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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Disney and the Millers





















We have had a fantastic 10 days! We left our house Sunday morning on the 21st, got on a plane at Portland Airport and headed across the country to Florida. We landed in Orlando at 11:30 local time and got into our hotel room 12:30ish. The kids were so excited because we stayed at the All Stars Disney Hotel and we got to be in the 101 Dalmatians buildings! Our room had a Dalmatians border and comforters on the beds. We pushed the beds together and had a huge family bed that we all slept in!

On Monday we woke up, got a Disney breakfast and headed to the Magic Kingdom! We got into the park about 11:30ish and stayed until after midnight! We did all of fantisy land and toon town and some of tomorrow land. But it was an extremely busy day and all of our lines were long. The important people we met were Cinderella, Belle, Aurora, Mickey, Miney, and Goofy. Joya and Tim did Splash Mountain while Timmy and I did Pirates of the Caribbean. We all had a fantastic day!


Tuesday we all slept in, then had another Disney breakfast, then discovered all our hotel had to offer. We played at the pool, saw the mighty ducks buildings, fantasia buildings, and of course the Herby the love bug buildings. We also spent a lot of time with Lucky Pup from the Dalmatians. Timmy just loved lucky pup!! At about 1ish David and little David came to our hotel and picked us up to take us to their house in Eustis, FL. That evening we hit the Barrel for dinner and then were so tired we all slept really well!



Wednesday early morning Tim, David and Little David went deep sea fishing in the gulf with Davids friend Butch. Butch has his own boat and everyone caught a couple of fish! Tim caught a 20lb. red grouper. The kids and I stayed home with Daila, Danielle, and Darlene. We hung out at home, did a little shopping, and went to the park. We had a nice and relaxing day and Timmy got a good nap which was very important for the sanity of everyone!



Thursday was thanksgiving, the Millers had a couple of families over including kids our kids ages! All of the little girls had a great time together! After eating we went to the park and the adults played kanjam and the kids played on the play structures! We were there until 5ish and came home to have a calm evening at home with some wii. All of the little girls played wii together, which was comical because they had to learn how to even do the remote.




Friday morning Tim and David did a little shopping and then we all got in the car and left for St. Petersburg Beach! We stayed one night but had a fantastic time on the beach, in the pool and of course playing more kanjam! I forgot the camera so I will post pictures when we download the recorder and Tim's phone camera!














Saturday we played all day at the beach, Joya and Tim went down this huge blow up slide that was at our hotel. Tim, David, little David, and Danielle went Jet Skiing and had a blast until Tim and little David wrecked! They both are still pretty soar! We stayed all day and headed home around 5ish and stopped for dinner at the Waffle House. I only mention these places we ate because they are favorites of ours while we are in the south!



Sunday we got up and went to church with the Millers. It was a very nice facility and very friendly welcoming. The kids did great in their childcare and we listened to Pastor Ron preach. David will start preaching at the first of the year. He has some great plans for the church!




Monday we got up early and headed back to Disney! We had a fantastic time. There was a third of the people there than the previous Monday, which made waiting in line a whole lot better and just moving around a whole lot easier! We walked in and met Pluto, Pinocchio, Daisey Duck, Ariel, Jasmine and Aladdin. We did all of Adventure land, Frontier land, and Tomorrow land. The highlights were the mines on Tom Sawyers Island, Jungle Cruise, Swiss Family Tree house, and the Tiki Room. Because there were not a lot of people there we hit the stuff from last Monday that was our favorites! Tim also got to go on Thunder Mountain, and Space Mountain! Joya loved the Goofy;s Wild Ride! Timmy loved the Carousel and cried when we took him off the horse! Maybe he will be a rancher like Tim's family! Last Monday during the fireworks show Joya made a wish to be a real princess, Tim cuddled her and told her she was a princess to him. Then we went again on Monday and we were standing in line to try and pull the sward from the stone. While waiting in line Tim told Joya that this was her chance to be a real princess. When it was her turn she got up there and pulled with all her might, and the sword started coming out! We had no clue that it moved, we later learned that 1 in 1,000 pulls the sword moves and it just happened for Joya. So now she is princess Joya! She even mentioned it this morning, that she is a real princess now! It was a great ending to an awesome vacation! We stopped at the shops on the way out and left the park at 8:30ish. Both kids fell asleep on the way home, so when we got home we had time to chat with Darlene, Danielle and Daila. We were all so tired that everything was funny, especially Danielle saying she would take her shirt off for 10 dollars!haha














Today is Tuesday and we head home this afternoon! We had a fantastic vacation!! Just two flights home, hopefully the kids will do just as well on the way home as they did on the way here!