Last Day... Day 7 :(

Our last day was basically spent meeting everyone we hadn't met yet. I do realize not everyone wants to come to Disney and spend hours in lines for Characters, but for me, that's one of my favorite parts! Nate was a trooper and let us do it :) I won't comment on everything because it's pretty obvious who everyone is... We are already talking about next years trip! Thanks Disney for giving us some amazing family memories!!

Disney Day 6

On Day 6 we headed back to Hollywood Studios on our own. We were so sad that Slade, Traci, Mati and Bryson had to leave. 

Olivia says this is her favorite picture :)

Waiting for the Disney Junior Show to start!

Toy Story ride! (Best ride at Disney!)

We spent the evening relaxing! Much needed by Day 6.  The kids went swimming while I sat in a chair with towels covering my legs. It got cool at night, but they didn't seem to mind!

Our resort has movie nights on the lawn throughout the week.  We made plans to see Monsters Inc. It was so much fun!

Little Ben was heading back from the pool, with his towel wrapped around him, when he tripped and landed face first on the concrete.  Poor little guy. 

Disney Day 5

 On our 5th day we went back to Magic Kingdom.  We spent most of this day riding rides (no standing in line for Characters).  This was Slade and Traci's last day :(  We had so much fun!

Mr. Freeze, or Frozone (not sure of his name really) from the Incredibles, asking Olivia to dance with him during the Move It, Shake It, Celebrate It Parade... she didn't do it :) haha

This was her Birthday Cake flavored Ice Cream she ate to celebrate her 5th Birthday! What a way to spend your birthday!

Ben joining in on the celebration! :)

Best Parade EVER! Electromagical Parade!  We chose to not fight the crowds and take a back seat, but it was still a lot of fun!

Ben waving to his pal Mickey! :)

Disney Day 4

On day 4 we visited Animal Kingdom.  We enjoy this park, but it's so spread out it's hard to fit to much into one day.  So we planned to hit our favorites in the morning and then head to downtown Disney in the evening for a little shopping and Ice Cream! :)

The kids were called up to be part of the Lion King show. This show is incredible! If you have not seen it put it on your must do list! It is very out of character for Olivia to do this so it made the moment even more special.  

At the end the Zebra led Olivia to the stage and Timon said something to the effect of all of the kids did an amazing job, especially you!  Here you see him pointing to Olivia, what we missed was the next moment when he bent down to give her a kiss :) Priceless moment!!

I love this picture! The kids were just good little picture takers on this trip :) We decided we were tired of nasty fast food (downfall to not getting the dining plan), so we thought we'd spend a little extra money and eat here.  1 mean, 1 appetizer, 1 kids meal and 4 waters later.... we spent $50! 

While all the big kids took off to ride a river rapids ride, Ben and I hit the Dino ride! :)

Then we stood in line 25 minutes to meet Ben's Pooh friends. It was worth the wait! He loved them!! look at these smiles! :)

We thought we'd take it easy and have ice cream for dinner (after spending $50 for lunch).  We were sitting by the water, enjoying the cool breeze.  The girls were playing and all was well :)

Woody and Lotso came home with us from Downtown Disney :) Jessie was already part of the family, she was just lucky enough to come to Disney with us and be reacquainted with her pal Woody! :)

It was like watching Toy Story 3!

Disney Day 3

Our third day at Disney was spent at the Magic Kingdom! We spent the day meeting princesses, riding rides and finished it off with Bippity Boppity Boutique and Mickey's Not so Scary Halloween party!

waiting for the parade!

Lotso! Funny that in Toy Story 3 he is a mean bear, and even in the end he never becomes nice. But he's a lovely big bear and a cast member from Hollywood Studios gave Olivia a small Lotso bear (with an 8.95 price tag on him) when she saw her crying, after getting scared on a ride.  Then she chose to buy a big Lotso while we were there. :) So it was only fitting when we walked by his short line during the Halloween party to stop and say hi! :)

The Headless Horseman

Meeting Mommy's favorite princess!

this is my favorite picture!  Slade talked about his love for Scottish accents, and well Merida has one :)  We reminded him she was a young girl, but that accent was all he could hear :) haha 

Beautiful Merida!