Ft. Lauderdale

We've been decompressing in Ft. Lauderdale since Monday. We spent one last day at Magic Kingdom on Sunday and rode on every ride we could possibly have wanted to. Cecelia cried when we left, and she made me cry. We were tired and emotional. Luke was just happy to get a Buzz LightYear space gun (by the way, I'm unbeatable on that ride). We've been to the beach and our second museum and just swimming in pools a lot. The hotels were free (well, paid for already). Thanks to the Marshalls for the museum passes. We've been to 2 of them down here, for free!

We went to a real "Kwiki-Mart" from the Simpson's in Orlando and ate a Donut and Hot Dog with Homer. I'm really excited about going to see the Simpson's movie tonight at midnight.

Random thoughts on current events etc.
Michael Vick is sick
Go Reds! Aaron Harang = Cy Young
Dad Marshall - You were right about NBA officials. The NFL?
Spongebob is great, but I'm glad I don't have cable
I will never live in South Florida.

Animal Kingdom/Epcot/MGM/Magic Kingdom

We're definitely trying to get our money's worth. After tomorrow we'll have been to all 4 parks in 6 days. We'll need a break at the beach to recover. Some of the highlights were the Safari ride & Expedition Everest at Animal Kingdom (got Cecelia to ride Everest). Circling the world, getting soaked at water stops, and the astronaut play area at Epcot. Star Tours (3 times), Ariel's show, and Meeting the Incredibles at MGM and we visit Magic Kingdom for the 3rd time tomorrow. Everybody has a favorite ride there already, but Pooh seems to be the big hit. We have met almost every Disney character imaginable. It was a great treat to meet the Incredibles and Frozone today. I've been looking for them everywhere.

St. Petersburg Beach

We're at the beach. Cheap hotel, but oh well. We're close to the gulf. The water here is really salty.

Magic Kingdom/Epcot

There is so much to say about what we've done. I really can't fit it in here. I've been trying to keep a journal too and I've filled up 3 pages just on the past 2 days alone. Wednesday was like the perfect day. It started with a Princess breakfast, Cecelia got to be in a show with Belle, we wore out the park on the rides (as much as a 3 and 6 year old can), and we ended with the light parade and fireworks. We were there from 8:30am until 10:30 pm and didn't get home until midnight. Then we went to Epcot the next day (not until later).

Everybody's healthy and having fun. We are off to the beach today and tomorrow in St. Petersburg.

I'm working on my picture issues so be patient, I may have some to view next week.

D-Day

Well it was awesome! We went today to Magic Kingdom for the first time and had a blast. It got really hot in the middle of the day (apparently the hottest day of the year so far) and we got pretty tired, but we did a ton of stuff. We saw a show at the castle, went on Winnie the Pooh, Snow White, Dumbo, a Mickey 3D show, Peter Pan, waited forever to see Ariel, Swiss Family Treehouse, the Tiki Room, Aladdin (Cecelia twice), saw the parade, Jungle Cruise, Luke rode Pirates of the Carribean, and the Hall of Presidents. All in about 6-7 hours. We met a few characters. Luke and Cecelia both loved the parade. Cecelia kept saying "Cinderella saw me and waved to me!!" Luke liked the Fastpass - he's spoiled on fast lines now.

Tomorrow we have a princess breakfast in the morning and want to try to stay all day. This should be interesting.

P.S. I found out that there is a Kwiki-Mart Simpson's style with Simpson's products only a couple of miles from Disneyworld. Better believe we're going there! It's my Disneyworld.

On our way

We're on our way. Saturday we camped in Georgia and went out to eat with our friend from UTC Doc Jones. It seemed like it would rain or thunderstorm, but never did. Ate french toast for breakfast after taking th kids for a quick hike. Got out of camp at 10:00am Sunday after a bit of a Luke melt-down and headed South. Stopped to eat in Macon, GA rest stop, then continued on. Got to Valdosta, GA about 5:30 after a LOOOONG traffic jam 30 miles north of here. Kids are watching videos in the car and behaving resonably well. Trying to make the trips short for them. We are in a hotel tonight and the kids got to go swimming. It was just a lot of work to set up and take down camp in one day. No laughing! We are actually staying in the same place we did when we came down 2 years ago. Pictures may be hard to post because I forfot to bring the connection for the digital camera.

D-Day 7-7-07

We leave tomorrow! Can't believe it's time. After a big breakfast tomorrow...we roll! Disney here we come.