Baby Dawn Gets Married

Dawn and her new husband Gary

Dawn and Gary saying their vows

Lynda Birt, Gary Ault, Dawn Birt Ault, Taylor Ault

Taylor Ault, Lynda Birt, Dawn Birt Ault

The summer Art and I got married, his brother and wife were newly pregnant for their first child.  That child, our very first niece, was born in December that year (1974).  Since the day he first saw her, Art has treasured her and called her "Baby Dawn".  Well, 37 years later, "Baby" Dawn is not so much a baby anymore and she and her longtime beau Gary, tied the knot on June 11 of this year in a very informal wedding at their home in Ohio.  Here are a few pictures of their wedding.

Justin's Trip to San Francisco

Alcatraz

The Rock

Chinatown

Golden Gate

Golden Gate

Brian Wark and Justin Birt

Justin

Justin and a big redwood tree in the Muir Woods

Lombard Street

USS Pampanito

A few weeks ago, Justin went to visit his friend Brian in San Francisco.  Brian recently moved there to work for Apple.  Justin really enjoyed his visit and is thinking of going back for another visit in the fall.  Art and I were there about 10 years ago on a trip and thoroughly enjoyed the are as well.  Here are some of Justin's pictures.

Taylor's Absolutely Most Favorite Ride (NOT!)

The Hollywood Hotel Tower of Terror

The first look

Getting Closer

We're here!!!



If you look closely at the middle row...from L to R...Carla, Shelby, TayTay, and Art.  The reason you can't see Taylor's face is because she had it buried in Shelby's armpit!

 This is an awesome ride that we went on at the Studios.  Matter of fact, Art went on it many, many times.  I think this is his favorite (for real).  Taylor on the other hand, didn't like it.

Disney Hollywood Studios

While in Disney of course we visited the Hollywood Studios.  We didn't see all we wanted to simply because it was SO hot and humid.  And with all concrete and asphalt, it was pretty much unforgiving as to the meaness of the heat.  So during our day visit, we didn't see much.  Hollywood Tower of Terror (Taylor's favorite ride EVER!), Beauty and the Beast show, the 50's Prime Time Cafe and then pretty much beatfeet it outta there.  For "Grandma" here, this was a particularly difficult day between the physical pain and the heat.  Which really disappointed me because as you all know, I just love every nook and cranny of Disney and I just couldn't do justice to showing it ALL to the girls.  But we loved what we saw and as Shelby says, "it gives us a good reason to GO BACK!"

Bliss is a chocolate chocolate chip muffin for breakfast



Monday, May 23

The girls ready to go--we haven't started to melt yet...

Taylor, Pooh, and Shelby

Canada

Victoria Gardens in the Canada expo



Germany



Italy



France


 

Les Chefs Du France Restaurant

 While we were in Disney, it was incredibly hot and while we loved the fact that it was not raining and 50 degrees, 95 degrees and 80% humidity is also a bit uncomfortable.  And since it was so uncomfortable on Sunday, we didn't see everything in Epcot that we wanted to so we went back on Monday.  We had such a good time!  As you can see most of what we saw on Monday was in the World Showcase, an area of Epcot that profiles different countries around the world.

Sunday, May 22 Epcot Center

On Sunday, we went to Epcot Center to enjoy the day. We spent the morning in Future World and afternoon in the World Showcase. Since my Aunt Marianne (Taylor and Shelby's grandmother) is German, we had dinner at the Oktoberfest in the Biergarten in Germany. The entertainment was great as was the meal and the beer. Here are some pics from the day:

Magic Kingdom May 20

Art and I have had this tradition where on our first day at Disney, after check-in, we always head to the Magic Kingdom to have a hotdog, ride some rides and watch fireworks on Main Street, USA. So not wanting to break with tradition, that is exactly what we did. 

Art tries to stay out of as many pics as he can but here he was trying to get Taylor to use his camera and she took advantage of the opportunity to snap his picture

Magic Kingdom

Main Street USA

Yum! Hot dogs and fries!