of us and behind us!

Some random pictures of the day....

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The girls got soooooo much attention for the rest of the day walking around the park. They cast members at Disney made a HUGE fuss over them. They TRULY were treated like royalty for the rest of the day. They both loved being a true princess for a day!

Gotta love ice cream all over her face in this one!

This one COMPLETELY cracks me up...Ms. Movie star Amelia!

Abigail at Bippity Boppity Botique

2009-05-20T20:41:00.006-05:00

Abigail was MUCH more quiet and shy about the Bippity Boppity Botique, but will also tell you that this was one of her FAVORITE things she did in Disney World. She TRULY loved being turned into a princess!

Getting started...

So serious about all this princess stuff!

She LOVED that they painted her nails and put on her makeup...this is something she ALWAYS wants to do is put on my makeup, and loves when Aunt Kelli or I paint their nails.

Check out that hand!

Soooo cute!

BIPPITY BOPPITY BOO!!!!

Now she's a princess!

Checking herself out in the mirror!!! Love that you can see Daddy and Amelia in this picture. It REALLY was one of the highlights of Disney. If you have a little girl into princesses and are going it is a MUST to do in the castle!!! It was worth EVERY penny!

Amelia at Bippity Boppity Botique

2009-05-20T13:58:00.005-05:00

We suprised the girls and took them to Bippity Boppity Botique. This is IN cinderellas castle. They were soo super excited when we walked in there. It's SUPER cute in there...little chairs with HUGE mirrors and it looks like a castle all inside too! They introduce themselves as Fairy Godmothers in Training. Who ever came up with this idea for Disney is a money making GENUIS!!!!

I took so many pictures of each girl so I am doing seperate posts for each.....

This is Amelia's post....

Getting ready to turn into a princess....

Amelia is VERY tenderheaded and wasn't sure at first about this lady fixing her hair.

She put two TONS of gel on her hair!!

She thought she was already too beautiful!

Making a wish!

Picking finger nail polish.

Check out those eyes.

All made up and ready to go!

Oh wait ...we need fairy dust. This wand is FULL of glitter...did I tell you there is glitter EVERY WHERE!!!!!!!!! So they say "Bippity Boppity Boo May All your Wishes and Dreams and True" They make them close their eyes and make a wish before they turn them around to see themselves!

Bippity Boppity Boo

You ready to see yourself?

Showing Mommy and Daddy first.

She got to see herself and LOVED it!!!! She loved being Princess Aurora for the day.

My sweet princess Aurora!

Riding the rides

2009-05-19T21:53:00.003-05:00

After eating breakfast we were in fantasyland VERY early (9:05) so we rode all the rides we could possibly ride as quickly as possible! We rode a ton that morning a couple quite a few times in a row! Nana and pop REALLY wanted to see pictures of them on the rides.

I think this was on it's a small world!

This is on Buzz Lightyear! Abigail kept spinnning whoever was riding with her round and round. She could care less about shooting the targets but loved spinning us around. Check out Brians face...he was SERIOUS about shooting the targets.

Love these with Amelia and Daddy!

This one was from It's a Small World the first time we rode it... Amelia was in love the very first time she rode it!

It's a small world.

This was the one and only time Amelia rode Peter Pan's flight. She was scared to death. Abigail on the other hand loved it and wanted to ride it more the next time we were in Magic Kingdom. Abigail and I rode it two more times!

Winnie the Pooh ride.... they both loved this one!

May all your Dreams Come True

2009-05-19T17:01:00.002-05:00

The girls each had a wand and a star that they had to wave the wand in the air. Then wave their wand over their star...close their eyes...make a wish and all their dreams would come true. When they opened their eyes there were sparkles twinkling every where on the castle walls and ceiling.

It was super cute! They REALLY got into this and loved the magic of it....

Soon after this picture Abigail fell off of her chair. Jasmine imediately scooped her up and asked her if she had been flying on magic carpets and jumping off of them! Abigail started laughing and she asked are you sure you haven't been riding on magic carpets?

Making a wish.

Watching their dreams come true!

My cinderella...did I mention that Cinderella is MY favorite princess!

My other Cinderella!

Cinderella's Royal Table

2009-05-18T20:33:00.007-05:00

As we waited outside in line to go into the castle the girls were VERY excited. I had Cinderella costumes waiting in my backpack. This ended up not necessarily the GREATEST idea I had. Apparently Amelia (who doesn't stay in dress up clothes very long at our house especially costumes) doesn't like dress up costumes bc they are too itchy.....

Abigail was THRILLED!

Amelia not so much!!!! We took pictures with Cinderella...I need to scan that picture... it came with our package. Then we were on our way up the beautiful stairs!

Abigail was sooooo excited and loving the stairs!

After we were seated Snow White came by first....

We decided Amelia just was not going to tolerate the costume so after a quick change in the middle of the dining room she was MUCH happier!

Next Amelias favorite princess came by.... She was in tears she was sooo excited to be talking to her favorite princess ever!! Sleeping Beauty was sooo nice to her!

Amelia was just sooo excited to be standing with her! Abigail was quite smitten with all of these princesses!!

She was in heaven!!!

Look at how bashful!

This one will be framed!!!!!

Jasmine came by...ABigail LOVED all of her jewels! She was in major AWE of Jasmine!

Abigail's face cracked me up in this picture!

Abigail's favorite Belle.... she was sooo shy she could barely talk to her! It was sooo funny ! It was like meeting a famous person and becoming speechless!

It was definitely one of the highlights of the trip!!!!! The royal table is pricey and doesn't have the greatest food in the world (we were told by NUMEROUS) people to pass on it...but I have to say it was SOOO worth the girls reactions and how much they loved being IN the castle!!!! I must say I loved it too!!!!!!!!!!!

Disney World Day full of Princesses.....

2009-05-17T19:35:00.003-05:00

After our first night we had an early reservation at Cinderella's Royal Table in the castle. We got in the park early and it was a blast walking down main street with hardly anyone there! We didn't tell them until aobu this time that we were going down Main Street to where we were going! Can I say to go into the castle is a DREAM come true for the girls!

READY to go!

This is MY castle!!! This picture cracks me up! Abigail was on cloud NINE!

My two princesses!

ST. Angel Inn Epcot

2009-05-16T12:46:00.005-05:00

After checking into the Beach club Villas we got ready and went to dinner at St. Angel Inn. (more about the beach club villas later!) The restaurant was in Epcopt in Mexico. You could walk out the back of our resort along the water and walk into the back end of Epcot. It was very nice to be a walk away! The restaurant was soo neat. There was a ride that rode through it and it looked like real volcanoes etc. The girls had a great time..and of course we rode the ride afterwards!

My mini me with me at dinner.

Daddy and his mini me at dinner.

When we finished dinner it was almost time for the fireworks to begin. We found a spot and waited the five minutes beofre it started.

Self portrait of the parents!

Amelia in awe of something!

We had an awesome first day at Disney!

DISNEY WORLD!!!!!!!!

2009-05-14T20:09:00.007-05:00

I have been planning a trip to Disney World for the girls since before they were one. Brian and I decided to keep it a complete suprise for their fourth bday! They knew NOTHING the entire week we were there. It added to it being a VERY magical trip! Every day they would ask what we were doing and our answer was always..it's a suprise!!! There are SOO many things that brought me to tears the entire week. There are many times that our lives do not revolve around the girls...they just fit into our lives. This trip was COMPLETELY revolved around them! There will be a million pics and you might get tire of looking and reading but I want these memories here for the girls to look back on one day! It is definitely a trip of a lifetime

for me to remember!

We went to Tampa for a few days to see my dear friend Charlotte, who ended up having to leave to go see her sweet Daddy who got put in ICU. He since has passed away. I will miss daddy Denton, and I am praying for all of you every day Char!

We then left there and told them that we were going somewhere that was a SUPRISE...as we were driving in the gates we told them! They were screaming and I was crying!!!!!

We went straight to the Magic Kingdom..

This is us waiting for Brian to get the tickets at Will Call.

On the monrail for the first time.

The first character we saw the Fairy God Mother!! HOW FITING FOR MY GIRLS!!!!! She made a HUGE deal about their outfits having a carraige on them! They loved her!

My prissy princess.

Amelia deciding where to go next!

One of the first rides we rode on was Dumbo.... we only stood in the line once but they loved it!

Daddy and Amelia

Abigail up in the air...riding with me...LOVE the castle behind her!!!

Onto the tea cups... Abigail LOVED this ride...Amelia would want to go slower...Abigail wanted to spin faster!

Does this smile say it all??

In line at Amelia's FAVORITE ride of the entire week.... It's a Small World!

In Minnie Mouses house!

Sewing like mommy ....

TEA TIME!

Riding on the monorail....in the very front!!! They loved this! We were heading back to go check into our hotel. The Beach Club Villas.

I think my favorite moment of this entire day was when the girls saw the castle for the first time. That was a moment that completely brought tears to my eyes. I have a ton of family pictures that will be coming soon on a cd from Disney's photo pass. Those will have to be posted later! For now get ready for MANY updates!

Can you guess where we have been?

2009-05-13T20:31:00.002-05:00

Turn up your sound if you aren't at work!!! MANY (over 1,500 taken) pics coming soon!!

Birthday at School

2009-05-04T05:13:00.000-05:00

I have MANY pictures of the girls Bday party...those will have to be posted later...

They had their party at school though...I took them to Mandeville Bake Shop so they could pick out what they wanted to take..and it TRUE princess fashion that picked pinafores!!! I was DYING laughing. They are sooo funny! I sent my little camera to school and these are the pictures that their teacher took. THANKS MRS. TERRI!

Birthday Pedicure

2009-05-03T05:41:00.000-05:00

I took the girls to get a pedicure for their fourth bday! I got one too!!!

The girls were HILARIOUS!

I think daddy is in trouble...three spa girls ....I see MANY days at the spa when the girls get older!

Regis and Kelly

2009-05-02T05:32:00.000-05:00

My sister in law got tickets for Regis and Kelly while they were in New Orleans. We had a BLAST!

Thanks Liz for inviting me...I had a BLAST!

Just like mom....

2009-05-01T17:30:00.000-05:00

St. Patty's Day

2009-05-01T05:13:00.000-05:00

Sorry just now posting these... I just uploaded all the pics from my "little" camera. It works pretty well! We had ALOT of fun playing with it on St. Pattys day! We decided to spend the weekend in New Orleans without kiddos (they went to Nana and Pops..THANKS SOO MUCH!) and we HOPE to make it a tradition! We went out to eat the night before and were already down town which made that morning MUCH less stressful. Also without the kids was ALOT of fun for the ADULTS (who were probably acting like kids! :)

For those of you who don't know...Brian has been doing this parade since he was 15!!! This is a HUGE family affair...All the Spreen boys do it! They march and carry canes of flowers to hand out to women for kisses. Don't worry he SAYS he only gets kisses from old ladies and little kids! :) hmmmm... not so sure about that!

Self portrait of when Brian got to the end where we were standing.

Aubrey

Liz and Ernie

Liz and Lori

Beth and Aubrey

Aubrey and Brian

Beth and I.

Ms. Pat (MeMe) Mr. Ernie (Paw Paw) and Aunt Carol

The three Spreen boys...After some umm adult beverages...they ALL have problems keeping their eyes all the way open!

Party at Petes

Me telling Ernie to open his eyes bc every time I tried taking a pics his eyes looked closed!

My two AWESOME sister in laws Beth and Liz.

After they cleaned up we went out.... Brian and Aub

It rained this year, so hopefully next year will be nice and sunny!!!

New Camera

2009-04-30T17:11:00.000-05:00

I got a new LITTLE camera to keep in my purse to have at all times and to take on adult outings! :) Here is a RARE pic of Brian and I out to dinner at Mr. John's steakhouse in New Orleans! YUMMMY!

The Zoo

2009-04-30T13:55:00.001-05:00

During Spring Break we went to the zoo with some of our friends...

Ashton or Owen? Sorry can't see the shoes to tell you which one he is! :)

My girls

Such excitement to go ride the carousel.

Caroline, Abigail, Amelia and William

Her frog that MIGHT turn into a prince!

PEEEK A BOOO!

My forever princess!

My other princess!

Part of the gang...

Posing for a pic...Stockton Mr. Stud muffin with the girls.

Melissa with Grace and Simon .

Shelly with William, Cecilia, Caroline and Ms. Cutie Carly.

Caroline and Abigail.

Amelia, Cecilia, Caroline, and Abigail

Love this!! Suuper Star Caroline

Of course...my on top of the world girl!

My dancing queen!

It was a fun but VERY crowded day!

FYI Spring Break is a CRAZY time to visit the zoo! We didn't see a ton of animals but had a GREAT time hanging out!

Bunny Cakes with Nana

2009-04-29T08:52:00.001-05:00

My mom has made a bunny cake with me for as long as I can remember. She has continued this GREAT tradition with the girls. They made them after church on Easter. (I had a shot by then and was feeling a little better!)

Shaking up the coconut...Amelia wanted a Blue bunny and Abigail wanted Purple.
Then they spread the frosting.

Of course they had to taste a little too!

SMUSH it together.

Cut and put more icing on.

Then pat on the coconut.

Taste some more...

Pat coconut...

Add the eyes and nose.

Add ears and TADA!!! A bunny for Easter!

THanks Nana for continuing this great tradition with the girls!

Throw me something Mister!

2009-04-28T11:30:00.002-05:00

Here is another video from Mardi Gras!

Mardi Gras Video

2009-04-28T11:05:00.002-05:00

I just uploaded a ton of videos from my flip...here is one from Mardi Gras...this was the one VERY cold day of Mardi Gras weekend!

Easter Morning

2009-04-28T08:47:00.002-05:00

Saturday night I came down with a VERY bad sinus infection! I didn't sleep at all, and was very sick Easter morning. I still got up with the girls and tried getting some pictures..sorry they aren't the greatest...I was STRUGGLING... soon after I was in Urgicare while everyone was a t church!

What the Easter bunny left.

Abigail checking it all out.

Both of them going through all their stuff!

Abigail was SUPER excited the Easter Bunny brought this for her to wear for her bday party...she just HAD to have it on about FOUR minutes after she saw it.

The Easter bunny hid eggs outside this year on Nana's patio...their was money in each egg!

Our Princess sleeps.....

2009-04-27T20:17:00.001-05:00

This is how we found Abigail sleeping last night! With a TIARA on!!!!!!! That girl BELIEVES she IS A PRINCESS!!!

Fishing at Nana and Pops

2009-04-27T10:02:00.000-05:00

We went to Nana and Pops for the rest of Easter weekend. The girls asked to go fishing in Pops pond. He had bought them fishing poles (princess of course!) a while back! So off Daddy and Pops took them to the pond.

I love their reflection in hte pond in this one!

Amelia was the first one to catch a fish. She was SO SO SO SUPER excited!

Click on the picture to blow up...her face is PRICELESS!

Abigail caught the next one and instead of reeling it in...she just kept backing up from the pond...We were dying laughing!

After she got it reeled in she was also SUPER excited!!

Telling him hello and naming him before relasing him back into the pond.

Amelia caught a second one! By then she was a pro!

I think she went to touch it and it started squirming around.

I loved watching them fishing! I used to go with my dad AKA Pops when I was a little girl on our boat. I know Brian is soooo ready to have a boat to go fishing and now I think he has two fishing partners to go with him!!!

Good Friday Crawfish Boil

2009-04-26T21:01:00.003-05:00

On good Friday after the Instagator farm we headed over to Brian's aunts house for a crawfish boil. The girls LOVE eating crawfish with their daddy, so they were getting EVERYONE who would peal them for them to peal them!

My dancing girl Amelia

Eating with Daddy!

Thanks Aunt Carol for having us over!

Instagator

2009-04-23T19:25:00.005-05:00

On good Friday we went to the Instagtor Ranch (click HERE to see the website). Brian had planned a suprise day for the girls. Abigail wasn't too sure about them at first but in the end was ok with them. This was funny to us because she LOVES all animals. I guess except alligators up close.

These are out of order..this was at the very end. I was ok until the guy told me now you need to hold onto him VERY tightly!!!

The guide was showing us the flap in the back of their mouth..don't want to stick my fingers in there!

Our crazy guide...he actually goes and steals the eggs out of the nests in the swamps to bring them back to the ranch to hatch them. It's kind of neat...they grow them to four feet and then release way more than would have survived in the wild. Of course...they don't release them all... apparently alligator meat is good??? They have to sell some of it to keep the ranch going.

We got to feed the alligators...apparently they love marshmallows...for easter weekend they got peeps!

Can you see the peep in his mouth? The girls thought this was hilarious!

The smaller ones.

The tiny ones.

This is where Abigail wouldn't even touch the tiny one!!

Amelia loved the little ones!

My sweet Abigail

Posing for me!

This place was REALLY neat. They gave out a TON of information about alligators that went WAY over our girls heads but was neat for us. These alligator hunters are NUTS to go out into the swamps and to deal with these alligators on a daily basis!

We want to go back in August. You get to help hatch the alligators out of the eggs. They need help getting out of the egss so you get to be the momma and help open the eggs in your hands! How cool is that???

Egg Hunt with the Mom's of Multiples

2009-04-19T20:19:00.000-05:00

The weekend before Easter we went to the annual Easter Egg hunt with the Mother's of Multiples. This is the first year we have been able to go b/c I am usually doing shoots that weekend. This year I was determined that we were going to go! We went and the girls had a blast with all the other twins and triplets.

Brian taught the girls that they could sit at the top of the bars and then swing down. I about DIED when I saw him teaching them this...where did my babies go?????

They were PERFECTLY capable of doing it and thought they were SO big doing it over and over!

This is after the egg hunt.

Showing the gummy bugs in her eggs.

Abigails new "sweet" pose

OUr good friend the Ferrante triplets ... two of the three were at their grandparents house. Shelley just had Caroline and baby Carly that day! This is Caroline with the girls.

My sweet girls.

Finding eggs.

I wish I would have gotten pictures of the whole crew. The local Mom's of Multiples has been such a life saver! They are such an AMAZING group of women and I don't know that I could have made it the past four years without them. They have become so me of my dearest friends and keep me laughing constantly. They have also been a wealth of knowledge!

St Pattys day at the zoo

2009-04-15T21:23:00.007-05:00

On actual St. Pattys day we decided to head to the zoo. Shannon was in town with her kiddos so we all spent the day there! Her mom came with us too! It was alot of fun! We got to see the dinosaur exhibit which was pretty cool, but I didn't get many pictures because Amelia was pretty freaked out by them. Oh my drama queen...gotta love that girl!

Here is our crew....Kendal, Kayden, Abigail and Amelia.

Kendal with her head IN the dinosaurs mouth.

All of them..this was at the front of the zoo.

On the carousel.

My silly face girl!

Love it!

Amelia reading the map.

Kendal's turn with the map....went well don't you think?

Kayden cutie!

Digging for Dinosaur bones!

Love this one!

CUTIES!

WE all had a GREAT time at the zoo! Come back again Shannon so we can go again!!!

Easter Mini Shoots

2009-04-07T21:19:00.007-05:00

I've had a TON of Easter mini sessions lately! They have been a ton of fun bc most of them have been on the lakefront beach. One day Brian brought the girls so we could sneak in some pics of them too! They were in a GREAT mood and cooperated VERY well. Abigail has become QUITE obssessed with ONLY WEARING DRESSES!!!!! I know I have sooooo created this, but she doesn't even want to wear skirts. She was soooo excited to wear this long beautiful GOWN as she called. Can you tell we are princess obssessed in this house?

Abigail is just too funny in this pic!

Love it!

Stocktons Streetcar Party

2009-04-04T17:31:00.007-05:00

Stockton a good friend of ours little boy had his birthday party on a street car in New Orleans.

It was a VERY neat bday party. We meet at the streetcar barn...rode it all the way down the line and back up. (Alot of it is on St. Charles soooooo BEAUTIFUL!) The weather was GORGEOUS and it was such a fun time!

Amelia taking in the scenery.

Baby Grace (Stocktons sister.)

Stocktons Birthday cake that we at while we were on the streetcar!

The whole Hall family! We love them!

A rare family picture.

Stockton AKA Superman the birthday boy!

Conner Bourg...the girls both adore him!

Caroline one of the triplets that are great friends of ours! Her mom Shelley, Jill and I sew together ALL the time!

Abigail enjoying Pizza.

Amelia sitting in the drivers seat.

William another one of the triplets and Jordan.

Sweet Abigail

Thanks for inviting us Stockton..we had an AWESOME time!!!

Happy Birthday Elly

2009-04-04T17:00:00.002-05:00

We've been to quite a few birthday parties lately... (we've been so busy with EVERYTHING lately..so yet again I am playing catch up as always!)

Here are just a FEW pics from the party. Elly just turned two and is SUCH a doll! Her older sister is the girls bff so we are with Elly ALOT! I was to busy talking at her party to take too many pics but here are a few!

Elly and Ricardo

Caroline catching bubbles.

Sweet Simon

Ms. Elly! Happy Birthday Sweet Sassy girl! We love you!

More Mardi Gras

2009-03-28T21:03:00.004-05:00

As usual life has been super busy around here with photo shoots and just daily life!

Here are some more of our mardi gras pictures. The ones of them dressed up are from Mardi Gras Day!

Too Many Dresses Too Little Time!

2009-03-26T19:01:00.000-05:00

Cleaning out closests...these girls have WAYY too many dresses...So I am selling them to people I know first and then off to ebay! http://www.toomanydressestoolittletime.shutterfly.com/
Email me if you want anything. Most I have two of.
dazygirl6@bellsouth.net

Mardi Gras on St. Charles

2009-03-19T07:28:00.003-05:00

We were so fortunate this year to hang out with the Vitas at a family members condo for the whole weekend of Mardi Gras (Sat-Tues!.) It was SOO nice to have a place for the girls and us to go to the bathroom etc. Of course the girls LOVED the fact that they were with their best friend Lilly Kate. I know Jill and I have kind of set them up to be best friends since we were getting together once a week while we were PREGNANT with them..so they have literally been together since before birth! They TRULY love each other and is so much fun to watch them together! They squeal like teenagers every time they see each other and run up to each other and give each other hugs! (this can be 15 minutes after seeing each other at one place then going to another!) We are soo fortunate to have such AWESOME friendships!!!

Abigail deep in thought watching the bands!

Amelia and Daddy!

Between the parades everyone hangs out in the street! It is kind of funny if you aren't from here or been to a parade in New Orleans... Everyone walks up and down St. Charles, line dance in the street, eating food, throwing footballs, throwing down snap and pops, and of course play with silly string! The girls had asked that morning if we could get some cotton candy and Brian had told them yes!
The above pic is them on the way to the cotton candy man!

GOT IT!

I had bought numerous cans of silly string at the Dollar Tree (since it's $4 on the parade route!) The kids had fun but obviously the adults did too! This is Jill getting Ricardo!

A rare pic of the four of them... Amelia, Abigail, Elly and Lilly Kate

Amelia being silly!

Go Elly!

Lilly Kate in silly string!

FLying silly string!

At the condo that day Ricardos family was having a party out by the pool. The girls even sugared up more with cupcakes! It was DEFINTIELY mardi gras with everyone indulging!

BFF!!!

Thanks Jill and Ricardo for some GREAT Mardi Gras Memories!

Park time

2009-03-15T21:49:00.002-05:00

We went to the park during the week out of school for Mardi Gras. It was a beautiful day and we met Lilly Kate and Elly there! Nana and Kelli also came to play!

I hardly took any pictures, but here are a few of them!

Nana and Amelia!
Lilly Kate with her new haircut! Isn't it ADORABLE? Jill cut it herself!

Abigail

Mardi Gras in Metairie

2009-03-09T14:43:00.005-05:00

At the beginning of Mardi Gras we went to a parade in Metairie! It was a TON of fun and we met some friends and family there!

A rare picture of the whole family before the parade.

Daniel and Collin Burke, Molly Burke, Ernie Spreen, Amelia and Abigail.

Our nephew Ernie, and Molly Burke (I think they are only a few days apart in age!)

He went in for the kiss!

Amy Burke with the kids looking for the parade...It's coming!

Amelia, baby Ernie, Brian and Abigail during the parade.

Sweet Ernie!

Amelia excited as usual!

Abigail and daddy!

Ernie again..isn't he a doll!

Many more pics from the millions of parades we went to!

Baby Grace turns one

2009-03-08T21:06:00.003-05:00

A while back we went to Baby Grace's first birthday! She is such a doll and we adore her whole family! They even lived in our house for a week after Gustav bc they had trees in their house, and we were going to the beach!

The party was adorable pink polka dots, and the girls had a ton of fun as always with all of their friends!

Amelia posing for the camera.

They loved riding this roller coaster over and over!

Bennett and Elise!

Elise

Sweet Baby Grace.

The whole Hall family! We love you guys!

Isn't she a doll??
Happy Birthday sweet baby girl!

I'm BACK..or should I say the Computer is!

2009-03-08T21:03:00.003-05:00

My computer has had a BADDDD virus. Antivirus 360 did a number on my computer. If a window pops up on your computer that says you need a new antivirus program DONT CLICK ANYWHERE on it!!! Don't even X it out! Just control alt delete!!!

On top of that Best Buy had my computer held HOSTAGE for 13 days after they told me it would be 5!!! REALLY messed me up with my photo appointments, and I am not sure I will be able to walk into Best Buy ANY time soon and say my name. The store manager will remember it along with the Geek squad for a LONNNG time!

I have ALOT of catching up to do....

Double Takes Photography is now on Facebook

2009-02-03T10:51:00.002-06:00

I started a page on Facebook for Double Takes Photography. If you are a member of Facebook you can find it by going to the top of your facebook page in the top right corner and typing in the search box Double Takes Photography. Then you can become a fan and get updates and see pictures I post there. Then you won't miss any specials or upcoming shoots I have available.

We love the zoo

2009-01-30T08:59:00.001-06:00

All of our friends had to leave bc their younger siblings needed a nap. It was such a beautiful day that we stayed for 2 more hours! CRAZY I know, but we had a BLAST!

ZOO Part 2

2009-01-29T08:56:00.001-06:00

More of the zoo...

Love this one of Lilly Kate...looks like she is hooping and hollaring about something!

The three girls.

Baby Grace

Amelia and Stockton

Sweet Amelia

Zoo Part 1

2009-01-28T08:49:00.001-06:00

We went to the zoo last week with some of our friends. Well... 10 kids and 4 adults. It was sooo much fun and a BEAUTIFUL day. I was there 6 hours with the girls. We stayed a little longer after everyone left and rode the carousel and the train. There are a MILLION pics from that day so I broke this up into quite a few posts... for those of you who love the pics get ready!

Can you tell Abigail was having a blast?

Amelia was super excited to see Stockton...not quite sure he was ready for that hug! :)

Stockton and Timohty

Handsome Stockton

Amelia, Lilly Kate, and Stockton

Timohty gving Stocton a huge hug!

Abigail in the petting zoo.

This picture deserves a post all on it's own. She was Yelling I am on top of the world!!!!
That girl just makes me laugh...all the worlds a stage in her eyes!

Cutie Timothy

Ms. Ellie

Amelia and Lilly Kate chasing a goat. (I didn't let them chase it far!)

Abigail loving being able to touch all the animals.

Checking out the chincila.

Here was PART of the group.

LOVE this pic of her!

Ashton or Owen..I can't tell them apart without seeing which shoes they have on that day!

The group checking out the elephants.

A ton more of pics to come! Check back tomm!!

Up close....

2009-01-27T20:46:00.000-06:00

This is Abigails typical facial expressions.

Love Amelias face...she is soo silly!

My gymnasts

2009-01-24T15:45:00.002-06:00

This week the girls got to go to gymnastics for the first time. To say they love it is in understatement. They were sooo cute and did a GREAT job listening to the teacher. I didn't get any pics of them in the gym, bc they are BIG now and go in by themselves!

Park Play Day

2009-01-23T23:07:00.005-06:00

On Monday since all the kids in our play group were out of school for MLK we decided to meet up at a new park in the area. It ended up being SUPER nice and we stayed for quite a long time (close to 4 hours!) As usual when we are with our play group friends we had a blast. Here are some pics of some of the kids there... There were around 17 kiddos there from our group. It is always wild and tons of fun!

A partial group pic..I am amazed we got this many in the pic...

Lilly Kate, Abigail, Amelia, Caroline, Cecilia, Stockton, and Simon.

Is he not ADORABLE?

Just so you don't think are play dates are ALL fun with no drama. Ms. Amelia was pouting bc I wouldn't push her on the swings. I told her she had to wait 10 minutes and this was the response I got.

Lilly Kate

Happy as can be now on the swings!

Ms. Sassy Elie! She is sooooo cute!

Can you tell she loves to swing?

Abigail loves it too!

I love this pic.. reminds me that they are growing up...all grouping up and talking. I have NO idea what their conversation is about.

LillyKate, Amelia, Abigail and Kendall.

Lilly Kate, and Kendall

William

Mary Francis is soooo cute!

I wonder what she was thinking? She was just sitting there all by herself!

Sweet Lilly Kate

The girls are beginning to make life so much easier to take them places. They are really starting to grow up and become quite independent. It was such a fun park we will definitely go back again!

Play Time....

2009-01-22T23:03:00.003-06:00

I have taken most of the month of Jan off and have been LOVING it! I have had so much fun going with the girls to play at different places on the days they are not in school and we are having a BLAST! It's been nice to not worry about how much work at home I had to do! I've changed my shooting schedule yet again so I can have more time with my family. Now that Brian's company is up and going I am ready to cut WAY back on photo shoots and all my commitments to my organizations and just enjoy time with the girls and Brian. After a few crazy years it's time to focus on the family! There will be PLENTY of time for me to work once the girls are in full time school.

Last week one day we went to an indoor play place. If you are in the area you will imediately recognize the place! It's a hot spot around here! We met some of our friends there... wish I would have gotten pics of all our friends there that day, but I only got a few.

They turn the music up loud and shoot out bubbles at least once a morning. The kids LOVE it!!

Conner
Mary Francis

Lilly Kate, Timothy, and Conner

Loving the ball pit.

Amelia saying CHHESSE

Melissa and sweet baby Grace!

Abigail taking time to look at a book!

Ms. Ellie

Abigail, Conner is behind her.

Sweet Simon

Lilly Kate the girls BFF!

Many more play date pics to come!!! We have been having a ton of fun!!!
Do I HAVE to start back to work????