The month started off very quietly for me because the girls were still in
Michigan for their Spring Break. I would have loved to go but we were in the
middle of the tuition increase season at Full Sail and it was too busy for me
to leave. While the girls were out of town I spent a lot of time in the studio. I
work with a friend from work recording his band Flame To Flicker and I made
several trips over to Big Time Studios in Altamonte Springs to participate in
Summit's Worship CD. Both projects are sounded very cool. I can't wait to
hear them finished. The girls finally got back on Monday and Amarige
started up with her swimming lessons in advance of the summer. We
decided to put her into the Infant Swimming Research program. She is
obviously not an infant anymore though, which turned out good. Instead of
being afraid of the water she was excited. She is doing excellent in only her
fist couple of lessons. She keeps this up 5 days a week for 6 weeks. She
will be a regular little fish when it is all over.
Michigan for their Spring Break. I would have loved to go but we were in the
middle of the tuition increase season at Full Sail and it was too busy for me
to leave. While the girls were out of town I spent a lot of time in the studio. I
work with a friend from work recording his band Flame To Flicker and I made
several trips over to Big Time Studios in Altamonte Springs to participate in
Summit's Worship CD. Both projects are sounded very cool. I can't wait to
hear them finished. The girls finally got back on Monday and Amarige
started up with her swimming lessons in advance of the summer. We
decided to put her into the Infant Swimming Research program. She is
obviously not an infant anymore though, which turned out good. Instead of
being afraid of the water she was excited. She is doing excellent in only her
fist couple of lessons. She keeps this up 5 days a week for 6 weeks. She
will be a regular little fish when it is all over.
This is Aviles' second year competing at the 4-H show. This year she is
trying to learn the ropes enough to make it to the state competition in Tampa.
This is a lot more challenging than GOHJA for her because it involves
jumping. You have to attend today's event in order to compete in the Area
show next month. How you do at the Area show will determine if you go to
state or not. She had a struggle with Spirit today because the jumps were
higher than she is used to and Aviles has been on Spring Break for the past
2 week and not riding Spirit or taking lessons so they have both been out of
practice. Melanie and I are trying to prepare Aviles that if she doesn't make it
to state this year it's no big deal because it's her first year trying and there
are a ton of other very experienced riders that she's competing against. Little
Aviles is a competitive booger though. She seems determined to make it.
trying to learn the ropes enough to make it to the state competition in Tampa.
This is a lot more challenging than GOHJA for her because it involves
jumping. You have to attend today's event in order to compete in the Area
show next month. How you do at the Area show will determine if you go to
state or not. She had a struggle with Spirit today because the jumps were
higher than she is used to and Aviles has been on Spring Break for the past
2 week and not riding Spirit or taking lessons so they have both been out of
practice. Melanie and I are trying to prepare Aviles that if she doesn't make it
to state this year it's no big deal because it's her first year trying and there
are a ton of other very experienced riders that she's competing against. Little
Aviles is a competitive booger though. She seems determined to make it.
We work up this morning and the weather was just beautiful. We have been
trying to sell our house for a long time and there are some people that
wanted to come see it today. So we decided to clean the house and head to
Animal Kingdom for the day. When we got to the park it was packed and we
were concerned that it might be too full of people to enjoy. But when we
started moving around the park we realized it was not nearly as packed as
we though. As a matter of fact as the day grew on the park emptied out quite
a bit. It was a very enjoyable day. We had heard some great things about
the Finding Nemo show so we headed there first and ran into Christy, Cliff
and Joe Walker and Cliff's mom. The show was as good as anything you
would expect to see on Broadway. Simply amazing. We saw the tigers, had
some lunch at The Yak & The Yeti and went over to Expedition Everest to see
if Alaila was tall enough to ride. She was! We got fast passes and then
went on the Kilimanjaro Safari ride. Then we hoofed it back to Mount
Everest. Alaila loved it so much that she rode it again with mom right away.
The people that looked at our house also made an offer. This might be it!
trying to sell our house for a long time and there are some people that
wanted to come see it today. So we decided to clean the house and head to
Animal Kingdom for the day. When we got to the park it was packed and we
were concerned that it might be too full of people to enjoy. But when we
started moving around the park we realized it was not nearly as packed as
we though. As a matter of fact as the day grew on the park emptied out quite
a bit. It was a very enjoyable day. We had heard some great things about
the Finding Nemo show so we headed there first and ran into Christy, Cliff
and Joe Walker and Cliff's mom. The show was as good as anything you
would expect to see on Broadway. Simply amazing. We saw the tigers, had
some lunch at The Yak & The Yeti and went over to Expedition Everest to see
if Alaila was tall enough to ride. She was! We got fast passes and then
went on the Kilimanjaro Safari ride. Then we hoofed it back to Mount
Everest. Alaila loved it so much that she rode it again with mom right away.
The people that looked at our house also made an offer. This might be it!
Well, we got a contract on our house and the closing date is set for May 15th.
Now we are searching for the right place to rent while we are going through
the building process of the carriage house on the property. Alaila's Birthday
is coming up on May 1st and one of her birthday wishes was to have dinner
in Mexico at EPCOT. So that's what we did. It just so happens that the
Flower and Garden show are going on. It was another perfect Florida day.
We are gonna soak all the outdoor up we can before it gets to hot in a month
or so.
Now we are searching for the right place to rent while we are going through
the building process of the carriage house on the property. Alaila's Birthday
is coming up on May 1st and one of her birthday wishes was to have dinner
in Mexico at EPCOT. So that's what we did. It just so happens that the
Flower and Garden show are going on. It was another perfect Florida day.
We are gonna soak all the outdoor up we can before it gets to hot in a month
or so.