Picture Overload!

We hit the ground running when we got home from Disney and I have just not had the time to share any of our pictures or anything about our trip!!

The first glimpse of the magic...

We stayed at the All Star Music Resort at Disney. It is one of their "value" resorts, but definitely still done up Disney style! I would not hesitate to stay there again.

On Thursday after we got in our room, we headed out to the Magic Kingdom. I really wanted the castle to be the first thing they saw. Silly me, I know!!

Of course we had to ride the old faves Dumbo and the Carousel (which apparently made Hayden a little sick, cause he spit up all over me right after this picture!!)

Mari Cate enjoyed getting all the characters autographs and pictures taken with them. I almost had to force Conner to get in the pictures (he thinks he is too old for that--except for the one with Prince Caspian!) They both bought the lanyards they are wearing in the pics. They have trading pins on them and you can go up to Disney workers and trade with them if they have a in that you like. We were totally shocked that Mari Cate would actually go up and talk to the workers and ask for their pin!! She really came out of her shell when it came to a pin that she wanted!!

We had a wonderful trip! Mari Cate's choir did soooooo good!! We were so proud of them! Conner enjoyed riding the rides and was totally amazed at how big Disney World is---it is really a "world" of its own down there! And Hayden was a perfect little angel--even through the sweltering heat, he slept away in his little "cadillac stroller" (equipped with it's own air conditioning battery operated fans!)

Hayden riding in comfort

The theater the choir sang in

Just before going on the stage

Waiting to be seated at Tony's Italian Restaurant after the performance. We had been told this was the best place to get to see the Parade, but you would have to have reservations. Well, God looked down on us that night. We did not have reservations, but were able to get seated, and even got a window seat to see the parade perfectly--and in the air conditioning, while we ate a wonderful meal!!!

My biggest complaint...........we didn't have near enough time to see what we wanted to see!! I am already ready to go back!! Never imagined I would say that after taking 3 kids with me! If their choir gets accepted to sing next year, we have already decided we will take the entire week at Disney instead of just 3-4 days...it just isn't enough!!

While we were in Hollywood Studios at a show we looked in the sky and saw this! There was a major brush fire very near the Magic Kingdom!!

After we left Disney, we went to my aunt and uncles house in Jacksonville and stayed for 4 days. That was a nice relaxing time for us with no specific plans the whole time. As always, thanks for letting us come visit Johnny and Linda!! We had a wonderful vacation and I really look forward to going again, but for now it has been nice to sort of get into a regular routine again. Vacations are exhausting!!