Disney 07-08

So for those of you that know or don't- my whole family went to disney just after Christmas. We spent 7 days in the parks- and yes we went all 7! I mean who can get enough of disney?:) The trip started with a 12-which turned into 15-hour drive to Altanta. We spent 2 nights at my friend Dawn's house-she wasn't there which stunk for me but she is the best and let my whole fam crash there anyway- thanks a bunch McDowell's! Then on Saturday the 29th we drove the last 7 hours to florida.
We figured we would start out with the Magic Kingdom- since that is what most people think of when they think of Disney. Here we are on the first morning in front of Cinderella's castle. This picture has the whole family except mike in it- you gotta love having professional photographers in the family:)

We LOVE rides and the kids were at teh perfect age to enjoy them! here we are on a roller coaster in animal kingdom(if you get a closer look at Alexis' face it is hysterical!) and then coming off of Space Mountain-a classic!

Another great thing about disney is getting to meet the characters. Here are Trish and I with Goofy and trish, me, cinderella, wanda and mom- yes we ate with the princesses- it was so fun to see Alexis and Kari's faces when they came over and talked to them.

Now if you have ever been to disney you know there is a lot of time spent waiting in line or wating for parades. Here is the fam waiting for the parade in Animal Kingdom. The picture on the right is what we did to kill time while waiting for the safari-it was a 90 minute wait so we started being outback people looking for the rarest creatures of all(martindell and landis kids) It was hysterical- we are going to watch the video next year!:)

So it was New years while we were there. It rained on and off most of the evening but after much coaxing a few of us made it through and rang in 2008 at the Magic Kingdom! They handed out hats and noise makers and had tons of fireworks behind the castle and all around us-it was a long day but well worth it!

And one final pic of me and tigger-it had been a few years since we saw each other but when we did it was just like old times:)

It was a crazy and fun trip- as it always is when my family gets together. The kids were great and it was fun to experience it through their eyes- they didn't remember when they were there 9 years ago. SO thanks mom and dad for antoher trip of a lifetime! Next Christmas it will have to be Belgium!!!!