Our Vacation

We are back safe and sound from our Disney Vacation. We had a great time. Day 1 we went to Animal Kingdom. The highlights from that park were the Safari ride and Climbing Mt. Everest. We had a character breakfast that morning with Mickey and the gang which was great too. That night we went to Epcot. We had dinner at Coral Reef restaurant which had a big tank you could watch while eating- sharks, sea turtles, rays and lots of fish. Day 2 we went to Epcot and Magic Kingdom. The highlight of Epcot and probably the boys favorite thing on the trip was the ride Soarin. Lots of fun!!!! They enjoyed a boat ride as well and Spaceship Earth, Finding Nemo, Honey I Shrunk the Audience, Test Track and a stroll through all of the countries. At Magic Kingdom that night we went on a Jungle Cruise, Aladdin's Magic Carpets, Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse ate at Peco Bill's. Day 3 we went back to Magic Kingdom and went through the whole park. The highlights were Buzz Lightyear, It's a Small World, Pirates of the Carribean, Winnie The Pooh, a train ride and the Indy Speedway. We all hated Stitch's Great Escape- it was lame. That night we went to Downtown Disney and went to a great restaurant called Capn' Jack's. Cobe was impressed with that restaurant b/c we all got lobster and he got to hold the tail. We went to Lego Land and saw a huge Lego T-Rex, shark, transformer, and other life-size Lego creations. We also went to the world's largest Disney store. And Day 4 was spent with the morning swimming at the hotel pool and the afternoon at MGM Studios. The weather had been fairly cool up until this day so the boys hadn't gotten a chance to swim yet. (Nor the time to do it). So we let them swim in the morning and then headed to the Contemporary Hotel in Magic Kingdom to Chef Mickey's to celebrate Brooks' birthday with another character breakfast. It was awesome. Much better than the first breakfast. They celebrated Brooks' and Cobe's birthday. Cobe was really into getting all of the characters' autographs so he got quite a few there. Then we left there and went to MGM. That was a cool park. We saw the Indiana Jones show, went on Star Wars, saw several characters to get autographs, went on the Great Movie Ride, Sounds Dangerous- Drew Carey, Muppet Vision 3-D, and ended that night with the show Fantasmic which was a lot of fun. Needless to say, we had a great time at all the parks. The boys were at the perfect ages to go and be able to get on most of the rides and still be so excited for the little rides as well as seeing the characters.

I haven't had a chance to download pics yet, but I'll get those done tonight maybe. Survivor is on so we'll see! :-) Cobe is back at school after missing 5 days total due to sickness then vacation. He went on Thursday of last week but that was it. His teacher let us know that he had a fieldtrip today b/c he had to take his own lunch and we never would have known since he has been out so much. They were going to a children's museum in St. Joe.

Brooks is going back to school today as well. He gets to celebrate his birthday by taking in donut holes. I am sure they will do some sort of little celebration for him. I don't know where time goes- I now am the mom of a 7 year old, 4 year old and 1 year old!!!!!! I never imagined. Time flies so cherish each day with your little ones. As the saying goes, they don't stay little long.

Mom, Dad and Brent drove back to NC yesterday and got home last night. We all had fun together and Nana and Papa sure were generous as usual!!! The boys certainly weren't lacking in souveniers.

We had very smooth flights going to Florida. No delays which is remarkable. On the way home, it was another story. We flew from Orlando to Atlanta just fine. When we got to Atlanta, our flight to Lansing was canceled. They had booked us on another one THE NEXT DAY!!! I was not about to spend a night at the airport or in a hotel in Atlanta. So we rushed around and finally got a stand-by flight to Grand Rapids. Ryan's parents were kind and came and got us in GR. Mary Jo drove the boys and I home and Jim drove Ryan to Lansing to pick up our car. So it could have been much worse. We made it home with 2 of our 3 suitcases and are still waiting on the 3rd one to be delivered. Hopefully it shows up!

Sadie had a great time at the Boeves- she loves them and was well taken care of. She looked at me funny when Lisa dropped her off last night. She went to bed before Ryan had gotten home from Lansing so he woke her up to see her when he got home and she was scared. She cuddled with me quite a bit this morning and was so excited to be back home today. The boys were estactic to see her and she was to see them as well. Ryan is at work today so he'll have to re-bond with his dolly tonight. :-) He sure did miss her!

Speaking of, she is crying in her crib and ready to get up and play so I'm off to get her. Have a great day- check back later in the next day or so and I'll try to have pics posted.