November 2012 Day 1

 

The girls woke up ready to rock and roll, we are headed to Hollywood Studios for Rope Drop.

In the morning mommy was still unsure whether she was actually going to go through with the half marathon tonight, but it would be a shame to walk away from all that training!

 

 

Let's hit it.  We walked from the Boardwalk to DHS which is such a nice walk along the water.

We got there for park opening did the mad dash to Toy Story Mania and did that a few other rides and hit the Disney Junior Show

 

 

The girls love grabbing for the gold doubloons at the end.  We also redeemed our Photopass and

met up with our Mimi

 

 

Not very happy to wait around while Daddy rode Tower of Terror

 

 

Making funny faces while we pass the time.  We didn't come all the way to Disney to sit around and wait, let's go!!

 

 

 

Then it was time for late breakfast at Hollywood and Vine, it was actually pretty good and the characters were fun!

 

 

Oso giving Mimi some love :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had gotten some cute family pics in front of the hat by Photopass earlier in the day.

This is actually one of our best family pics of the whole trip!

 

So after a quick morning, mommy decided she was going to go for it and we all headed back to the hotel for a break.  I went on my way to the expo to pick up my race stuff and gear up for the evening.

Here is a picture of the course:

 

 

Crowds gearing up for wine and dine:

 

 

The lines for the bathroom at the race were the longest lines I waited in the whole trip.  I was so worried that I would have to go mid race and have nowhere to go!

I really wish that I had people take my picture during the race, but I was so focused on finishing and didn't want to lose my steam. 

 

 

So while I was gearing up for the half marathon, Steve and the kids headed to Hollywood Studios again for Fantasmic:

 

 

 

Dinner at Mama Melrose's.  Apparently it was mediocre, but it looks like they were having lots of fun, I am sorry I missed it!

 

 

Met up with the rest of the clan for Fantasmic.  This was one of the hardest things about doing the race, missed Fantasmic and Osborne Lights.  What a bummer, but I know we will be back again, and I did get to run through the Osborn Lights during the race.  That was very cool since it was near mile 10 or 11 and I was starting to get tired. 

 

But it was totally worth it, will never get tired of looking at this:

 

 

 

 

 



 

November 2012 Arrival Day

 

Getting ready to rock and roll into our matching minnie outfits.

Daddy and Mimi and the girls flew down first and Mommy took a later flight because she had to work.  They were super good on the plane and had everyone laughing because they kept saying  "woah, woah" every time the plane dipped or moved.

 

 

A little blurry, but our traditional jumping on the bed on arrival.

We are back in Disney World, yay, yay!!!

 

 

This was the amazing view from our Boardwalk view Studio.  It was a great thing to walk into when I finally got there.  Kids were asleep in bed, and ready to hit rope drop in the morning. 

 

This was a big and wonderful trip for us, tomorrow we will meet up with our cousins, and Aunt Nancy and Uncle Ronny for a fun filled week with the whole family.

 

Welcome Home!

Day Seven of February 2012 Trip

The last day is always Bittersweet, but we always try to spend at least part of it at Magic Kingdom. Rope Drop 7 out of 7!

Posing on the ferry to MK!

Jealous cause she wants the hoopla hoop.

Waiting for Casey Junior :)

Got it!

First Haircut, Priceless! She got a few stickers, can you tell?

While Ave and I hit the barbershop, Lexi and daddy conquered the Astro Orbiter for the first time ever. Then we regrouped and hit the PeopleMover, which became our family fave on this trip. I think we rode it at least 5 times. We always seem to have a family ride that we fall in love with each trip. Last trip it was the teacups. This time PeopleMover. Sadly, we never were able to find a pin for this ride!

New Sunglasses :)

Tiki tiki tiki Tiki Tiki Room

Best. Waffle. Ever.

We headed back to the room for a break and some one lost their second tooth.

After our tooth break we headed back out and called an audible, skipped our Plaza reservation and headed to Hollywood Studios instead. Dinner at Pizza Planet, followed by Lexi's first time on Tower of Terror, and Fantasmic. She really wanted to get on that ride before the end of our trip, but we almost missed Fantasmic!

Ready for the Tower!

That's right, I did it, and got this lollipop as a reward!

That was Fantasmic! Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Day Six

Sixth day of Rope Drop and going strong! On our way to Hollywood Studios for some Toy Story, Muppets, Little Mermaid and Great Movie Ride

Waiting for the car, seems like she is getting tired

Another rope drop, he is truly our families' favorite

Essentially walked on :)

Muppets

50's - she is so happy because I am letting her have a sip of my Coke. Avery is content with a lemon. For me and Steve the PB&J milkshake makes this place a must do every trip!

After a quick break we are eating again, this time at Kouzzina which was super duper yummy. I think my favorite meal of the trip!