http://WWW.POTTERFAM.COM/JohnLaura/ The comings and goings and reflections from McKinney --- our little part of the World. en-us 2017-06-25T18:52:36-06:00 http://WWW.POTTERFAM.COM/JohnLaura/archives/001655.html Look Below for New Entries...this will always stay at the top!... Mullen 2017-06-25T18:52:36-06:00 http://WWW.POTTERFAM.COM/JohnLaura/archives/001896.html Is the summer really over? I can't believe it flew by so fast. I hardly had time to think about it, much less post! John's Birthday --- August 27th John got a Wii for his birthday which was immediately claimed... Mullen 2008-09-02T17:49:14-06:00 http://WWW.POTTERFAM.COM/JohnLaura/archives/001891.html It only took four and a half days and John finished building the pergola in the backyard. It is a little bigger than 10 x 20, has a pull down shade, swings for all three kids and covers the entire... Mullen 2008-07-19T16:57:53-06:00 http://WWW.POTTERFAM.COM/JohnLaura/archives/001889.html Kyle showed a lot of energy and enthusiasm at soccer camp...even running around the gym. His coaches said that he has improved passing, dribbling and kicking the soccer ball...especially good since this was his first experience with soccer. Kyle was... Mullen 2008-07-10T13:04:59-06:00 http://WWW.POTTERFAM.COM/JohnLaura/archives/001886.html She walked across the span of the living room yesterday. Today, she practiced during Kyle's karate.... Mullen 2008-07-07T20:40:55-06:00 http://WWW.POTTERFAM.COM/JohnLaura/archives/001885.html Kyle had a busy day today...not only did he play three hours of soccer at soccer camp, but then he had a 45 minute sparring class at Karate. He certainly got a workout! In between, he even played Nintendo WII...bowling.... Mullen 2008-07-07T20:30:28-06:00 http://WWW.POTTERFAM.COM/JohnLaura/archives/001884.html On July 4th, we discovered... Kyle likes sparklers. He kept asking to do another one, that it would be his "last" one and then he'd want another one. :-) Meanwhile...CJ hid safely in the house...content to watch but not get... Mullen 2008-07-04T20:25:51-06:00 http://WWW.POTTERFAM.COM/JohnLaura/archives/001878.html What a day it was! We decided to do a few things at Magic Kingdom that we hadn't gotten to before, just to make sure that we had checked everything off our list. :-) We started by riding the train... Mullen 2008-06-17T22:01:19-06:00 http://WWW.POTTERFAM.COM/JohnLaura/archives/001875.html Kyle and CJ plotting our route through Hollywood Studios --- helping today be so much better than our last visit here! Since Star Wars weekend was officially over for the weekday, Hollywood Studios was MUCH less crowded making our day... Mullen 2008-06-16T21:26:14-06:00 http://WWW.POTTERFAM.COM/JohnLaura/archives/001872.html We were awoken this morning by Stitch and Mickey so we could get a headstart on the day. It was off to the Caribbean Beach Resort to go on the Pirate Adventure. The cruise set off from the Marina... Mullen 2008-06-15T21:57:50-06:00 http://WWW.POTTERFAM.COM/JohnLaura/archives/001870.html We started our morning at Ohana (Family) --- a character breakfast. As you ate your sausage, bacon, eggs, fruit and Mickey waffles, four different Disney characters came to your table to sign autographs and poise for pictures. We were... Mullen 2008-06-14T20:20:38-06:00 http://WWW.POTTERFAM.COM/JohnLaura/archives/001869.html With the early magic hours, we got into Animal Kingdom just as it opened its gates which meant that we made it through all the rides on our "to do" list in less than three hours with basically no waiting.... Mullen 2008-06-13T22:30:50-06:00 http://WWW.POTTERFAM.COM/JohnLaura/archives/001862.html Despite our initial disappointment that the Pirates of the Caribbean ride was closed for renovations...it has been an incredible day. The boys still chose the pirate theme for their choice of souvenirs from Walt Disney World. Presenting Pirate Mickey Kyle... Mullen 2008-06-12T15:37:06-06:00 http://WWW.POTTERFAM.COM/JohnLaura/archives/001860.html We began our day on the plane to Florida --- CJ's first plane ride and Kyle's first that he remembers. The boys found security to be very entertaining...they like that the airport keeps out bad guys and liked walking through... Mullen 2008-06-11T20:56:28-06:00 http://WWW.POTTERFAM.COM/JohnLaura/archives/001833.html Countdown to a week of FUN!... Mullen 2008-06-10T18:04:47-06:00