Disney Drugs.... Kids on Crack

I pretty much escaped the souvenir/food money pit trap at Disney until I found these two shirts and then I couldn't resist. My wife and kids think these shirts fit me to a teeeeeeee.....

You know it was a great trip FILLED to the brim when you come back and you have to put the baby in the hospital with croup and pneumonia. That hard schedule was hard on the baby.

The wonderful trip started with a stop in Destin Florida for a few hours on our drive to Orlando. The most beautiful beaches with the softest/finest/whitest sand I have ever seen. Hands down this is the most beautiful sand I have ever seen on a beach. At 8 am on an overcast Monday, we pretty much had the beach to ourselves for a few hours. It was magical.

The sun peaked through at times and it was very warm for being so cloudy and early.

The ocean wasn't nearly as cold as the ocean in California or Virginia where we had been before in non summer times.

Jumping for joy at the beach to start off this wonderful week.





Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana were beautiful, green, blossoming and gorgeous this time of year. No hot humidity. No dead/brown looking surroundings. Lush green, temperate and exciting. We even passed Colton's future home. Not as pretty as Tallahassee but I am so excited for Colt's next big adventure.

We arrived! Happy and excited. I don't know what it is about Disney that makes kids act like little crack addicts but they go till they pass out and then wake up for more! I think it is in the air because we brought all our own food for the entire week so I'm thinking the "kid drugs" are in the air.

Sometimes it was hard telling the characters/animals from the children.

The kids were "super" for this trip.

They rode...

and rode.....

till they felt like puking! Mission Space was the limit for mom and Kimball. This crazy ride almost spun the food right out of them.

The Mrs did a fabulous job of bringing the greatest collection of homecooking for a whole week to Disney and it gave the needed energy for the daily binge of pure excitement.

It just about wiped us all out, we had so much fun.

Disney animals are very discerning and wise. They know which kids you should keep a safe distance from....

Aunt Carol Lynn's supershirts were a huge hit at Disney and helped us keep track of the troop. We had multiple people ask us where they could buy them at Disney. Maybe Aunt Carol should should open up a business.

It was magical. We have to thank Lani's parents and Aunt Carol for helping. The almost 1:1 adult to kid ratio kept the trip a ton of fun. We partook of the Disney magic and it wore us out. Hopefully the memories will be long lasting so we don't have to do it for another 10-12 years!

I am embarking on a couple months project so my posts should slow down. Sorry. No rest for the wicked.

The Sun Shines On Every.....

at least once in a while......


I found out that I passed boards. Now officially a "Diplomate" of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery!

Mustache March

Now I know a very handsome guy who wanted to grow a mustache as an attempt to boost "work morale". Kind of like an "espirit de corps" initiative. It has inspired a bunch of others in the work arena to also grow their mustaches. It is now being affectionately called Mustache March. (full frontal view of above specimen)

In an attempt to not exclude anyone from this venture, I've even invited the women from our squadron. They aren't going to wax or bleach their mustaches this entire month. (I know, I know, I am so inclusive)

To those who shunned the opportunity at work (bunch of sour pusses) to grow their mustache, The Mustache has shunned them (with the tongue's help).

Now, can you believe that the Mrs is not excited about the 'stache? The mustache has offered a kind gesture by letting her kiss the lips and rub up against him but she is too much of a high "brow" for Mr. Mustache..... maybe if we purchased some "product" to jazz and dress up Mr. 'Stache, he'd get more feminine affection. Brigham likes to try to lick Mr. Mustache when he rubs against his face or neck. Not exactly the affection Mr. 'Stache is looking for but it is a lot better than the slap that Mr. Mustache gets when he rubs up against the face or neck of the Mrs.

Where was I for the last few months? I was gone a lot in January and February working and studying for the second part of my board examinations. In all this education/training/work adventure, I have missed a lot over the past 10-12 years. When I was gone, Brigham started walking.

The lovely Mrs spent Valentines day alone, but she got to wear her pendleton suit that her daddy bought her for valentines when she was sixteen (an annual tradition if you remember from last year). Another sacrifice of this education/training stuff.

I also "got" to miss Tal's 3rd birthday....

I wasn't there to help keep the kids out of trouble.... but if I end up passing boards, which I should find out this next week, then I will officially be DONE! Board certified Oral Maxillofacial Surgeon. My family and I are ready to be done with all this studying, tests, etc. To celebrate, we are going to Disney World this next week for spring break! My results should arrive while I am at Disney World, so if I fail, too dang bad, I am rewarding myself anyways!

My cousin, whose blog I freely enjoy, thus is probably the only one who has moral authority to make me post, guilted me into posting; so you can all thank her. Otherwise, I would have waited till I got my results back from boards and some cute pictures of the kids terrorizing Disney World and its patrons.....