Tis the Season 2014

Is February too late to recap Christmas and New Year's? I sure hope not:)

Here's the picture that made the "Busbee Christmas Card 2014" cut...

 

We made lots of use of the fireplace this holiday season.  Yay for starter logs!! 

 

 

Frances was the donkey in her school play.  What a cutie!

 

 

 

 

And I was especially proud of Kathryn and her ballet class' performance during the half time of a Springhill College basketball game! Such sweet friends!

 



 

 

 

Christmas Eve chili managed by Birdie! Once the chili went in the crockpot, we all lounged around watching Christmas movies and enjoying some fun family time!

 



 

 

Christmas morning brought American Girl dolls and lots of Frozen items not to mention legos, legos and more legos for Walker!



 

We were blessed to have Nana and Papa in town to celebrate Christmas with us.  Tula and Pops also joined us for Christmas morning brunch!

Look at what you can do with a tripod and a remote control:) A picture of the entire family!

 

 

After Christmas, we continued to celebrate with family.  There were cousins, cousins everywhere!  We were especially excited to visit with Matt's two cousins and their children!  It had been 2 1/2  years since we had all been together. 

 



 

 

Then we headed to Birmingham to spend New Year's Eve with Brad and the Tew Fam! I love this little guy!

Then on to Camden to visit with the Dillon Boys and Aunt Coco.  We always have fun on the river!  And Beau is such a cutie!

We feel especially blessed to have had such a joyous, family-filled Christmas!! 

Joy to the World!  The Lord had come!

Disney World 2014, Day 5

The last few trips we've ventured into the park on our return travel day, and these park days have quickly become our most memorable!

 We ride all of our favorite rides one.more.time. We pick out our souvenirs. Eat any snacks that might be left on our meal plan. And just soak up a little bit more Disney before our trip comes to an end!

This time, we also started the morning off with breakfast at 1900 Park Fare.  Frances had been waiting the ENTIRE trip to have breakfast with Alice!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now let's start planning Disney World 2015!!!!

Disney World 2014, Day 4

Mission for Day 4 at Hollywood Studios: Jedi Training!! Unfortunately, our time slot was right in the heat of the day, and poor Frances never was able to fight Darth Maul.  She was about to pass out in the hot robe and ran over to stand with us during the training/fighting.  The Jedis leading the training were surprised when she popped right back in the group of kids at the end.  She wasn't going to miss out on receiving her Jedi certificate!

 

Rock 'n Roller Coast...my favorite!!!

Kathryn and I were the only ones brave enough for Tower of Terror!

Sadly, after lunch at Backlot Express, we all hit a wall!  Poor Matt had come down with a pretty bad cold and was pretty much barely hanging on.  He and Walker headed back to the hotel, and the girls and I stayed to take in a few more attractions! They especially enjoyed playing on the ice at Wandering Oaken's Frozen Funland.

I'm sad to say we didn't quite recover for the rest of the day.  Even though Matt was able to get some rest, dinner that night at Ohana was the only thing we managed to do the rest of this day.  Although it was a full, fun day, we also knew that Magic Kingdom was open until 2 AM, and we know how short the lines can be on nights like that.  We just couldn't pull it together though:(  It this was the only time I wished we were back on the monorail side of things.  We might have worked up the energy to travel that short distance to Magic Kingdom, but being on the Epcot side of things, it just seemed like a bit much.  Everyone hit the bed early and got some much needed rest!  We were also able to pack, and make sure we were up and ready for our final day at Disney!