Probst Christmas Vacation to Disney World!

You'll see from the following pictures that you will view our vacation from end to beginning, but that's okay. We woke the boys up at 4:30 am on December 18 and told them that we were going to Disney World. They were totally shocked & excited. After waiting for 2 hours in the Bloomington airport due to technical difficulties with the plane, we were finally on our way. We missed our connecting flight & the backup flight they set up for us, so we had to spend a few hours trying to find a flight that would get us to Orlando. Finally, we got a flight, waited for 5 hours at the Atlanta airport & got to our hotel & registered by 7 pm. We ate dinner at the hotel & then went to bed, preparing for a TERRIFIC time at Disney World. We had a fun time, but got really tired, had some fits, a bit more whining than we like to hear, but FUN!!!




Here are the boys at Epcot on our last day there.

For anyone who knows Kristi well, you know that one of her favorite things about Christmas (next to the Christ child & all that goes along with him) is Nutcrackers!!!

Kristi & the boys pose at Epcot

We spent much of our morning on our last day trying to get to our character breakfast, but missed it (we got faulty instructions about which bus to take) so the boys ate popsicles for breakfast (since we were eating lunch only an hour later). They didn't put up too much of a fight!

Leaving our resort...sad, but tired and ready for our own beds:)

Meeting the characters was a lot of fun! We had THE BEST brunch at Chef Mickey's - and got to meet Goofy, Donald, Mickey & Minnie

Here are the boys with Donald at Chef Mickey's

The boys meet Minnie...Isaiah wasn't too thrilled about getting his picture taken with "a girl."

Here they are with mom's FAVORITE character of all time...MICKEY!!!!

It was cold when we went to the Magic Kingdom (about 40-50 degrees), but we had fun anyway. Here are the boys with a statue of Goofy.

Cinderella's castle at the Magic Kingdom was BEAUTIFUL!

We put the boys in the stocks for whining:)







At Universal Studios, they had "Grinchmas" - one whole part of the park was decorated in classic who-ville fashion.

More pictures from Universal Studios. Simeon wants to punch Magneto! The boys meet Spiderman. Jason & the boys pose by the terminator...beware! Isaiah & Elias met Captain America while Jason & Simeon rode the Hulk (the littler boys were too short to ride...Elias was MAD!)

Universal Studios was a lot of fun! The boys met Woody Woodpecker and Scooby Doo & Shaggy. We also rode a "Jaws" ride and then "caught" Jaws:). Isaiah had to have his own picture with the big shark...Jason shows off his catch and Kristi, Simeon & Elias pose with it as well.

More pics of our terrific vacation! The boys met Spongebob at Universal Studios. Jason & Simeon loved the ride "Test Track." The boys playing at a dinosaur play place at Universal. The boys met Rafiki at Animal Kingdom as well as Jiminy Cricket.

Here we are at a couple of different parks...The boys at Animal Kingdom, the boys in our hotel room with their pirate Mickey ears on, Kristi & the boys at Universal Studios Park, the boys meeting Buzz & Woody, and Jason & the boys at the Osborne festival of dancing lights. It was pretty & even "snowed" there!

Here we are, eating at the "Sci-Fi Dine In" at Hollywood Studios. We had a great time!

The boys were all picked to dance in the parade with the "toys," but Simeon was the only one who would dance with them!

All 3 boys by the Mickey hat at Hollywood Studios

They got to make their own lightsabers at the Star Wars Store!

Our 3 Jedis outside of the Star Wars ride at Hollywood Studios

Our first snow, 2008!

Here I am with my Snow-boy and Snow-dog

The boys with their snowman...we all worked on it and had so much fun!!!

Simeon, rolling the belly of the snowman

Elias, making the head for the snowman

Isaiah with the bottom of the snowman

We had lots of fun with the first snow of 2008. It's the first year we've really been able to make a REAL snowman. He was pretty big, but melted within a week. Now, we just have his bottom sitting in the yard. Our snow-dog is non-existent and the snow-boy is down to just part of his bottom. The boys are sad & praying for more snow!

Thanksgiving with the Probst Family

We had our annual celebration with the Probst family, celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas all at the same time. The kids did an ornament exchange. In the picture are: Collin, Isaiah, Simeon, Kaylee, Katherine, Lizzy, Elias & Kyler (Eric's feet are in the bottom right, representing baby Liam). Next we have Elias & Collin. Then, we have a great blackmail picture of Isaiah playing with Kaylee's American Girl doll (by the way, he's asking now for an American Girl doll! as is Elias...oh, no!). Lastly, we have Kyler & Isaiah.

Thanksgiving 2008

Here are the Helton Kids...Ben, Adam, Caroline & Kristi at Grandma's, Thanksgiving

Papa, Grandma, Isaiah, Simeon & Elias at Great-Grandma's on Thanksgiving

The whole Helton/Probst clan at Grandma's on Thanksgiving...Kye (Caroline's fiance), Adam, Jason, Ben, Caroline, Kristi, Toni (aka Mom/Grandma), Dick (aka Dad/Papa), Isaiah, Elias & Simeon