Month: April 2018

Today was out last day at Disney World. ☹️

Our feet our tired, our bodies ache, but this girl has loved every minute of it!

Off to Hollywood Studios!

This park doesn’t have very many rides, and just a few shows. Star Wars is all over this park so the girls were super excited. Ry made sure to style her hair in Princess Lea buns.

We had wanted to do Jedi training for the girls, but we were just too tired to get up early and get signed up, so our first stop when we got to the park was the Tower of Terror! Mommy and Bree wanted nothing to do with it, so Daddy, Ry and Wowo headed off. They were able to ride it twice

Next up, Beauty and the Beast LIVE and then daddy and the girls rode Star Tours. We ran across the park to meet Chewbacca before running back across the park to see the Indiana Jones stunt show.

Ryanna 😍😍😍 loved Chewbacca! She was so excited to get to meet him, and a storm trooper stopped for a photo while we were in line.

Indiana Jones is always fun to watch, we ate pizza during the show so we could be ready to go after it ended!

Toy Story Mania was up next, everyone always tells me make sure you go and I’ve never been able to. We did this time with a fast pass and it was awesome! So fun!!

After Toy story we had done everything but the rockin roller coaster and Ry and Alan didn’t really want to so we headed home for some r & r before we came back for the final fireworks show.

One more Starbucks though! That’s been at least 1 in every park, and of course a mickey shaped snack!

Fantasmic and Star Wars Spectacular

We came back after dark to see Fantasmic and the Star Wars fireworks.

Fantasmic was first, so we have pics, then we raced over to Star Wars and I forgot to take pics!! It was neat with a lot of fireworks and scenes depicted on the buildings.

We had such a great time, even though we visited on one of the busiest weeks of the year, we had a plan and it worked great. We had such a great time!!

Now it’s time to say goodbye to all our company, M I C K E Y M O U S E! See ya real soon!

We started the day out with lots of other people. It was crazy. Alan, my aunt and the girls high tailed it to space mountain to make our fast pass while I carried all our bags through bag check. I had a leisurely ride over on the boat and met them in time for them to take my fast pass and go again! Bree opted to stay with me the second time, she was pretty scared he first time.

Our next stop was one of my favorites, the Barnstormer! Then it was off to Dumbo, I hope my girls are never too old to ride with us on Dumbo! We strolled through Ariel’s kingdom and then by Belle’s castle.

We rode Big Thunder Mountain, it is my favorite and I rode in the front car! So much fun. Then booked it to Aladdin’s carpet and off to get ice cream and lunch!

Dole whip is one of my favorite things at Disney. I had to try all three!

We had lunch at Pecos Bill which was delicious!!! Then headed to Astro orbiter!

Time for a nap back at the hotel and then back again for a nighttime trip!

But first some castle pics, Finally!

We grabbed some souvenirs on the way out and headed for our nap!

Magic Kingdom Round 2, after dark!!

We rode the ferry boat back over right at sunset, it was gorgeous! Our first ride was Pirates of the Caribbean!

Next up, Happily Ever After firework show. We were over in Pirates before the show so couldn’t get to the castle, but we had an awesome view of the fireworks from Liberty Square.

Next up was dinner, we had fed the girls at the timeshare. I had been eyeing a fruit and waffle sandwich all day and finally got it!!! It was delicious!!!

Bree had wanted to ride the Speedway all day, but it had such a long line and no more fast passes, so we waited an hour! The the longest wait we’ve had since we’ve been here!!!

We booked it to the tea cups and walked on…well I took pics I can’t spin around and around!

Then we headed home, it had been a magical day but our feet were done!!

See ya real soon! ~Mickey 🐭

Disney day 2 – Epcot

We made it to the park before it opened for rope drop.

Our goal was Soarin! We hustled through the park with everyone else who had the same goal as us and made it with only a 30 minute wait.

I panicked at the last minute because so many people were funneling into the line, so I headed to the line at Starbucks while Alan and the girls rode!

Our next stop was living in the land, my kind of boat ride!

We headed around the world showcase after that! We visited Canada, the UK, France, Japan. They still had the Eggstravaganza going on so we were finding hidden eggs in every country. The girls loved it! Some were easy, some werent!

We booked it back for our Test track fast pass! Lots of countries we walked through in the heat. It was such a hot day.

We had such a blast on test track, I was nervous and so was Bree but we loved it!

Next up Figment!!! I have loved this ride and this little dragon since I was a kid. I was so excited! And it didn’t disappoint!

We headed back yo Japan because Ry really wanted a mikogushi Pearl . She picked the oyster, harvested harvested the pearl and then set it in a necklace. Such a great souvenir! We finished our egg hunt, got our prizes and headed to Mission Space! I didn’t even attempt this ride and Alan said I wouldn’t have even made it through the line. It was super intense but Ryanna’s favorite ride!

Mickey shaped food is what we are all about!!!

Mickey pretzels to end the day!

Bree’s souvenir was a vial of candy!

The day wasn’t over yet though!

CHEF MiCKEYS!!!!

We had a delicious dinner, complete with meeting a few characters! I remember when my girls only wanted to meet characters at Disney. Now, one only wants to ride the scary rides, and the other wants to find the not so scary rides.

Time flies and kids grow up so quickly, I’m so glad for all the memories I have with my girls. It doesn’t matter if we are home doing school or at Disney with Mickey every minute I have with them is precious and I cherish it.

Our first day at Disney!!

We decided to get there at rope drop in hopes of riding Pandora…when the park opened it had a 120 minute wait so we just decided not to. Instead we headed to the safari!

There were lots of animals out roaming it was so neat. When we returned and rode it later in the day not as many animals were out. It had gotten very hot then and I’m sure they were in the shade sleeping.

Next stop Starbucks! We could not go without fuel!

So yummy!!

Next up, Everest! Ryanna, Alan and my aunt talked me into doing…Bree stayed off with Uncle Craig and rode the Kavi Rapids!

I was terrified, but I did it, twice!!! The ride had been closed in the early morning and when it reopened we were nearby so we had a minimal wait, then we rode again with our fast pass, then the brave ones rode a third time with the other fast passes we weren’t using. This was Ryanna’s favorite ride.

After this we roamed the park riding everything but the two Pandora rides.

We switched out our shoes halfway through the day hoping to save them a little for the next few days. Everyone was so thankful for the switch out! Shout out to our friends the Bowmans who told us this tip!

Such a fun day! Even though the park was packed we rode everything we wanted to, some more than once and barely waited in lines. I’m so thankful to friends who helped me plan, hopefully the rest of the trip continues like this!

My end of day treat! 18,000 steps and 7.5 miles!

Our photographer said Animal Kingdom is the biggest of all the parks, in fact every Disney park in the world supposedly could fit inside of it! That’s a lot of walking!

Hakuna Matata!

Day one in Orlando started with a surprise for the girls! We woke them up and said we were going to Aquatica for the day, Sea Worlds water park!

They were so excited! We’ve gotten to the point where they love all the fun fast rides so off we went!

The mat slide was first, Daddy beat us all!

Daddy and Ry rode the drop out while Bree and I played at the wave pool. Having the bottom dropped out from under you and dropping into a waterslide was not quite something we wanted to do!

We rode the tube slide, roa’s rapids and lots more. Such a fun wet day!

We had dinner at the timeshare and went to bed early. Tomorrow we do Disney!! We plan to be at rope drop for animal kingdom!

Today we packed up to head to part 2 of our spring break adventure! Orlando! 🐭

First though, Easter. The Easter bunny came to visit the girls. Grammy always does such a great job of making holidays special no matter where we are.

She also hid eggs all over the timeshare for them to hunt.

The girls really enjoyed it, I hope they never get too old for this.

After watching church via livestream we headed for lunch on the beach. We had been eyeing Bubba Gump Shrimp all week.

We were seated outside by the waterfall. The girls and I ordered ICEE’s and Mt. Dew Slushies as a treat. It was so delicious.

After lunch we said goodbye to Grammy and Pappy and headed to the airport to get daddy!!!

Easter isn’t the same without him! After a successful pickup and navigating the airport we headed north to Orlando!!

We had dinner with our friends the Sales and enjoyed spending the evening with them. Then it was off to bed, such a fun week ahead, hope it doesn’t wear us out too much!!!

So thankful for this day, even though we couldn’t be in church we could still celebrate his resurrection. So grateful that Christ sacrificed for me, so that I could have eternal life. Praise God that he conquered death for all of us!

John 3:16 For God so loved the World that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

We started our last day in Ft. Lauderdale with a trip even more south to Biscayne National Park.

95% of this park is underwater. We weren’t sure what all we could do here, but we were hoping to see a manatee.

The boat ride to the outer islands was booked so we opted to go kayaking. Mom stayed on land…boating isn’t her thing. 🤔 If you know her this might seem strange, but it’s small boats she doesn’t like. I opted to put Ry with dad, since daddy wasn’t here I was gonna take Bree and figure I would do most of the rowing.

Boy was I wrong!! Bree was an awesome rower. 🚣🏻‍♀️ Once I explained it to her she got it.

I even let her get us out of a canal all on her own against the wind. I was so shocked!

We rowed to a canal that might have manatees but had been told it was actually too cold for them right now and they weren’t around. So no manatees for us, but a brown pelican and a crab!

Dad and Ryanna wanted to see the mangroves up close so we headed towards them… dad let Ry walk on the roots so Bree had to too! Maneuvering close enough to the mangroves so they didn’t tip the boat when they got out was a challenge, but we got it!

It was such a fun adventure, not much wildlife except birds and fish but it was a lot of fun.

After our adventure we headed home. The girls were super excited to see a green flag when we got back. The sun was setting but they wanted to go to the beach one last time.

They played until 7pm when the sun ☀️ was almost gone.

Such a great day!! Now off to see the mouse! 🐭