Disney Vacation, Day 8

Disney Vacation, Day 8. Reagan's 6th Birthday!

We started the day with the opening of presents.

Then we got dressed and headed to the beach.

We spent a couple of hours riding the waves, playing in the sand, and collecting seashells. It wasn't crowded at all where we were. And there was no oil in sight.

Later that evening Landon and I took the girls to see Despicable Me, 3-D at the Downtown Disney Movie Theater. Then we did some souvenir shopping.

All of us enjoying some good 'ole soda pop!






Reagan took this picture of me and Landon. Carter thought it was so funny to sneak into the pic.

This was our last night in Orlando. I didn't take any pictures of the two day adventure home.

We were so blessed that my parents took us on this Magical Vacation. We have so many wonderful memories! Thanks mom and dad.

Disney Vacation, Day 7

And on the seventh day, we rested!

We slept late and enjoyed a lazy day around the condo. Mom and I sneeked off and went shopping, while Landon and Dad took the girls swimming.

After mom and I returned from shopping, Landon and I had a date night. We went to Downtown Disney and ate at the House of Blues. It was really good. Then we brought desert back to the condo and watched the whole Labron James anouncement on ESPN.

Disney Vacation, Day 6

Day 6 of our Disney Vacation, Magic Kingdom.

We got up early packed our lunches and arrived at Magic Kingdom around 10 a.m. We had a long fun-filled day at this park. We left and arrived back at the van after midnight. The girls were troopers all through it. We weren't able to experience everything, but we did everything time would allow us to do. Here are some highlights of our day at the "Happiest Place on Earth."


We began our journey at the Buzz Light year ride. Here Landon and Carter are ready to take aim.


The girls and I were captured by the evil Dr. Zurg. (But we escaped because Landon cut his head off, Ha! Ha!)


After we watched the parade we got in line to get one of the most important autographs. Ariel, and Prince Eric too! It is soo funny to watch how these "actors" interact. They never break character. Ariel spotted someone she knew and ran up to them with Eric in tow, all while staying in character.


We rode some rides and then it was time to head over to Space Mountain, because we had fast passes. When we got up there Carter was too little, so I stayed off with her. While we were waiting I decided it was a good time to get their Mickey Ears! I wanted the ones that you could get embroidered. There are only two locations in the whole park to get those. So we handed some kids our fast passes and left a note for the rest of the family where to find us. Then Carter and I set off for the "ears." The place that had them also had character autographs. There were some princesses and fairies. The princesses line was 60 minutes and the fairies 90 minutes. But hey it was in an air-conditioned building! While I was in line getting the "ears," the rest of the family joined us. Mom and the girls got in Princesses Line, while Landon got in the Fairies Line. (What a great dad) Believe me it was worth the wait. The girls were soo excited!

The Fairies room was really cool. They take four families at a time, where you walk down a hall while pixie dust surrounds you and you start to shrink. All of the animals, trees and flowers seem so huge when your the size of a fairy! Then you enter the room where Silver Mist, Rosetta, and Tinker Bell are.

Then the we stood in yet another line for an autograph. During this one they showed old cartoons , so at least you were entertained. This autograph was the most important one ever. All four of us had to get our pictures taken!

Mickey and Minnie Mouse!

Me and the girls at Cinderella's castle.

We rode my mom's favorite ride, It's a Small World!

We also caught a 3-D movie, with Donald Duck, Fantasia!

Carter on the carousel.

We finally got to see some fireworks!

While the four of us watched the firework show, mom and dad went to the Presidential Museum. We met them there afterward. We took the girls inside and took a picture of them with their President.

Carter with Jimmy Carter

Reagan with Ronald Reagan

Then the four of us found a spot right outside to sit and wait for the Electric Parade to start. Mom and Dad went and turned in the scooter and headed to the car. We had a little snack and watched the parade.

That ended our day at the wonderful Magic Kingdom. We were exhausted but it was all worth it, just to experience this day with our beautiful little girls.

Disney Vacation, Day 5

Day 5 of our Disney Vacation was filled with Animal Kingdom!




The girls with the giant "tree of life" in the background.


Our first stop was some autographs with some famous characters!

Winnie the Pooh!

Another photo opp! (Dino-land)

One of the first things we did was watch the Nemo musical. It was wonderful. My favorite show of the whole trip.

Then Landon, mom, Reagan and Carter rode the ride located in this mountain. It was a roller coaster. I am not a big fan of these rides so I stayed off this one. Someone had to keep dad company! Ha! Carter didn't enjoy the ride very much. It was a little on the fast side and it also goes backwards.

We called ahead and made reservations for the Rainforest Cafe located at the park. Prior to lunch there came a down pour. It rained and rained. And of course we were on the opposite side of the park from the restaurant. Needless to say we were soaked. Head to toe there was not a dry spot on us. This made the girls, lets just say a little grumpy. Mom and I took the girls into the bathroom to attempt to dry off. There was only one hand dryer, so we took turns attempting to dry our clothes. I'm sure we looked a bit silly, but who cares, it sure felt good. The food was wonderful and the atmosphere was really neat. After a few threatenings to Reagan to get over her grumpy behavior and one more trip back to the hand dryer, everyone's attitudes improved. We let the girls pick out some souvenirs from the gift shop and on we went.

The one thing you must do while attending Animal Kingdom is the safari tour. They pretend your in Africa and you get to see some amazing animals.


Hippopotamus!

Giraffes, my favorite. There were even baby ones!

We got to see elephants playing! Which is more than I've ever got to see at a zoo!

A baby Rhino!

There were many other animals as well. It is really cool not to see them in cages! It really looked like an African Safari. Well at least what I have seen on t.v. Not that I've actually seen one in real life.

This Hippo would swim right by the underwater window and do flips, just like she was putting on a show.

We also caught a 3-D show about bugs! With the one and only Flick, from Bug's Life. It was really neat. Here is me and the girls sporting our "bug eyes."

Then on to the Lion King Show.

We finished the day off with some more autographs.

We rode several other rides and had a great time. Even despite the down pour!