The Penny Family: September 2016

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Doug's Birthday

Doug's birthday was September 19th and we celebrated by going to Mt. Fuji Japanese restaurant and eating at the hibachi table. We had a great time and then we came home to open gifts and eat cake.

Happy 36th birthday to Doug. Thank you for all that you do for our family and continue to do. The boys and I love you very much.

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Justin and Lauren Robert's Wedding

Will was asked to be a ring-bearer in Justin and Lauren Robert's wedding on Saturday, September 10th. So we left Orlando and flew back into Birmingham and then got in our car and drove to Arkansas to be there for the rehearsal dinner for that started at 5pm. Luckily we made it on time and had fun. Will was a little confused at first on what to do but Papaw told him it was a parade and he warmed up to it. We prayed hard and crossed our fingers that Will would do great and not mess anything up and he was FANTASTIC! All the cousins were there and we had a blast visiting with everyone. Luke came up with Doug's parents from Tupelo and met us in Arkansas and we were finally reunited!

Reunited with Luke at the Rehearsal Dinner

Family picture

Nic and Kim's family PLUS Will

Nic and Kim's actual family

The Penny side

Nana and Papaw and the grands

Lou, Phyllis, Mark, Mike all with Nannie, their mother

Nic stole my phone and started taking selfies

More selfies by Nic

The sweetest ring-bearer

Will and I and the ring-bearer

Part of the wedding party...Precious

Mr. & Mrs. Justin Roberts

Congrats and thankful you asked Will to be in your wedding!

Disney's Animal Kingdom

Thursday, September 8th we went to Disney's Animal Kingdom that afternoon. We had some fast passes at Kilimanjaro Safari's, Festival of the Lion King show, and Kali River Rapids. The only fast passes we used were on Festival of the Lion King because the wait times on the rides were about 5-10 minutes long. It was fun. We went on a safari and saw all kinds of animals and Will enjoyed seeing them up close and personal. We rode Kali River Rapids several times and got soaked every time which actually felt good. We also saw the Festival of the Lion King show which was AMAZING! The show was so much fun to watch and Will had fun seeing all the animals and dancers. He had a blast and was mesmerized! We left the Animal Kingdom later that evening because we were worn out and opted out of going to dinner plus we were leaving the next day.

Sad to leave but had a great time! Ready to go back!

Disney's Hollywood Studios

Thursday, September 8th we went to Disney's Hollywood Studios and then later that day to Animal Kingdom. We started off at Hollywood Vine for Disney Junior's Play n Dine for breakfast. We got to eat breakfast with Princess Sophia, Jake, Doc McStuffins, and Handy Mandy. Will LOVED seeing Jake and getting autographs. After breakfast we headed over to meet Olaf from Frozen and then to the Disney Junior Live show. After the Disney Junior show, we walked around a bit and then headed over to ride the Toy Story Mania ride. After that ride we headed over to Hollywood Tower of Terror and Will wanted to ride that one. I asked him several times and told him several times that it was going to be scary, dark and go really high. Will looked at me and said "momma don't be scared it will be okay." I tried to talk him out of it but I couldn't do it. After we came off the ride, my legs were shaking and Will said laughingly "I bumped my head, let's go again." Never again son, never again!