Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Disney Day Three... Animal Kingdom
We woke up early today to go to Disney's Animal Kingdom. When we arrived at the park we found that we had seriously underestimated the cold weather and froze our tushies off! We did our best to keep the girls warm and headed over to the Safari ride... It was AWESOME! We saw elephants, lions, giraffes, gazells, hippos, alligators, and many many other real live animals! It was SO much fun!
We had many adventures throughout the day.
We rode our first train ride, met so many characters and at the end of the day ate at the "Rainforest Cafe." It was great but Melissa was TERRIFIED of the thunderstorms that come and go while you eat. All in all, it was a wonderful, cold day!
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Day Two "Ahhh... A Day of Rest"
We did not have to get up until 9:00 this morning and it was wonderful! Melissa woke me up at 7:30 to point out that the sun was out and it was now time to get up... but she soon went back to sleep and I followed shortly. The girls would have probably slept longer, but on Sundays the breakfast "goes away" at 10:30... and well, we wanted to eat! We went to the BEAUTIFUL Orlando Temple to walk around and feel the wonderful Spirit that is there. It was so peaceful and I had ALMOST forgotten how pretty everything is there. It was nice. We took a picnic lunch and Melissa and Kayla had fun dipping their fingers in the Ranch dressing instead of the carrots!
I am currently sitting on the floor in the laundry room waiting for our clothes to dry so that I can go upstairs and spend some more time with my family. Ray is currently watching the girls "swim" in the bathtub since we are having some ridiculously cool weather today and the water in the "outside pool" is way to cold. All in all, today has been wonderful!
Tomorrow we are off to Animal Kingdom to see the fun things there. Until tomorrow...
Disney Day One... The Adventure Begins
Our Disney Vacation actually started FRIDAY night around 11:00pm when Melissa woke up puking and puking and puking. It was EVERYWHERE!!!
(Kayla slept through the WHOLE thing.) After a bath, change of clothes, change of sheets, a snack and drink, re-brushing of the teeth, and a blessing, we were all finally back in bed by 12:15. At 12:30 Kayla woke up crying and eventually went back to sleep. I think Ray gave up and just stayed up only to wake mommy up 3 hours later to get up for our trip....
Wonderful start, huh???
We left for the airport at 4:30am and arrived at 5:30am (with both girls STILL awake!) We checked in, ate some breakfast, and 2 HOURS later were on the plane. Melissa could hardly wait to "be a bird" and Kayla was a little scared of all of the sounds. Eventually we "became birds" and the girls LOVED flying so high. The trees looked like "marshmallows" and we think we say our house!! Both girls were soon asleep and Kayla cried and cried during the landing because her ears hurt... Melissa just kept asking for more gum because hers was not "working" :)
We rented our car, checked into the hotel, gave up on trying to get the girls to sleep for a nap and were soon on our way to The Magic Kingdom. WOW! It was AWESOME! Kayla fell asleep as soon as we were on the Ferry and Melissa could not believe the castle was so "blue"hee hee!
We met Princesses, ate Mickey Mouse ice cream, played and rode our first "roller coaster!" It's a Small World! ( WE know Grandpa LOVES that one!) The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh... THAT was fun! WE had a blast!
Daddy-O was sneaky and arranged for a special dinner at the infamous Tony's Restaurant! (from "Lady and the Tramp") They decorated our table with Mickey Confetti, and made a big fuss announcing our anniversary to the WHOLE room! We had a yummy ice cream sundae after dinner. Oh, by the way... Melissa LITERALLY fell asleep standing up while waiting for our table!
After dinner we headed to Walmart to buy some supplies and FINALLY returned to the hotel around 10pm where everyone CRASHED after showers.
The girls were troopers. Mommy and Daddy had a blast and all in all... it was VERY successful!
More updates later!
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
The Children's Museum
As you can see... we had SO much fun at the Children's Museum last Friday! We can hardly wait to go again!
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Visiting with Friends
We had SO much fun with Eliza and Sadie today! They are such good friends and we haven't seen them in so long. Enjoy our video of our day... the first picture is of all 4 girls watching the snow. They were plastered to the door for at least 5 minutes and Sadie kept commenting on how hard it was snowing!
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Monday, December 3, 2007
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