DISNEY !!!

(I know I'm late Rach but wait till you see what I got put together of our pictures ;) )

We just spent another GREAT day at Disney World yesterday! I feel like I have to explain why we went again after just going two months ago. Kevin had signed up for a timeshare presentation when a guy came into their office back in March or April (even though we actually own at a different timeshare in Kissimee). For going up to the presentation, we got a 3 nights stay in a motel and 2 disney tickets for almost nothing. Kevin had e-mailed a friend of his sister who works at Disney [honestly] just to find out a couple of things (we already were getting 2 free tickets). Well, she met us at the gate and got us in for free. We still had the vouchers to get 2 free tickets but they had to be used by July 22. Kevin still has a bunch of points from various chains of motels from when he traveled every week for his old job. He used some points from one of the motels and had just enough for 2 nights (they expire at the end of the year anyway). Then I cashed in change that I've been saving (minus all the quarters that have been spent on the ride at Wal-mart, etc.) and it was enough to cover the cost of Kaelyn's ticket into Disney so we were just out the cost of gas and food. Well, now that I've made sure that none of you will disapprove of how we manage our finances - yes, criticism (even unspoken) is one of my greatest fears in life- I will tell you about our day. :)

We left around 3:30 Monday afternoon - we have a new travel rule that says that every trip must include 2 extra hours of time built in for flat tires, etc. :) So instead of getting in at 11:30 p.m. like last time (due to a flat tire), we got into Kissimee around 6:00 p. m. We ate subs that I had made for us once we got checked in and then we just relaxed and got to bed at a decent time. The park hours for Tuesday were from 9:00 A. M. to midnight - yes midnight! It was TERRIBLY hot but we drank LOTS of water and sat down where it was cool when we needed a break and we had an AWESOME time! Fifteen hours of walking in the heat was a bit hard on us but it was also 15 hours of fun. When we went last time, Kay saw (got to interact with) Mickey and Minnie twice and Pluto once. This time, she saw Pluto, Daisy Duck, Mickey & Minnie, Goofy, Donald Duck, and Pluto again (those 3 were in the same room), three of the princesses, and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger. We rode "Small World" and the carousel (still Barbara Manatee to her though we're working on that) twice for Kaelyn along with everything else we did. Kay-Kay loved Small World and sang all the way through it the second time. I was so surprised to hear her right on pitch with the music except when it went too high. She actually only napped for about an hour and a half this time and she stayed awake until we were walking out of the park a few minutes before midnight. We were thankful our motel was only 2 miles from the park and that we had decided not to drive the 2 hours back home that night. The expressions on her face and her excitement and energy all day were just priceless and worth all the money spent, time spent waiting, and exhaustion. (Check with us in about a week to see if our bodies have stopped aching and if the blister on my heel is gone.) :)

The next two blogs (below this) are all of our pictures. I put them into 2 separate slideshows and splurged to give you Disney music and no adds. :) Also, you can view them full screen this time (which you may want to do as some of the type is very small.) Some of our pics. don't do the moments justice. I have a few short video clips to post later as well. The pics. the Disney photographers took are already uploaded to their photo site and we have seen them. There are some awesome ones that I think are extremely cute - but for now, you'll have to see our's. Enjoy!