Disney World

Jeff and I took the kids to Disney World for our family vacation this year.  We were planning on going earlier and doing some things in Orlando, but we had to change our plan when Jeff was called to be Bishop and needed to be ordained that Sunday, so we did Disney World only.  We got there Monday and stayed at Old Key West (a resort on site) until Saturday.  We had a wonderful time, and we got to do everything we wanted to do.  Justin enjoyed the trip the most because he was tall enough to ride all of the rides with his older siblings, and he didn't have to stay with the younger kids.  We really enjoyed the water parks that were there.  Ryan got to go on some of the bigger slides there which was a first for him.  We started to refer to Ryan as the safety patrol man while we were there.  He really worries about the safety of rides, and he made sure everyone was doing everything right while on the rides.  I also had to help in understand the "Magic Kingdom" is not real, and everything you go on is just pretend.  When we were on the Jungle Cruise they told everyone to hit the deck when some "pretend" Indians were attacking.  I noticed everyone laughing and looking my way when this happened, I looked at Ryan and he was flat on the ground taking cover.  He was relieved when I told him they were just fake.  We thought Abigail would love the princesses, and she did from a far, but she didn't want to look at them or talk to them.  This put us all in an akward situation when we were eating at Cinderella's Castle and all of the Princesses came to visit our table.  It isn't as fun talking with a princess when you are older we all decided.  We love being together as a family.  It is so fun to see everyone enjoy each others company.  Our only big complaint was the heat with the humidity.  I never thought I would miss the wind, but it would have felt so nice there.  Here are some pictures from our trip.

Our first night we ate in Canada, had they had a small part that was suppose to look like Victoria Island in Canada, I was impressed how well they copied it.

Abigail was excited to meat Rapunzell until she came out then we had to be with her.

Ryan got a spray bottle fan and Abigail got Princess Mickey ears

Animal Kingdom

A picture in front of Mt. Everest, I just forgot to include the mountain in it.

Abigail insisted on bringing these into the parks every day (note to self, don't let them buy something like this until the last day).

The lion we got to see on the jungle Safari in Animal Kingdom

The snake Justin won while waiting for a ride

Our visit to Cinderella's Castle

Abigail dancing in the rain (it only rained hard one time)

waiting in line for the Toy Story ride

Almost time to get on the Toy Story ride

The back lot at Hollywood Studios