Fun at the lake

We just spent a long weekend at Lake McConaughy, just north of Ogallala, NE, with Stacey's parents and niece and nephew. We had a 1 1/2 days of good weather and a half day and night of really crummy (read: super windy) weather. All in all, a good time, and nobody got too sunburned. Hooray, SPF 50!

We made a few sand sculptures. Here's David's 'Davy Jones'.

More Disney World stuff

Pardon the lack of sophistication on the layout here. I'm still figuring out how to post this blog stuff.I'm finding out that it's not really WYSIWYG. I also HATE that there's no "undo". I keep accidentally deleting photos and having to upload them again.

So, we took about 1600 photos while we were at WDW. Add that to the 1500 that Stacey's parents took, and that's a lot to sift through. Needless to say, we had a blast. Here's 1/457th of our photos.

The Toy Story Mania ride lived up to the hype. It's really cool. The queue area alone is worth the 20 minutes we spent in it. It's got life-sized game pieces and parts, as well as a giant interactive Mr. Potato Head, who has a pretty good comedy routine. The ride was spectacular as well.


The 10 days of playing were hard on us, but we managed to catch a few z's here and there.


Here's Sarah dancing with Goofy at the Illuminations Grand Gatherings Dinner (or something like that). We all dressed up in matching outfits with sweaters (in Orlando, FL, in May) and preened for the masses, who whispered loudly that we were "rich".

Hannah and Dad after taking the plunge on Splash Mountain. The wettest part is actually before you go up, because you wait right next to where others come down (and the geysers shoot up). Still, a thoroughly enjoyable ride.
Seth and Mommy on Goofy's barnstormer. With no line, we probably rode it half a dozen times (and Seth loved it!).

Devin got to drive really fast (about 120 mph behind the wheel, and about 150 in the passenger's seat). Pretty slick.