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Disney World

This post is more than overdue, but I have been swamped at work. I know, excuses, excuses.

We went to Florida as a family for a short vacation a few weeks ago. Our college friends, Sean & Amy, were so gracious to let us stay with them. They have two kids as well so it's always fun to get all the kids together.

I got there very late on a Thursday night, got to bed around 1:30 AM (I think), but of course it's easy to get out of bed with a round of golf scheduled for the morning. Why is that?

We got our 18 in Friday morning, then dropped Beth's Dad off at Grandmother's (actually we dropped him off at a cigar bar to meet Uncle Johnny, but close enough) and headed back to Sean's house for a cookout. Several other college friends came over and it was a blast. Michael was putting on a show hitting the baseball wherever we said to. He was hitting the screened porch intentionally because it made a loud bang. Then he wanted to hit Cliff so he started hitting the ball the other way; I didn't even know he could do that. Anyway, the little guy has some talent.

Saturday morning, Sean and I played golf with our college teammate Brian. The course was right near our college, so after golf we headed to the annual alumni baseball game. I didn't end up playing, but both Sean and Brian did. Sean hit a double; I think he's just getting to 2nd base now. Oh, and Sean lost my glove. I confirmed it with our old coach this week.

The real reason for the trip, other than seeing family and friends and enjoying some much needed golf, was a trip to Disney World on Sunday. I could tell you tons about it, but you're better of getting the details from Beth's blog and from the pictures. Beth really did a great job capturing all of the details. I love the picture here of our little Oscar playing the role of Maurice, Belle's father, from Beauty and the Beast. (Belle wasn't too hard on the eyes either.)

So, what's up next? Well, I'm heading back to Vietnam in March (I guess my team there might find out if they read this); we'll probably go see my family in Pennsylvania in May; June is the Fire Ant Cup in Myrtle Beach; our annual trip to Destin, Florida the 1st week of July; then Michael starts kindergarten in August. Looks like we need to find something to do in April. Wow, this year is really going to fly by.

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  1. heatherFebruary 13, 2006 at 8:22 AM

    You guys could always come to AZ in April ;-) Meet the newest Malloy!! Good to see a post again from ya!

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