I was able to attend the Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus concert with my daughter and came away quite impressed. You can see some pictures here in my .mac account gallery.

These photos are from her concert at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, where the Jonas Brothers were the opening act. We had some amazing seats just 16 rows from the stage, thanks to advance ticket sales through mileyworld.com

Last year’s Land and Sea vacation to Disney World followed by a 3 day cruise on the Disney Wonder was quite a memorable Spring Break for all of us. Dinner with Cinderella and Prince Charming at the Grand Floridian, getting to ride in the pilot’s cabin of the monorail, seeing Fantasmic, the day and evening parades, and the Safari at Animal Kingdom were just a few of the amazing events we enjoyed. But whenever I asked Alison what she wanted to do for Spring Break this year she talked about Castaway Cay (Disney’s private island) and kissing Stormy the Dolphin at the Blue Lagoon Dolphin Encounter. So I began planning a return trip … Read the rest of this entry »

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Originally uploaded by elspanko.

During our Disney cruise over Spring Break we made a stop in the Bahamas and took a day trip to have a Dolphin Encounter where we all got to kiss, hug, pet, play, and dance with a dolphin. I was a little concerned that Alison might be scared, but as you can see from the picture there was nothing to be worried about!

We had a great time and Alison loves to show the videotape of our encounter to visitors. She will quickly tell you that when she kissed the dolphin it tasted like “peanut butter.”

I received an email from the folks at Disney telling me that pictures I submitted for consideration to be included in their collage project at DisneyLand were selected!
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