Animal Kingdom

The older I get the worst I get at taking pictures!  This is my only picture at Animal Kingdom!   This day was our last day.  We were flying back to Utah in the evening, so we spent the day at Animal Kingdom.  This park was so fun and I enjoyed it.  The Everest ride was so fun!  We rode that and then enjoyed seeing some animals.  There was a safari ride that we missed because we didn't have enough time.  We loved the Bugs Life show which is inside this huge man made tree.  The tree has every animal in the world carved in it!  We left Animal kingdom got one last ice- cream and headed to the airport.  We had such a fun Spring Break in Florida.  I know we will never forget this trip.  We are grateful for Brad and JanaLynn and their willingness to let us stay with them.  This saved us so much money and made this trip possible.   We actually did this trip cheaper than Disneyland!  So, we were so grateful for sky miles, free place to stay, and being smart by packing lunches and eating breakfast at the house.  We had fun and saved money!  Loved spending time with family!

Sand Key Beach

 We decided to take a break from the Parks and go to a Beach today.  It wasn't the best weather for the beach, but we enjoyed it while we could.  This beach was on the gulf side of Florida and it had so many cool shells and treasures.  The kids and Mike enjoyed finding all these cool shells.  I stayed behind and fought the seagulls!  They were really aggressive and would try to still our food!  I hate Seagulls!

 Coming back from treasure hunting.  It started to rain pretty bad so, we headed back home to go get some dinner.

We washed up from the beach and headed to Giordanos.  The yummiest Pizza!  We went back to the house and watched a movie in the theatre room.

Back to Magic Kingdom

 The kids wanted to go back to Magic Kingdom this day.  I went with the olders on Big Thunder while Mike took the littles on some different rides.  Lucy again is sporting her Mini- mouse Ears!

 The girls got to meet Cinderella and Rapunzel.

 We enjoyed riding Splash Mountain a couple of times together as a family, space mountain is always a favorite too!

 I think that Disney World definitely has the prettier Castle!

Magic Kingdom was pretty crowed again so, we headed out for dinner and then thought we would head back that night.  The kids were done and just wanted to be at the house and swim.  So, we swam and enjoyed the evening hanging out with Brad and his family.

Easter Sunday

 Even while away from home I like to get my kids together for a Easter Picture.  This time we are in Florida!

 I brought some candy and treats from home since they wouldn't have their traditional Easter baskets.  They had to follow some jelly beans to find their treats.  They ended up being in the Nemo room.

 We went to church and then came home and hung out.  We had to switch homes this day so, there was a little cleaning a packing to do.

 But, still time to dress-up as Anna….

and to swim.  We ate Easter dinner out by the pool and Grandma Young did a Easter egg hunt for the kids.

Epcot

 Epcot was my favorite park on the trip.  It was not crowed at all the day we went and the weather was really nice this day.  Auntie Jill came with us this day too!

 We headed first to Test Track because that is the main ride in Epcot.  We got to design our own car and then take it on a test ride.  It reminded us of the cars ride from California Adventure.

 We spent the rest of the day traveling the world and eating lots of yummy food from different areas of the world.  Really I could spend a couple of days with Mike in Epcot.  The kids didn't want to spend a ton of time in each area, but Mike and I would have loved to explore a little bit more.  Here we are in Germany.  We ate lunch in Germany!

 Eliza in Venice, Itlay.

 The girls really wanted a picture with the Eiffel Tower, but it ended being more in the back ground of everything in France.  We ended up just getting ice cream in France since we were all so hot.

 They had fun shows in each country.  We watched this cool show in France.

 The older kids wanted to ride some scary rides so, I stayed with the littles and played at this fun park in Epcot.

 We met up at the Finding Nemo ride.  They had these cool aquariums that we spent a while at watching dolphins and other fish.  We were done with Epcot in the evening so, we headed home to hang out.

 My little girls loved Brad and JanaLynn's homes.  They are stocked with toys and all the dress-ups that a little girl could want!

 They have a pool in the back yard and the kids loved just jumping in and cooling off…. well, we all enjoyed the pool!

 That evening the girls did a little fashion show with all the dress-ups.  Auntie Jill even got in on the fun.

Check out those costumes!  It was fun hanging out together!

Hollywood Studios

 We headed to Hollywood Studios this day.  This park was not so crowed so, we felt like we could breath a little!  This park had lots of fun shows that we watched.  We loved the Frozen show and this Car show.  We missed the Indiana Jones show due to rain.  We were really sad about that so, I guess we will have to go back! :)  All the Star Wars stuff is in the is park along with the Toy Story ride, Tower of Terror, and Rock'n Roller Coaster.  Our family is not to keen on huge rides.  As I have gotten older the sicker I get after riding the big rides!  So, Mike went on the rock'n roller coaster by himself and the rest of us went on the Toy Story ride.

 The Traditional Picture with Mickey Mouse that we always get!

 It was so much easier to see the characters in Hollywood Studios.  My girls still like to get autographs from them.  Jason was very patient while the girls did this!

 Lucy is laughing at the chipmunks in this picture!

 After this we went inside for the Frozen show and when we came out it was pouring rain.  Eliza hated every time it would rain!  We had ponchos and would ask her to wait it out, but she was having nothing to do with it.  Sounds crazy coming from our 8 year old, but sometimes I try to cater to her needs since she is my middle child.  So, we left Hollywood studios and headed home to rest for a bit.  We went out to eat and then headed to Disney Springs.  Disney Springs was so crowed!  But, we enjoy shopping at the Disney store and getting ice-cream from Ghirardelli's.  It was so yummy!  We ended our day on a more happy note.

Magic Kingdom

 The next day we went to Magic Kingdom.  We had to take this Ferry over a lake to get to the front gates of Magic Kingdom.  We were so excited to have some fun!

 Had to get the traditional picture at the main entrance

 Making our way down main street.  This day we enjoyed Magic Kingdom with Grandma and Grandpa Young, Auntie Jill, Elise, and Linnea.  I was horrible at getting pictures with everyone!

 Lucy really wanted these mini mouse ears.  She had been asking of them for months so, we got them first thing.  She would wear these ears every where!

 Small world with Auntie Jill

On the Racers with Anne again!  Anne and I are always partners on this ride.  She does a great job driving!  It was hot day and super crowed, but we had a ton of fun!