Monday, December 5, 2011

The Magic Kingdom

Today we visited my all time FAVORITE Disney park...
The Magic Kingdom!
First we rode our bikes down to the waterfront at the campground
to catch the boat over to the MK!
This was one of the gorgeous Christmas trees at the campground.
 A view of the Contemporary Hotel from the boat!
 We made sure to arrive early so we could see all of the Disney characters ride in on 
the train and open up the Magic Kingdom!
 Our first glance at Cinderella's castle!
 Loved this picture of these three...
Also, it shows how empty the park was!  Not many crowds the week after Thanksgiving!
 We've always enjoyed going to Disney with a group of friends,
but this time it was special with just our family because these two had some
sweet bonding!  They wanted to ride most of the rides together!
 Daddy was our master fast passer!
 Trey loved meeting all of the characters we saw.
We wonder when and if Ambry will ever want to meet any!
 The Haunted Mansion has an all new entrance through a graveyard!
Everything is interactive.  It's very cool!  This trip the Haunted Mansion
was one of our favorite rides because of all the improvements that have been done!
 We always enjoy a little break from all the walking on the People Mover ride!
 Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain and the Buzz Lightyear ride 
were Trey and Ambry's favorites this year!
 This photo makes me laugh!
We were on our way out of the park at the end of the day, and Luke said we should all
stop and go to the restroom before waiting for the boat.  So he pulls us by the hand
into this little area beside Main Street.  Ambry goes right along with her Daddy
thinking we are just going to the restroom.  Well, when we walked around the corner we
almost walked straight into Pinnochio!  (Luke knew he was standing right there!)
Ambry FREAKED out!  She RAN when she saw him.
I guess that really is mean parent fun, but we had a big laugh over it.
Only Trey and Mommy would get their picture made with Pinnochio.  Ambry was back
outside on Main Street as far away from him as she could get!!!
We loved getting to ride our favorite rides more than one time.  It was so nice having small crowds and seeing all of the festive Christmas decorations!
Yes, the Magic Kingdom is one of the happiest places on Earth!

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Animal Kingdom and a Camper Christmas!

Today brought Animal Kingdom adventures!
Uncle Greg and Aunt Michelle met us at the Animal Kingdom
and spent the day seeing all of the wild animals and riding the rides with us!
I love the colors of the Animal Kingdom!
 Uncle Greg and Aunt Michelle found this statue quite amusing!
 The Nemo show was amazing!
 Everyone loved the parade... well, except for Ambry!  :)
 Uncle Greg got completely SOAKED on the Kali River Rapids Ride!
 Lukey couldn't stop laughing!!!
 After our "wild" day at the park, we returned to the campground for 
Christmas with Grammy and Grumps and Uncle Charles too!
 Since we will not get to go to Florida again before Christmas Day this year,
Grumps and Grammy brought the famous Christmas train for us to 
enjoy at our house!
 Relaxing before dinner.
Our little Christmas tree!
 We had a delicious non-traditional holiday meal... 
hamburgers, hot dogs, dad's potato salad,
mom's baked beans, chips and s'mores for dessert!
 Present time!
Trey and Ambry were so excited to open their gifts!
We're SO thankful we got to spend time with Grammy and Grumps,
Uncle Greg and Aunt Michelle, and Uncle Charles!
They always make everything fun.  We had a lot of laughs, some 
great food, special presents and precious memories!!!