Focht Family Blog

Anyone who reads this blog will not be surprised by me being extremely behind. Right now I am sitting at the Hyatt in Savannah for CommerceV3’s Second User Conference. The Hyatt is doing such a wonderful job that here I sit with not much to do…. but since my computer is here I really have no excuse for not updating the blog so…

I know I mentioned back in January that Samantha was going to the GSU Cheerleader for a Day program. Samantha had SO much fun. Here she is sitting in the stands enjoying the basketball game…

And here are pictures of her performing…

We went to the East Coast FOTR Rally this year so we could meet other families traveling like we do. I only wish that my back had been feeling better so that I could have socialized more. The kids had a lot of fun getting to meet the other kids and playing with them. One of their favorite spots of the weekend was a big tree that was great for climbing. Here are a couple of pictures of my little monkeys in the tree….

They had a lot of activities planned for the kids. The first day we were there they had a science activity where they were making slime. Here is Samantha making slime with one of her new friends…

Here are Timmy and Josh checking out a soda bottle for some reason, I think it involved Mentos…

Later, all of the kids took off with Nerf guns. Here are Timmy and Josh playing with borrowed guns…

Nathan spent most of his time outside socializing. I think he enjoyed talking to all of the other families. Here is Nathan talking to a man who owns a campground in NY. They spend the winter traveling while the campground is closed…

Nathan decided to get himself a new toy for the rally. He bought an inflatable movie screen and sound system so that we can have some Focht Family movie nights this summer…

Of course he found out it is good for more than just movies so he is planning on some Wii Tournaments for the next company camping trip. Here is Nathan and one of the other dads sitting in their chairs playing games on the Wii…

On January 14th Joshua turned 5! The night before we decided to go to the buffet at Fort Wilderness because I didn’t feel like cooking since my back was still out. The waitress started his celebration out…

I cheated this year and let Publix make him his birthday cake. Here is the cake that Joshua picked out…

Here is Joshua blowing out his candle…

Joshua chose to have lunch at the Sci-Fi restaurant at Hollywood Studios for his birthday so we went to Hollywood Studios for his birthday and then came back and had dinner and cake at the RV. We left the day after Joshua’s birthday and drove to Cape Canaveral for a Families On The Road rally so the kids could meet other kids that live like they do.

Well… I was hoping for warm Florida weather for a couple of weeks so that the kids could have a little more pool time. However, what we got was….

Who would have thought that you would need ski jackets for Florida?? We still had fun and managed a few “firsts” for us. One of the days that we were at Magic Kingdom we stumbled upon an employee that was “painting” characters on the ground with water and a broom. It was amazing. Here is his Tigger…

Joshua wanted some more autographs so we stood in a VERY long line to get pictures of the most popular ones. Here is their picture with Minnie Mouse…

One of the things that Samantha wanted to do was to wake up Tinkerbell. I had read in a book that if you are the first person in Tinkerbell’s Treasures that you can wake her up. Here is Samantha ringing the bell to wake her up…

Here is Tinkerbell after she woke up…

Joshua wanted to get an autograph from Jasmine when we saw her and Aladdin. Here are the kids with them…

Joshua was quite taken by Jasmine…

She was also taken with him… she gave him a token of her affections before he left…

Christmas Eve was a little different than usual for us this year. Since we didn’t get to church Mrs. Claus had to deliver the Christmas pajamas while at grandma’s house for dinner. Here are the kids in their pajamas….

Then they left pumpkin cookies for Santa and clementine slices for the reindeer….

A picture of the tree with the presents from mom, dad, and grandma…

The presents from Santa Claus…

And what Dory thought of the aftermath the next morning….

I am just a BIT late updating. I should be caught up again tomorrow! :)