Day One of Trip....Sea World!!

 

Getting ready for the Dolphin show.

 We survived!!!!! Not only that but we had a great time!! And amazingly enough we didn't even lose any kids. We had 4 kids, and two adults.....do the math.....odds are we were going to lose at least one. 

Our trip started out with a trip to good ole' Chapel Hill Pediatrics because the boys had all had fevers/cough for a few days. We figured we might as well get them checked out before we left. Well, what's a trip without 8 bottles of antibiotics? Not a fun one, that's for sure!!! Everyone had pneumonia....yay! Because going to the busiest happiest place on earth isn't tricky enough without a case (or five...yes Nathan had it too) of pneumonia. 

Luckily, everyone was in great spirits and we were all so excited to get to Disney, the kids were unbelievably awesome on the drive. 

First stop.....SEA WORLD! 

Sea World wasn't that busy as you can see!!

Yes folks, this is pretty much how I spent my vacation

The boys found the perfect play structure while waiting for lunch

Drew and Jacob

I love this, they are sooooo excited to have icecream

Poor Andrew climbed onto a train and it broke down before he could even ride it!! He was such a trooper and enjoyed this carousel just as much!!

This guy was so cool. He came right up to the glass and was following the kids around

Dolphins always amazing. So cool to watch them play. By far, Rachel's favorite

I think Rachel's face says it all. 

Day 2 Magic Kingdom

Magic Kingdom

Everyone was feeling much better by Tuesday and we had a beautiful day at the Magic Kingdom. 

There is sooooooo much to do so you really need two days to do it all but we hit on everything we wanted to and even caught the parade as we were leaving. We fought the Evil Zurg with Buzz Lightyear, screamed through conquered Space Mountain,  cried on   survived Pirates of the Caribbean, and climbed the most amazing Swiss Family Robinson Tree house. We went Under the Sea and met Ariel too!  Oh and we can't forget (no really, we can't forget because the song is still in our head) It's a Small World which the kids loved!! I think the funniest part of the day was when Rachel and Jacob found some ducks to feed.....it was by far one of the highlights of the trip! Surrounded by all this entertainment and feeding the wild ducks topped the list : ) 

Entering the Gates

Casey at the Bat!! How cool!

Before Space Mountain.....which Rachel didn't exactly enjoy.  I think her exact words were  "never again"

Love this Picture. Ariel told Rachel how excited she was to see that Rachel had a dolphin necklace and she would definitely tell her "dolphin friends"

I know it's blurry but look how excited he is!!!

"It's a Small World After All"
Your welcome : )

Evil Zurg

We got to meet Captain Jack Sparrow!! 

Told you folks....me in the stroller

"Here Rachel, let me try....."

"Ok, you can help...."

"ah well, guess neither of us will be the King of England today"

Swiss Family Robinson Tree house.....awesome!

Day 3 Animal Kingdom

We ventured into Animal Kingdom on Thursday and while it's always a favorite of ours, I think everyone was pretty tired. Still, we had a great time on the Safari, Andrew finally got to ride a train (you'll see how elated he was!), and the kids had a blast in the "Dinosaur Dig". Because the temperature had cooled down all the animals were out as we went past them on the Safari and we even had to wait in the road until the Rhinos decided to move!! 

Safari or not, here we come!!

Rachel and Daddy waiting on the train

Family of Giraffes

Waiting for the Rhinos....no one wants to try and hurry those guys up!!!

We got to pet some pretty nice goats too!!

Dino Dig....they could have stayed here all day....no joke!!

A little excited

A LOT EXCITED!!!! WOO HOO!!! WE LOVE TRAINS!!!

Drew just had an awesome time the whole week.