Hollywood Studios

Saturday morning we were all up bright and early

for our first day at the parks!

Waiting on the bus for Hollywood Studios!

We really enjoyed all of the decor at the parks!

Hollywood Studios had a movie reel themed tree of course!

Only one of our little campers met any Disney characters this trip...

We got to ride the Toy Story ride twice!

All of us enjoyed learning to draw during the animation class.

We now have four very different Goofys to frame!

There were a few new surprises at the Stunt Show this year...

Lightning McQueen made an appearance!

We LOVE the Beauty and the Beast musical show!!!

Because of the time of year it was, as well as us keeping the kids

out of school, The Fantasmic Show was not crowded at all!

The Osborne Family Christmas Lights truly ended our evening

with beautiful Christmas spirit!

The dancing lights were amazing, my photos don't do them justice!!

We're feeling so thankful for the beginning of our magical week!

Disney World!

I absolutely ADORE the sign we passed under today...

YES!   We're here!

The Magic Kingdom's Fort Wilderness will be our home away from home

for the next week!  So many adventures to be had and memories to make!

 After we QUICKLY set up our camper...

We walked down for dinner at the Hoop Dee Doo Musical Review!

 Thanks to my booking our reservation 180 days in advance, we had an awesome

table right near the stage!  We were smack dab in the middle of all the action!

 The Pioneer Hall Players did not disappoint!

They sang and danced and joked and pranked!

We loved every minute!!!

 They even brought around washboards 

so we could join in the show!

 After our delicious dinner of fried chicken and ribs and all the fixins, served up in metal pails of course, we took a stroll around the campground.

 Wildlife was everywhere!  And all of the animials we saw were not 

in the least bit afraid of people.  We got very close to bunnies, turkeys, and deer!

As if that wasn't amazing enough, the "regulars" at Fort Wilderness

have a sort of competition with Christmas lights and blow-ups displays each December!

WOW!

We couldn't believe the EXCESS of Christmas decoration!

The Fort Wilderness campers go all out for the holidays!

We had a tiny tree, lighted candy canes, and icicle lights of our own.

Everyone is so excited for a fun filled week of Disney Magic!

More to come...

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas!

I LOVE to decorate for Christmas!

I feel like it's a huge celebration of Jesus' birth ALL month long!!!

We put up six Christmas trees at our house.

They are not fancy, instead, each one contains special ornaments 

we have collected over the years that are meaningful to us!  

Anytime we go on a trip or an adventure, we bring home a new
ornament for our tree instead of a souvenir!
And thankfully Grammy and Grumps and Nana and Papaw
have gifted us with many beautiful ornaments from their travels as well!

We finished putting up all of our trees this week...

 Our Family Tree
These little angels are my absolute FAVORITE ornaments EVER!!!

 Our Moultrie Balls Tree
Luke's Grandmama's Moultrie Ball ornaments that she left to me
and the quilt that she made for Luke used as a tree skirt!

 Our Little Red Playroom Tree

 Luke's Man Cave Tree
A PC football helmet for the topper and lots
of football, farm, racing, fishing, Crimson Tide, and billards ornaments!

 Trey's Snowman Tree

 Ambry's Angel Tree

 And this might just be my favorite elf antic yet...

 Do you think Prince Alfie might be just a little excited about
our upcoming trip...

To Disney World?!!!

It's the MOST WONDERFUL time of the year!!!