Disney! Day 2

We all slept very well and woke up Tuesday ready to go to the Magic Kingdom. Well, I was at least and made everyone get up so we could be there when it opened! We got there just in time to see them open the park where the characters arrive on the train and everyone dances. It was wonderful!




Gates opened and we headed straight to ride Dumbo and grabbed our Fast Passes for Peter Pan's Flight. We rode It's a Small Word, the Tea Cups, then went searching for Rapunzel!




Well, we found her... and the line of everyone else wanting to meet her! It was going to be a 2 hour wait. My SWEET parents waited in the line while we went to ride Winnie The Pooh, watched Micky's PhilharMagic, walked around a bit and changed Karoline into her Rapunzel dress (which she insisted on!). We waited in line for about 30 more minutes and then it was our turn. Mom nicknamed the line "The Line of Fools"! It's amazing what parents will do for their kids!

It was well worth it because both Karoline and Anderson love Tangled and Anderson is a big fan of Flynn Rider! They bring about 20 children in and let them color and dance around Rapunzel's table and then each get a good amount of time to talk and take pictures with Rapunzel. They both LOVED it! Karoline even had her picture made with Pascal.



When we were finished we were making our way over to The Crystal Palace to eat with Winnie the Pooh and friends when we ran right into the Party Parade! The kids had the best time watching everyone sing and dance!




Lunch was amazing and we left completely full and ready to roll. We used our fast passes for Peter Pan's flight and the Prince Charming Regal Carrousel before heading to Tomorrow Land. TJ, Mom, Dad and I took turns riding Space Mountain then we all road People Mover, Astro Orbiter, and Buzz Lightyear (we rode that twice!). We finished up the day riding Big Thunder Mountain & Splash Mountain, Karoline LOVED them both! Anderson ended up falling asleep so we road Magic Carpets of Aladdin then got a quick dinner before the fireworks show.







Seeing the fireworks was the most amazing part of the day! It was so beautiful! Tinker Bell flew right over us and we had a perfect view of Cinderella's castle for the fireworks. The kids did better with the noise, thank goodness! We got on our bus and headed home and after 2, 12 hour days we were WORN OUT!

DISNEY! Day 1

We got to Disney late Sunday night and checked into our resort. We stayed at one of their value resorts which was GREAT! All we needed because we were never in our room except to shower and sleep! It was clean, comfortable, affordable, had a GREAT pool, and we took Disney transportation everywhere. It was so nice to drive, park the car and not get back in it until we left!

Okay, so we went to Epcot the first day. We used a site called TouringPlans.com to help plan our trip to the parks since I had not been to Disney before. Epcot had the lowest crowd level projected so that's why it landed on our list first. We arrived when the park opened and headed straight to ride Soarin'. Anderson could not ride it so dad hung out with him. After dad and mom used their "Rider Switch" pass to go in the Fast Pass line so mom got to ride it twice. While they were riding we rode Living With The Land. Then we all road The Seas with Nemo and Friends and watched Turtle Talk with Crush. I think that might have been the kids favorite.


TJ and I wanted to ride Test Track so we got fast passes then went to lunch. After lunch mom and dad took the kids to meet some of Tinker Bell's friends while we rode Test Track. Karoline really enjoyed meeting them so we thought it was a great time to go meet Micky Mouse, Mini Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Pulto and the gang :)



Knowing Karoline and Anderson's deep fear of the Chickfila cow I was very nervous about how they would react. Micky was kind of a test run and Anderson would not go near him and Karoline wanted to be held. BUT Mini Mouse was another story. Karoline hugged her so tight and loved it and then was GREAT with the rest of them. Anderson slowly warmed up. We walked around to some of the different "countries" and met Alice in Wonderland, Mary Poppins, Pooh & Tigger too. After we walked around to see the beautiful topiaries. I will say that one of my favorite things about Epcot was the flowers and the incredible topiaries! I know HGTV is doing a special there next week. It really is amazing! My other favorite part was that everyone there called Karoline Princess... speaking of...



We went back to the room and quickly changed Karoline for her dinner with the princesses at Akershus Royal Banquet Hall. I got her a new Belle outfit on clearance at our Disney Outlet store. Oh man she was on cloud 9! We walked in and she had her picture taken with Belle. While we ate dinner Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Arial came by and said hello, gave us their autograph and took pictures. This was part of our dining plan. Mom, Karoline and I ate with the Princesses and the men ate at the Biergarten Restaurant.

When we booked the trip the kids stayed and park tickets were free. So we ended up getting the dining plan and it was COMPLETELY WORTH IT! We ate so well (too well) all week and the character meals made the trip! It was so nice because we didn't feel like we had to wait in line at parks to get autographs and pictures because we knew we would see them at lunch/ dinner/ breakfast. We were able to do one character meal a day (which you have to book reservations MONTHS in advance), one quick service meal, and a snack each everyday. It was wonderful




Mom and dad went back to the room but TJ and I wanted to stay to ride Spaceship Earth and watch the IllumiNations:Reflections of Earth firework show. It was a LONG day... but so much fun!

We Are Going To DISNEY WORLD!

It was SO hard to keep it a secret from the kids but worth it! I honestly didn't tell them because if for some reason we could not go I didn't want heartache so we waiting until the last minute to tell them... here is the video of their reactions...
So all of last week we were in Disney... we had a wonderful time and I'm going to do a post for each day because I don't want to forget this trip! It was so special because it was my first time and my kids first time to Disney World. We loved it.

Rapunzel...

She loves the dress...

She loves to go barefoot...

And she's an artist... This is Rapunzel with the floating light...

This is Rapunzel recycling... Karoline just had Earth Week at school :)

This is the tower...

And I think we have watched the movie 100,000 times....

and I hope that today is the day that she will get to meet Rapunzel... Maybe!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all! I enjoyed our little Mother's Day celebration at school with Muffins For Mom's and at home when the UPS man delivered my oh so yummy gift! I am so thankful to the Lord that I am the mother of two AMAZING, AMAZING precious children! They are just the light of my life and I love waking up every day knowing I get to love on those two... discipline too sometimes :)... which is love too!

I am also thankful for Barna and we miss her so much but she has left an amazing legacy for my children! I am thankful for my mom and the time she sacrifices to help me, our ministry, and I could go on and on... Don't know what I would do without her!

I pray everyone has a blessed Mother's Day!

My yummy gift TJ ordered... They are SO good!

Gifts made by the kids...

Just Dance Bieber Fever!

I am proud of my little dancer. She and a lot of her sweet friends had their first recital this past weekend. They danced to Justin Bieber's hit "Baby". They were absolutely PRECIOUS! Karoline, being rather shy, did an excellent job and is getting comfortable with the stage. Her friend Summer is quiet comfortable with the stage. Summer was 2 girls to the left of Karoline and not only did she dance her heart out but SANG her heart out too! The whole audience was in tears laughing so hard! I don't know if you can tell from the video or not, but it was SO funny! We are looking forward to next year!