Disney!

We had a great trip to Disney. We discovered that the trip is much more enjoyable and easier to recover from if you fly instead of driving twelve hours on both ends. Connor really enjoyed his first plane ride! I think we are forever spoiled! Hopefully Allegiant Air will keep offering awesome deals so we never have to make that drive again!

At the last minute, my mom decided to come with us, so we decided to try to find a last minute deal on a house. We were so blessed to find a really nice 4 bedroom house just a few minutes from Disney for less than we were going to pay for the hotel room! We really enjoyed having the space. We always say we are going to stay at a Disney resort the next trip, but we always end up getting a house. It is always such a better deal!

Day one at Disney was on Monday. It was an early morning since our flight got in pretty late, and we had a long drive from the airport. We spent the entire day at the Magic Kingdom, and by the entire day, I mean 14 hours! We had so much fun! It is still Connor's favorite park, and I know he's going to outgrow it soon. The thought makes me sad!

Day two was split between Hollywood Studios (which we still kept calling MGM, much to the employees' objection) and Epcot. Connor's goal before we even left was to get picked for the Jedi Training Camp at MGM. He was so excited to be chosen to fight Darth Vader and it pretty much made his whole trip. He even told me today, "Mom, you need to print off a picture of me fighting Darth Vader because no one at school is going to believe me!" We got to ride the new Toy Story ride, which was so much fun! We hung out at Epcot that evening, and of course no trip to Disney is complete without getting a box full of pastries in France. YUMMY! So glad that's only a once a year thing or we'd be in trouble!

Day three, Greg and I celebrated our ninth anniversary. Connor started feeling pretty yucky on Tuesday, so Nana, Mimi, and Connor stayed behind at the house and rested. Greg and I took the Magic Kingdom's "Keys to the Kingdom Tour" and it was so neat! We got to see all the behind the scenes stuff, rode a couple of rides, and found out all kind of interesting information. It was five hours well spent! That night we all went to Downtown Disney to eat at Wolfgang Puck's, do a little souvenir shopping, and we enjoyed some margaritas down by the water.

Day four, our last day, was Thursday. We split the day between Epcot and Magic Kingdom. We raced to Epcot that morning to get fast passes for Soarin' my absolute favorite ride in all of Disney! We all rode Spaceship Earth for the first time, and Connor randomly said it was his favorite ride in all of Disney. Very strange choice! We spent the evening at Magic Kingdom, got some pics with Mickey and Minnie, and headed out early since we had to catch an early flight. We stopped at Cracker Barrel for a yummy dinner and raced home to pack. We had to be up at 3:30 a.m. to leave for the airport in time to catch our flight. It was ridiculous! However, it was nice curling up in my own bed at 10 a.m. on Friday and going back to sleep!

Every year at Disney just gets better! We had a great fourth annual trip and were so glad Nana joined us this year! We had a great time!