I got most of my family to go on Splash mountain with me- this picture is right before my hat flew off- I thought all was lost, but my dad snatched it out of the air like a true champ! Lauren and I were trying to make a heart with our hands... fail.
Me and my Pops on Expedition Everest at Animal Kingdom- not his favorite ride. He got pretty sick on the backwards part
My cute (super sweaty/wet from rain) love bug
Such a ham
Dinosaur! This is not my favorite ride because I might have a phobia of dinosaurs (yeah yeah, i know they aren't real). As you can see from the pic above, this is not Laurens favorite ride either... lets zoom in...
Yeah, we are babies. I have yet to keep my eyes open this entire ride. Those T-Rex's are super scary!
Getting on the Safari. I have done the safari ride many times and this was by far the best one ever! All the animals were so active!
The Giraffes were right by the path where we drove- I love this picture. Zoey was so enthralled by all the animals
The coolest thing ever was the Elephants were playing in the mud/water. They were going in and out and spraying each other. i have never seen seen Elephants act like that in person- it was VERY cool
Later in the day we went to Epcot for Dinner at Tutto Italia in Italy. It started down pouring like usual and Zoey loved stomping in the puddles
At dinner
Aunt Lauren taught Zoey how to hang the spoon from her nose
All tuckered out from a long day of playing
The only family picture we got with the whole family. My Dad had to leave after only a couple days because he had to get back to work. We missed him a lot and will make sure to plan our next trip so he can stay the whole time.
The babies in front of the Graumins Chinese Theater at Hollywood Studios
Playing outside of Le Cellier. Best steak every, but super slow service. Do these people not get that a 1 year old will not sit at a table for 1.5+ hours quietly for dinner?
Cousins
Me and Zoey in Canada at Epcot
Lauren LOVES the UK... Ok, maybe she just LOVES a certain boy that might currently live in the UK :)
Whinny the Pooh and Tigger too! Zoey liked the characters as long as we were holding her as you will see in a few pictures
My mom was super sweet and bought Zoey a Rapunzel Doll since she loves hair so much. She loves playing with her! She gives her kisses all the time
Going to bed with her new BFF Rapunzel.. Don't worry, we probably spent $30 on milk before I realized they sold half gallon jugs for $2.50! I was so mad! The little single serving ones we were using were $1.75 each.. such a rip off!
Family pic at the gate to Animal Kingdom
The fam in front of the tree of life- we were growling like animals... at least some of us were
Not sure what ride this is... but Lauren sure looks cute! (And of course Zoey) I do not know how she kept her hair down in the sauna heat!
On the monorail to Magic Kingdom
Girl pic in front of the castle. We have to do one of these at least once a trip :)
Our last and final Ride at Magic Kingdom. Zoey LOVES Dumbo- she was so excited and said "wee" the whole ride! It started to rain really hard right after this pic and since there was lightening, they closed down all the outside rides. So we headed off to dinner at the Contemporary Resort
This picture perfectly illustrates how Zoey did NOT like the characters! We ate at Chef Mickeys Buffet and it was really nice because the main characters all came to your table so you didn't have to wait in line for pictures. Pluto came over to the table while I was getting food and I got back just in time to take this picture. The poor girl was terrified. When goofy came over, she just pretended to ignore him and eat and I could just see her little mind thinking "maybe if I eat my food he will go away!"
But when I held her, she put on a brave face and said cheese. I sure love her! That night the storm was so scary and it rained so hard that the water was half way up my shins on the way to the bus! So crazy! I am so glad we didn't get tickets to the Mickey's not so scary Halloween party because we were able to go back to the hotel and just relax
Our last day at Disneyworld, we went back to HollyWood Studios. This is the Organ from Pirates of the Caribbean. We went on a movie ride and you got walk through an area that had a bunch of movie props. It was neat to see how to do action scenes and we also rode a tram to a "flood" area where they showed us how they do a giant flood scene in movies
On our walk out, we saw this little guy. Zoey was very interested in him. I have the cutest video of Zoey dancing to the Toy Story music. I'll have to figure out how to get it loaded. We weren't able to ride Toy Story Mania! (I still haven't been on that ride!) but after hearing Elisse and Spencer's horror story (they waited in line for 2.5 hours because the ride kept breaking!!!!) I am glad we didn't get in line for it.
Lauren, Army Guy and my mom.
DisneyWorld was a BLAST like always and I can't wait until 2016 when we go back! After Hollywood Studios, we took a cab over to Universal.... to be continued!
