Guckenberger Family

The Expedition Everest roller coaster. Alex and I waited all day/night to get to ride it. We finally went at the end of the night after only the resort guests were allowed in the park. We thought it was the best ride we'd ever been on. The Yeti was trying to get us as we rode through the mountains. At one point the Yeti destroyed the tracks and we had to go backwards. IT WAS AWESOME!

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We got to see Lilo and Stitch just before leaving Animal Kingdom on Monday. Alex's friend, Kim, got us a few extra minutes with them so we had time for a family picture.

We'll tell you the story about Kim later.

Olivia at the end of our 1st full day at the parks. She had a blast!

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Livi was "tired of living outside" and not enjoying the rain as we cleaned up on Sunday.

Fun at Carowinds.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

If Alex gets a banana, I do too!

I was so excited to get "Mr. Pineapple". We shared a banana.

I just love my new dress. Thanks Grandma.

In action at dance class. She just loves it.

Whooooo! The boys together again.

This turned out a little dark. Livi was modeling her new dress with dad.

I love to dance! Check me out in my new dance outfit.

My beautiful cake made by Alex and Jon. I'm so lucky, it was awesome!

Alex got 2nd in his den at the pinewood derby this year.

Girls trip to Myrtle Beach. We had a blast!

Livi with the roller skates she got with the money from Laura and Clay. She said, "Thank you so much, this is the best present I ever had." After she fell on her but she wasn't quite as happy but she got up and kept trying.

Livi and Alex with the bear and monkey they got at Build a Bear from Lance and Rachel. What a cute gift! They had so much fun choosing their animals. Alex has a monkey named Mr. Banana Jr. and Livi has a bear named Mr. Princess (that is not a typo. she did say Mr. Princess) Mr. Banana is also holding the video game Alex got from Laura and Clay. He loves it.

The family tailgating outside the stadium before the game. We had a great trip. The weather was awesome and the kids were great.

Olivia and Jon playing football while tailgating before the game. She's quite the football player.

Gary Dolphin posing with Jon at the Hawkeye Huddle.

Alex showing off all of the beads he got at the parade. I still can't figure out how to get these pictures to go vertically.

Herky stopped to pose with some of his favorite fans at the Hawkeye Huddle the night before the game.

Alex posing on the rocks near the beach by our hotel. Isn't he cute?

Olivia thought she would make sand angels. She loved the beach.

Alex feeding the seagulls off the dolphin boat.

Jon is very proud of taking this picture. He thinks he is as good as Angie now. This was the view from our room at night.

Merry Christmas! We had a great Christmas with the kids and my parents but really missed the rest of our family. We thought about you all a lot. The kids had an excellent time opening presents on Christmas Eve after Jon got home from the Panthers game. On Christmas Day Olivia was so excited about each and every present from Santa that she took a very long time to open all of her gifts. We would like to thank everyone for the gifts and cards you sent. We didn't get around to sending cards this year. Love, Jon, Jen, Alex and Olivia