The last week in October we were able to go with my parents and Ryan & Ashlie to Orlando to spend the week in their time share! It was a whirlwind of a trip, especially without the help of Paul, but it was fun and the kids got to see Mickey!! We flew out Monday afternoon and the kids did really well on the plane. We landed in Denver for a layover and stopped to get some lunch. Carson and Gracie decided to be social butterflies in the airport and were asking everyone they saw what their name was. After we arrived in Orlando the Car rental fiasco began! We reserved 2 cars - and it only took 1hr 30 minutes to get it figured out! Crazy! The kids were so jacked up, and I think they were driving Grandma Honey crazy! We finally made it to the timeshare at 1:30am - at which time my Dad, Ryan and Kelsi went to Walmart. I don't think I got to bed until about 3:00am, and after falling asleep for about an hour - the fire detector decided that it's batteries were dead and so it started beeping in a high pitched beep about every minute or so. I got up and literally yanked the stupid thing off the ceiling! Little did I know that this night would be a good indication of how much sleep I would be getting the rest of the week! Tuesday we didn't get up until late (duh, we didn't get to bed until 3:00!) My Dad, Kelsi and Ryan made another trip to the Walmart - and Ashley and I took the kids swimming. Tuesday night we went to the Arabian Nights dinner show. It was cool to see all the horses and the food wasn't too bad either. After the show the kids got to go up and pet the horses. It was a fun night.
The girls decided to dress up as Princesses to go see the Princesses!
There was a really cute worker at Cosmic Rays that was painting mickey mouse ears with window cleaner so the kids could get their pictures taken!
Apparently he isn't destined to be the next King!
This is what happens when you mix a two year old and a chocolate covered Mickey Mouse Ice Cream bar!
There is a tradition of eating lunch at Cosmic Ray's when our family visits the Magic Kingdom!
Tuckered out!
Thursday the group split up - Ryan & Ashlie went to SeaWorld, while Mom & Dad and us went to the Disney Hollywood Studios. This park is more of things to look at, rather than rides - but due to a series of fortunate events my Mom, Dad & Kelsi got to go on the AeroSmith roller coaster without even having to wait! We were actually able to get some pictures with the characters here, and this is where we saw HIM - the MOUSE himself! We had to wait in line for about an hour - but the kids were excited to see him! There was a fun ride here that was like you were in the movies and we got to see the "back lot" tour as well. The highlight of this was that we got to see Lightning McQueen & Mater - but once again we didn't wait in the looooong line to see them! It was a HOT and HUMID day again, so we did get exhausted - but we had to stay up because this was the night we were going to Mickey's Not So Scarey Halloween Party! This was the highlight of the trip for me! Kelsi, Carson & Jaedyn got dressed in their Halloween costumes and we were able to trick-or-treat throughout the entire Magic Kingdom. It wasn't very crowded so we got to ride any ride we wanted without any wait. It was fun of my mom to come with us! We also got to enjoy a show by the "Villians". The kids got a ton of candy and because it was dark the weather had cooled down A LITTLE bit. If you have the chance to be at the Magic Kingdom over Halloween I would definately recommend doing this activity!
Friday was our day to "rest" - we spent most of the day at Downtown Disney shopping and my dad treated us to lunch at The House of Blues. Friday had actually cooled off a bit, so that was really nice! After we got back to the room I took the kids swimming and had a fun time with them! We tried to get to bed early because we had a 7:50am flight the next day. Saturday morning I woke up at 4:00am so that I could finish getting packed and get ready to leave. We were running a little bit late, so we had to race through the airport - you know the show Home Alone? That's what it felt like! We got on the plane in the nick of time, however there was a bit of a challenge trying to find some seats together (some guy would rather have spent a 5 hour flight alone with 2 kids than give up his window seat!) Luckily there are still nice people in this world and there were two guys that offered to switch seats so that I could sit by Carson & Jaedyn. The kids did really well, and actually fell asleep on the plane.
Trying on hats!
Cool Harleys!
Lego Store!
Carson & Gracie held hands the whole time at Downtown Disney! It was cute!
Searching for pennies!
When we came home to Utah - we were greeted by Paul at the gate!! We arrived home on October 30th (the unofficial Halloween) and therefore had to hurry home so that we could celebrate! It was fun trip and I am so grateful that my parents were so generous in letting us spend the week with them in the timeshare!
WE LOVE YOU GRANDMA & GRANDPA!!
The ONLY picture we got on Halloween!
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