Florida/Disneyworld

I finally feel like I have a free minute to blog! We had a wonderful vacation to Florida and we enjoyed almost every minute of it. The weather was around 75-80 degrees the first 4-5 days then we had some rain. We were gone a total of 11 days so we were ready to come home back to normal life. We spent 7 days at the Disneyworld parks. Some days we did the parks all day, some we got up early and left by 3, and some days we slept in, swam, then stayed till the park closed. The kids did amazingly well but we did have some tantrums, whining, etc. For the most part it went well. We loved our townhouse that we stayed at! It was only 12 miles from all of the parks, we had a washer/dryer, kitchen, and 3 bedrooms, and the resort had a water slide, multiple pools, and a lazy canal. I highly recommend it if you need to save money and just need a little more space than a normal hotel room. We LOVED magic kingdom and animal kingdom. Epcot was fine for one day but we pretty much all hated MGM Studios. My favorite was animal kingdom. It was just so beautiful, had a wonderful safari ride, everest ride was awesome, cool shows, etc. We also did a character breakfast there and had a all you can eat buffet while character's danced and visited all of the tables. It was spendy at $100 but worth it. I would recommend it if you haven't ever done it. Tyler loved epcot, star tours, and splash mountain. Kylie was generally the most happy the whole time, loved to hug all of the characters (I know, you're surprised), meeting the princesses, buzz ride, and collecting autographs. Kenadie was very daring and took me on the everest ride, space mountain, splash mountain, etc. She loved the petting zoo at the animal kingdom and the aladdin ride. She wanted to meet the characters but would end up hiding behind me. She is just so shy. Easton had his moments of not wanting to walk, whinning, etc. He didn't nap any of the days so I'm sure that had something to do with it. He loved all of the rides and would just sit and watch. I think we really saved a lot of money by eating breakfast at home, packing a small cooler full of snacks, drinks, and sometimes sandwiches, and then we just ate out once a day. The kids had been saving allowance and birthday money for six months so they used that to buy whatever they wanted. It was nice since we didn't have to fight over what to get. Most of the kids had close to $80 so they were able to buy a few things. After we left Disneyworld we headed appr an hour away to Titusville where Eric's dad lives. We enjoyed a couple of days with them watching the superbowl, going to the beach, and just hanging out. The kids loved Grandpa and Grandma Janine and especially Uncle Hunter who would tease them. They even took the two kids overnight so we could have a little quiet time. Eric and I also went on a date to a nice Mexican restaurant while they took the kids to Mcdonalds. It was time to come home and let me say it was a trial. I can't believe how rude people are! I heard several comments about kids and a guy sitting in front of Kenadie on the plane was just rude. Anyways, it was wonderful and we are so thankful to be able to go. We even came home with $500! Now that is amazing considering it was Disney. Now I just need to plan the next vacation....:)