Wild Cat Birthday Fun

To celebrate J's birthday (01/02) we took a short family vacation to Walt Disney World. Fun was had by all and the winner for most fun attraction was High School Musical, which almost didn't happen because of rain, freezing temperatures and slick pavement.



Still, the intrepid Wild Cats performed to screaming groups of freezing people (not all of whom were screaming in order to keep warm, though it did help a bit) and a good time was had by all. The American Idol Experience was also quite fun. It was difficult not to compare WDW to its more mature cousin Disneyland and that is another post. I am still with Dorothy (there's no place like home).

2009 in review

I thought about doing this as a newsletter kind of post but really I think that facebook keeps anyone who cares up-to-date on all Ammon-Reed household events. Instead, here's a few pictures of the highlights of 2009.

Spring Break trip to St. Augustine at Ripley's Believe It or Not



Big highlights -- Cousin Marc and Karen's Wedding in St. Louis



Jasmine's Graduation from Watauga High School



We had a terrific time in NYC on the trip to celebrate Jasmine's graduation



I got to make an intentional John Lennon pilgrimage in NYC



and in Montreal the AAR was at the hotel John and Yoko stayed in for the bed-in



In August, our trip to Mexico was awesome and fun




Back in NC, it was a beautiful autumn (Florida was very hot and there were no hurricanes!)



Jasmine's first semester at ASU



Where she was inducted in the National Honor Society



And the year ended with the snowy-est holiday break ever!