Sunday, November 29, 2009

Happiest Place On Earth!

Before we even made it to Florida, the boys were in heaven. At one of our layovers, the pilot came and took the boys to the cockpit. He strapped them in the seats and let them play with the buttons and flying gear. He gave them each flight books and gave them "what should you do?" situations. He had them find the solutions in the book and tell him how they would handle it. They learned a lot and were smiling from ear to ear. They thought they were SO cool!


We spent a week in Florida, 5 days of which were at Disney World. We had SO SO much fun. Mu parents met us there, so Grandpa and Grandma made it even more fun! The boys had a great time. They always had smiles on their faces, from 6:00 am to 11:00 pm. We were like the energizer bunny, we just kept going and going and going. We sure slept well at night, although we could never seem to catch up on sleep. We all left with bags under our eyes. I took SO many pictures, that I can't post them all. I am working on a slide show and will post that soon, for those who care to see them!

Thanksgiving Day was by far the busiest at Disney. Luckily we had reservations. We had our Thanksgiving Dinner at the Tusker House, in Animal Kingdom. It is an African restaurant, and we were a little worried about what we would get, but it turned out great! They had an assortment of African food and a traditional American Thanksgiving Feast.

We flew home and were able to spend a few hours visiting with Jared's sister Melissa and her family. The boys ended their vacation with hours of fun with Wyatt and Justin. They made forts, played with their new puppy, and rode the 4-wheeler!

WHAT A GREAT VACATION!

8 comments:

Sparks said...

It looks like you had an awesome time. And what a cool pilot, I bet the boys loved that!! Can't wait to see the slideshow......

Katie L. said...

I want to see more pictures! Looks like fun and I can't believe that about the pilot! What a cool thing for them to do!

MG said...

cool vacation. How fun, where does Jarods sister live? Near by?

The Otis Family said...

Looks like a grand time. Too bad Nate got sick. At least he made it home BEFORE he threw up. That wouldn't have been much fun in Florida.

Mindy said...

It looks like you guys had a great time. How fun! How cool that the boys got to spend time in the airplane cockpit. Yay for vacations!

Melissa said...

Looks so fun! Can't wait to take my kids to Disney again. It will be a few years though I think. Can't believe how tall Nate is...almost as tall as your mom! Josh looks nothing like his father. Please reserve them for my girls!

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What a great post we could just reach out and hug all of you! We miss you lots. XOXOXOX to all.

Gwen and Gary

Cindy said...

I just watched your slideshow and your boys have the biggest smiles in every picture. You can just feel how happy they are!

I think you should use the Bug's Life photo with the glasses for your Christmas card, too funny!