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Our Disney Vacation

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New camera new pictures...

 So Sandra and the family chipped in to get me a new camera for my birthday. My birthday isn't for 2 weeks but we will be at Disney halfway through at that point so Sandra gave it to me early so we can utilize it for the whole trip. She gave it to me wednesday. That evening we were going to the Chiefs game. Sofia got to walk on the field before the game as part of the reading program with Northmoor. Pictured above is Sofia with her friend Jasmine. As we walked into the stadium they asked Sofia to race Homer during the 2nd inning. Pictured below is Sofia rounding 2nd base on her way to victory :)

 The next night was a weenie roast at her Kindergarten teachers house in East peoria. She has horses and Sofia got to ride one. Awesome

 Here is Sofia and Jasmine having fun in the barn. Santiago is drinking who knows what :) Our Disney trip is coming up and we are all very excited. I am even looking forward to the 19 hour drive we have planned which is going to be broken up into 3 days. Can u say "National Lampoons Vacation" cause as I always say "Its all part of the experience Russ" You have to take advantage of these times when the kids are young cause before you know it they will be in high school and college. Times flies when you're having fun.

Getting ready for Summer Fun

The Iadipaolo's are going down to Disney world in June. We bought our park tickets yesterday and this morning I used a gift card we have for Amazon to get a new dvd player for the car since our old one was broken and we definitely need it for the long 2 day car ride to Orlando. We are staying at my Aunt and Uncle's timeshare so the tickets was the main expense for us.
  School is winding down for Sandra and Sofia. Both have about 2 weeks left. Sofia has a dance recital June 9th at the Civic Center. She has been taking dance class at Kim's Dance Academy.
I am working at the nursing home every other weekend (3rd shift) but am mainly doing Home Healthcare and like it a lot better than the nursing home. It is much more fun to have 1 on 1 time with the clients and not be rushed like in the nursing home setting. There is a Master Control Operator job opening at WTVP (the PBS channel) so I am going to apply there and hope for the best. Its what I used to do at WHOI-TV. Plus I can tell Santiago that I work for the same company that Elmo does :)

Dine n Dash 3rd place

 Here are some pics from the Dine n Dash race. I had the easiest job. I was the "closer" and didnt have to run 3 miles. All I had to do was eat a giant cookie with 2 scoops of ice cream on top. It was by far the best race ever on my end. Tom (pictured above) was our MVP, He was not feeling good that day as he tossed his cookies that morning on the way to the race. Being the trooper he is and just awesome he still ran the race and tried to eat the Pizza but we ended up taking the 10 minute penalty to spare him chucking again. We ended up getting 3rd place thanks to Tom, Jeff and Mikelle. It was a great weekend (not really for tom but for the rest of us it was a blast)

Dine n Dash

Vince was sick last week with a fever and cough and all kinds of stuff. This weekend he will be doing a dine and dash in the Chicago with friends Tom, Jeff and Mikelle. Hopefully Mikelle can step in a run for Vince since he hasnt been able to train much at all working 3rd shift and being sick too. The last leg of the race only has to eat and doesnt run at all. Which Vince would love to do since he is still getting better and feeling the affects of the antibiotics.
Wish the P-town chuckers good luck on saturday. Im sure it will be a fun time no matter what they finish.