Florida trip

We recently took a trip to Orlando, FL for Tanya's wedding. We decided to make it a family trip for my birthday too. We left Saturday afternoon and stopped at Brandon and Tiff's for two nights. The kids had fun turning uncle Chris into a jungle jim. Tuesday we spent a few hours at all 4 Disney parks. Thanks to my friend Brock, we got in for free. He also got us a discount at a Disney hotel. We stayed in the 1980's section, complete with a giant Rubix cube. The next day we spent at Sea World. We were able to get in free and I could get a discount on all purchases. Totally worth it.

Tanya went through the temple the next morning. It was great to be able to be there with mom. Later that night, Chris and I went to the Arabian Nights show. The horses were beautiful, but the show was a bust.

Tanya got married the next morning. It was the first time I got to go to a temple wedding. I'm so excited for when Chris and I get to go after his year mark. We then all went to Olive Garden for dinner, good byes and a 9 hour drive back to Brandon's. It was a lot of driving and tired feet, but it was completely worth seeing my family. Happy birthday to me.

Some videos.

This is Brock in Art Attack

http://www.youtube.com/user/BuschGardensVA#p/u/80/pkRzipB8I8g

This is Festivale

http://www.youtube.com/user/BuschGardensVA#p/u/78/5lS7u4BrrMU

This is the Goblin King

http://www.youtube.com/user/BuschGardensVA#p/u/61/FWEMhDGunAI

The making of Christmas Town

http://www.youtube.com/user/BuschGardensVA#p/u/51/8vw9sE4d6qw

I helped put up lights and wreaths in England, then they pulled me back into the costume shop to help build costumes.

Christmas Town shows

http://www.youtube.com/user/BuschGardensVA#p/u/47/LbhXY1KlWlE

http://www.youtube.com/user/BuschGardensVA#p/u/43/fFGE61FOAb4

http://www.youtube.com/user/BuschGardensVA#p/u/32/E6zL5z6nEns

This is our newest ride

http://www.youtube.com/user/BuschGardensVA#p/u/13/oY_MNXtHXUs

A few extra Festivale pictures.

Having some fun backstage in others costumes. The girls had to cover up to get to the tower because it was raining.

The view from backstage during the commercial shoot. We got a little bored so we were getting creative. The commercial turned out really cool though.

The entertainment sent a cake for the closing of the festivale as well as my birthday. It was the same day, so we got two cakes.

http://www.youtube.com/user/BuschGardensVA#p/u/22/_ZZ6NxNRx0o

Halloween shows from around the park.

Here is 'Jack is Back'. I helped with the stilt costumes. I also made the costume for Tony as the Goblin King. Then there was Monster Stop. I love that show. I also got to help Brock with his costume. I made him a straight jacket out of a lab coat and some belts. The sleeves had velcro so he could tear then off to paint. It turned out really cool. The last two pictures are in the back stage of Italy. Everyone was trying on Paul's Frankenstein boots. Our stage manager Garrett had them on and was still the shortest guy. Haha. It was pretty funny.

And what you've all been waiting for...

the costumes! Here are a few with the coolest people ever. I was Maid Marian and my friend Topher was Robin hood. I made my costume out of a curtain and my veil is a sheer curtain. Topher and I got creative with his. We found a green shirt at a thrift store as well as a little kids cape and pants with boot tops connected. I altered the shirt to make it more period and cut the boot tops from the pant. We borrowed a vest and he wore some khakis. It was perfect. I miss that kid. Such talent. There was a work party as well as a get together at Paul's. They even had a corn shucking contest at work. That's Carrie my boss. It was awesome! There were some really great costumes.

Pumpkin slaughtering.

What is Halloween without pumpkins? My friend Ryan came over and we carved pumpkins together. He did the scarecrow, my roomate Heather did the face and I did the dragon from Sleeping Beauty. I was quite proud.