All other experiences: November 2018

2018 Gala - 80s and 90s Throwback was a blast.

My painting sold for $405 - CRAZY!!!

Bunch of Alex's teachers - Mrs Nimmo, Mrs Alesh and Mrs Hern

Stacie, Matthew, Pete and I

Beth, Carolina, Stacie, me, Carina and Carolyn

Deb, Beth Carolina, me, Jessica, Michelle, Stacie and Trisha

So for some reason the blog doesn't load the pictures in order and it was too hard to order 200+ pictures. We had an amazing trip to Disney that started on 2/28/18 when we drove down. We stayed at the Art of Animation Hotel on Disney Property in the Cars room. We spent the 28th just checking in and swimming a bit. Then VERY early on the 1st we headed to Disney World - Magic Kingdom. We got to the park right at 7am and were the second ones in line. They didn't let us into Main Street until about 7:45am and at that point there were several other people that got in front of us to rush down Main Street. We had reservations at Be Our Guest at 8:05 am which us aloud us to be in the park before it officially opened at 9am. After breakfast our first stop was to see Ariel in the Grotto. No one else was there so we had several minutes to talk with her and take a bunch of pictures!! One of the highlights of the trip. At the very end of the night we watched the fireworks for a few minutes and then we took off to ride the Jungle Cruise and then head over to Thunder Mountain so Zach could ride it. Me and him did it twice, then him and Pete did it once. There were no lines during the fireworks!

The second day was Animal Kingdom and Epcot. We slept in a little that day - but still were at the park right after it opened. We bee-lined it to Himalayan Escape and was able to ride that 2 or 3 times before lines started. The highlight at AK was meeting Pocahontas. She was a great character that spent a bunch of time with the kids and really made them laugh. Epcot was okay and we met a TON of characters. That night and the next morning I really wondered if I could get up and do it again!

We rallied though and had an early morning breakfast at Hollywood Studios at Hollywood & Vine. We were one of the first few in line again and once we got in we bee-lined it to sign up for the Jedi training. So after meeting Doc and Friends at breakfast the kids did the Jedi training and that was AWESOME!! Such great pictures. We had fun at Hollywood Studios and then ended the day back at Magic Kingdom and had dinner in the castle. It was a very long and tiring vacation but it truly was magical!! Next time we will build in more rest days!!