Patrick on February 21st, 2010

Due to the fact that it has been such a cold winter here in Florida (I know it’s all relative), we decided to make the most of the beautiful Sunday afternoon that was offered up.  One of our favorite places to frequent when the weather is nice and we want to capture some photos is [...]

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Patrick on July 18th, 2009

As we awoke to our human alarm clock, the cruise ship was making it’s final crawl to Disney’s private island Castaway Cay. We were all very excited about this stop because everyone I had talked to, including Emily, said it is one of the most beautiful places around. They all could not have been more [...]

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Patrick on July 17th, 2009

As with most of our vacations with Hunter, we found ourselves awakened by our personal rooster before the sun had a chance to rear its head. But this time around, Emily and I had already resigned ourselves to the schedule that is Hunter-driven! We all got showered and dressed, then made our way to the [...]

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Patrick on July 16th, 2009

Today, we excitedly departed our house in Orlando and made the 40 minute drive to Cape Canaveral to board Hunter’s and my first cruise. As we made our way to the Cape we commented on how lucky we were to live so close to the port to take advantage of vacation deals when they arise. [...]

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Patrick on July 5th, 2009

We hope that all of you reading this had a very enjoyable 4th of July.  The Hayes family had a really fun day.  The day started with a long-standing Griffin (Emily’s family) tradition of decorating the kids’ bikes and strollers and having a parade.  We invited some friends of ours who had kids over to join in [...]

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Patrick on July 2nd, 2009

Emily, who is the queen of theming, put together a really fun Father’s Day for the family.  For those of you who follow along with Hayesvision (or “The Vision” as some have been known to call it), you know that we love hopping in the car and going on road trips.  With that thought in [...]

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Patrick on June 14th, 2009

Although Emily is not a huge fan of the beach (even though she grew up in Sarasota, FL…????), she agreed to appease Hunter and I and accompany us to the beach.  I have been known to go to the beach on occasion without much preparation and just walk and enjoy the day.  Well, those of [...]

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Patrick on June 7th, 2009

Those of you who read A cloudy, fun Saturday  remember that we attempted to embark on Hunter’s first roller coaster ride, only to end the event in tears as the ride was closed due to inclement weather.  We decided after a couple weekends of sitting around the house due to illness, we would venture out [...]

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Patrick on May 23rd, 2009

In between rain clouds, we decided to chance a visit to the Magic Kingdom on our rainy day monrail crawl.  Right away, we decided to take the train from the Main Street station to the Toontown station.  When we arrived at the Frontierland station, Emily asked the conductor if she and Hunter could sit in the last [...]

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Patrick on May 23rd, 2009

Along with our fun train ride,  we also got to get out and explore the Disney resorts as well as the Magic Kingdom.   We started the day at the Polynesian where we strolled around the grounds and captured some fun images (see below).  After Hunter held out about as long as he could (3 minutes) [...]

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