New York/DC will never be the same!!!

Shine left yesterday morning )): at 0-dark:30.She left with 45 students from her 8th grade class for New York, Washington D.C., Philidelphia, and Virginia. They are taking a Smithsonian trip to many places that many people don't get to see in a lifetime, including her mom)):

I am so happy for her to experience this trip. She better take a lot of pics or she is in trouble...haha!! What would I do without them???

We miss her already...she will be gone for a total of 8 days, but it feels she has been gone for a month already.

Could anyone please offer some therapy for mom???

Here are a few photos from the airport...

Brooklin and Shine outside the airport...Brooklin said from the time she got up..."But I will miss my Shine".
Dad helping her get her luggage on the scale...

The survey says?......whew!! only 42.5 lbs...that leaves her 7.5 lbs for souviners...ha!! joking...she has an extra duffle inside for extras on the way home....I'm no dummy. Especially cause my present will be big...haha!!

Sissy doesn't want her to go...or really she said she wanted to go with her to New York...(we told her the plane will fly over TN, ooops, shouldn't have said that)...

Dad and Shine...

Me and Shine...yes, it was very early in the am...

so hello hair cover...

These kiddo's will sure miss her...

Who's feet are these...girls, did we plan this??

Oh sorry...I got your feet by accident..

Brooklin said "Shine are you really coming home?"...Shine said yes, sissy, I will. Brooklin of course, made her pinky promise, Egle style...

We've said the last goodbye..she must go now. With Brooklin yelling, "Bye Shine" to the top of her lungs...

Does she have to go?

There are the girls, well "the group"...

hopefully they are all still friends when the return.

Hey, where'd he come from? Of course, he shows up after we can't get past security. ha!!

Jk..he's part of the group but not her's...ha!

Some of the places she will be visiting are:

Capital, Old Post office Pavilion, History Museums, Washington Monument, Smithsonian Art/Space Museums, Kennedy Center, Mount Vernon, Union Station, Jefferson Memorial, Arlington National, Marine Memorial, Ford's Theatre, White House, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Holocaust Museum, Spy Museum, National Archives, WW II Memorial, Philidelphia: Constitution Museum, Ground Zero, Empire State Bldg., NY sightseeing, NBC studios, Broadway show, "Phantom of the Opera", Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, Grand Central Station, Chinatown, Madison Square Garden, and of course..shopping in NYC and everywhere else they can go.

I am so excited for her to see all those places. I really wanted to go but no parent chaperones.

We miss you bunches Shine. We know you will have a blast, and can't wait til you come back home.

All Brooklin has been saying is, "Nemo misses Shine"...I asked her if she missed her and she said "No, just Nemo."

Til next Time with T!!!

Happy Birthday Ang!!!

Happy Birthday Ang!!!

Ang, I wish we could be together for your birthday to celebrate!!

We miss you so much!!

I hope you have a great Birthday!!

Sis, said it best...you are not just a sister to us but a great friend!!

Guess what? If you are catching up to her that means you are past me cause everyone knows I'm the younger sister...haha!!

Just thought I would throw that in.

Love you bunches!!! Hope you have a great day!!!

This picture is kind of blurry but I thought it was cute. I don't have any other pictures from Christmas cause someone hasn't sent them to me yet..wink, wink!!

Happy Birthday, Ang!!!

Til next Time with T!!!!

Disneyland(Part 1)..The Drive

Ok so here we go. I have not posted any of our Disneyland trip photos. That's a tragedy!!! We had such a fun time, I must share. Trust me...some of the photos here will probably make you laugh out loud. There's always adventure with the entire Egle's nest present.

I was looking at some of these pictures earlier today and was loling myself. I can't wait to go again. I love to vacation with my family. We have a blast.

So this is our drive down the day before the competition....Here we go!! Hang on, cause there are a lot of pics to get thru, hence, "Part 1"...

These are the kids in the car....They are ready to go, Shine with her shades, Sissy with Henrietta the Hippo, and Kameron with his toothless grin....

We don't get to far out of town without our first stop...hmmm! Where would that be?...a must for the girls, a waste for the boys!!

However, I have trained my boy correctly, he loves it too, he just doesn't want to make the stop..he wants to just get there.

Eglette and Nemoette #1-Happy!!!

Egle #2...happy with the drink, not the camera...

Eglette #3-Happy NOW!!!!

Who's driving? Well, he doesn't like coffee but at that low speed, he's happy anyway...

Well, I am set...Mama Egle- Very happy!!! I've got everything under control...

Kids locked up in car seats-shoving their faces with drinks and snacks, I've got my GPS, shades, Grande/triple-shot nonfat/no-whip/White Mocha, Scrap mag, and of course, the latest read, "Twilight"...thanks Bethany for letting me borrow it...this will keep me busy for hours...especially with the hot sun shining on my skin...DIVINE!!!

Moving on...The Grapevine...It was great, not much traffic, sun was shining, and green hills in front. I love this!!! I think sometimes I could be a Gypsy...ha!

This video is funny...listen to where Brooklin says where we are...

strong>We arrive at the hotel we will be at for the next five days...

Well, we didn't stay there long...our hopper passes don't start til tomorrow but who can wait..we just have to get close.
We walked
to Downtown Disney to take a peek at World of Disney and get some dinner...I love this place!

Hugo and Kameron walking across the street.

Mom must stop and take a picture..

California Adventures...

Shine and Brooklin inside the Mickey circle on the ground.

Yay!! Mom and Dad.

I love this Snow Globe...Brooklin wanted to have this to add to her Snow Globe collection she has started...It may not look big in the picture but I had my arms fully extended to take the picture and my camera only reached the bottom. It was gorgeous...

We didn't purchase these hats but we did have to try them on...

Fun and crazy Kameron!!! Mom please don't make me do this...and please don't put this on the blog!!!

Snow Globe heaven for Brooklin and Nemo inside them...she was so happy to find these. She has been asking for a Nemo snow globe for a long time...I didn't think anyone would have made any. She must have been praying..

Boy does she have a BIG God or what? That thing is almost as big as her head...That is Marlin and Dory inside the globe, and a tiny little Nemo is swimming around the two of them...it is a music box too and the sea animals go around at the bottom...

She loves it!!!

Quick story: We saw the little snow globes above,looked at the price of $15 and thought ok..not bad. We would come purchase it later...then across the aisle we turn and see the big one. We look at the price and it's $25. Wow, $10 more and you get all that. Ok we'll come get it later before we go home on the last day.

So the last night comes and we go in to purchase the "big one". I have all our other souviners and stuff throw it all on the counter, make my purchase and hurry out of the store to go to dinner. The resturant is closing in 3 min and will close if I don't get there now.

So the following day after we are back home, I am going thru my receipts to record my final purchases and look closely at this particular receipt...that BIG NEMO SNOW GLOBE was $65. Not believing that I didn't look at my receipt sooner and that I could have missed that price difference, I asked Hugo how much it was and he said, $25. I then knew I wasn't off my rocker and just wanting to see $25. I would have never paid that for a snow globe. That's stupid stuff Aunt Sheri does...haha!! We are now 4 hours away and can do nothing about it. Brooklin has great prayers...

She loves this little suitcase too...so do I!!!

Finally, dinner!!! We went to Rainforest Cafe and waited about 45 min for a table...the kids loved it though.

Brooklin loves eating Octopus, she ate all of them on the appetizer plate, as well as the squid...

I really think she is a sea animal!!

She is not afraid or grossed out at all...look at his tenicles...bright pink, sticky, and stretchy...

Here is the eel, he came out and just sat there and talked to her one on one, just like the one in Nashville. Seriously, he was hidden in the rock and came out to talk to her and stayed there for awhile before he swam away. The one in Nashville is Green this one is leopard...I think it's his cousin...Brooklin said she knew he was going to come out to talk to her...hhmm!!

Well, that's the end of the drive down to Disneyland and dinner the first night we were in town. Ton's more to see.

Come back soon for Part 2, Day 2.

Til next Time with T!!!

1st Place National Champions!!

Yes, that's right!!! That's what I said!!! We made First Place at Nationals!!!!

Well, not me exactly!!! It would be a little hard to throw me around like they do those girls. haha!!

Disneyland was great (I will be posting tons of pics later), but the girls did an awesome job. We all are so proud of them, they gave it their all.

Of course, here's some pics...

This is the first picture taken after they found out they won...they are estatic...Shine is exactly above the "a" in USA.

This is Shine with one of their trophy's and they all got medallions...so olympic!!

Of course, Disney does a great job at stage decor...

Getting ready for the competition...

Oh my!! The make-up...way more than what's normally allowed.

She's ready to go...love this girl!!!

Shine and Jessica, best friends since 1st grade.

The whole team with the coaches right before entering...

This is the stunt group. They ended up with 3rd place. They did great...they got medallions and a trophy as well.

We must take a picture in the "O"...

All 16 teams waiting for the announcement of the top 4 finalists...
Shine is right below the right hand star after 2009...

Waiting to find out who made the top four finals...

Love this picture!!...Hugo took this one...this shows that everyone has a different perspective when taking photos. We were sitting right next to each other, with two different cameras.

I love this shot!!!

One of the stunts in their big group..they can throw those girls high...Shine is a back spot..and they all tend to look alike, but Shine has the longest, blondest pony.

Shine front and center...hence the long, blonde, flying, pony tail.

The video of the winning performance...

The small stunt group video...3rd place out of 12 schools..First time for their school to have a stunt group...the coach was happy with their performance...we found since we got home that their were coaches there from high school that were watching and told our coach, she wants this team for high school...is that scouting?

Shine we are so proud of you. We know the work you put into cheer to get you there. There was a lot of sacrifice getting you there. Staying up late for homework, chores put aside(no sacrifice there, but it was for mom), other functions you missed to go to practice. It was a lot of work.

We are very proud of you and think you are an awesome cheerleader, not just the "moves", but your attitude as a cheerleader. There is a lot of pressure on the team sometimes and we are proud that you have stayed true to who you are and your beliefs.

We love you!!!

WAY TO GO RIO!!!!

Til next Time with T!!!