Harry Potter World!

The first couple days of our vacation, we went to Universal Studios in Orlando. I have tons of pictures of Harry Potter World, so this post is all about Harry Potter. We did other stuff too, but I'll save that for the next post.

First view of Hogwarts when you walk in the park!

Dervish and Banges: this was the store where you could buy anything Harry Potter.

The view of the castle on the way to the Hogwarts ride

Honeyduke's Sweet Shop

Trying Butterbeer: it was pretty dang good.

The Three Broomsticks: the only restaurant in this area. The Boar's Head next door is just a pub. We ate lunch here. I had Cornish pasties and pumpkin juice, which was gross.

There are three rides in Harry Potter World. Two are roller coasters, so I didn't want to do those and get sick, and then the other ride is inside Hogwarts, and made me really sick. The line into the ride is really cool because you get a tour of the castle, and you see some of the important rooms. The ride was great too, it's just pretty jerky and made us motion-sick. But overall, I loved the atmosphere and the park was awesome!

We Are Off!

Eric and I are going on vacation! To celebrate Eric finishing school (for the semester) and to have some time together after all the time he has been away at work, we are headed to Florida and Costa Rica!

Happy Earth Day to us!

Annual Cousins Easter Pictures

I think this has become an annual thing because everyone looks so nice in their new clothes. This year we did not get new clothes for our boys, so we are more casual. Or we just ruined the picture for everyone else. Sorry! Here are my favorites.

There is not a single one where everyone looks good, but that's what you get with this crowd. I love Will's face where his smile is very saggy, and looks a lot more like a grimace.

Easter Pins

I made two different Easter-y foods that I found on Pinterest. First, this pin that is rolls shaped like bunnies. I just used my normal wheat roll recipe, and then shaped the way this blogger did to make the little ears and tails. So cute!

Then this pin of Easter cupcakes. I should have used my own recipe for the cake because they did not taste the greatest. But they were cute!

Happy Easter

We did our neighborhood egg hunt on Saturday again this year. The boys both loaded up on lots of goodies.

And of course the Easter Bunny visited our house and hid lots more treats. The boys got really into the hunt.

Luke immediately opened all his eggs he found and sorted the candy into piles. And then ate as much as he could before I stopped him.

April Houses: Easter

These are the houses we made for April, and Easter. There are no Easter houses in Whimsy Studios' Flickr Photos, so these are totally made up by us.

In case you want to revisit the old ones, here are here are July, August, September, October, November, I forgot to take a picture of December and I never did January, February, and March.