Disney Continued...

Thursday of our trip to Disney World, was a sleep-in day! Finally. We planned to take the day slowly. Justin and the kids headed to the pool while I did a load of laundry and propped my feet up. We ate lunch at the hotel and then headed to Downtown Disney. We weren't really into shopping so it wasn't that facinating and we would probably skip it if we ever went back. The kids played with the legos some and we looked around but that's about it. We left from there and headed to The Whispering Canyon Cafe for dinner. That was a fun place to eat (Justin's favorite) and a nice break from character meals. The kids had fun doing pony rides, singing, and hollering for ketchup. After dinner we headed over to the Magic Kingdom to see Spectromagic. I think that was my favorite parade. It wasn't too crowded and the temps were nice. Another long day but it was much more low key.

playing with My Little Pony at the store

we had to take this picture just because everyone does

making lego race cars

racing each other

Allie's car went off the side

hanging out with Grammie and Flake

Allie riding the wooden horse

Allie enjoying her non-dairy icecream

some kind of wave

halloween decorations at the Magic Kingdom

ready for the parade

spectromagic parade

passing time before the parade

Animal Kingdom

Back to Disney for a few posts. It really bothers me that these are out of order but I'm trying to ignore that fact. On Wed. Sept. 9 we started once again early that morning and arrived at Animal Kingdom before they opened. Grammie (Rachel) had arrived the night before and was joining us on our adventure. Our first ride was Kilimanjaro Safaris. Pretty cool. We then walked the Maharaja Jungle trek. I still can't get the picture of the naked mole rats out of my head. Allie probably should have skipped "It's Tough to be a Bug" but she just kept her head down for most of it. Flights of Wonder was interesting but the kids spent time drawing pictures during it. Allie was a little wiped out this day so for the first time I let her order a Dr. Pepper to drink. She was so excited but after about 5 sips out of her large drink she was done. Thankfully she used her snack credit for that one. Allie became a little more interested in the characters by this day so we walked over to Camp Minnie-Mickey for some photo ops. The lines were long but thankfully we could talk Blake and her into seeing the shorter line characters since we were eating at Chef Mickey's that night. Around this time Flake (John) was arriving at Animal Kingdom. We had a delicious meal at Flame Tree BBQ. I also managed to cut in front of Paris Hilton with my stroller while we were headed to eat. An empty table can't wait. We couldn't fit everything in but we still managed to hit the highlights: Festival of the Lion King, Kali River Rapids (which Rachel and I managed to stay dry), Expedition Everest (Blake was tall enough but didn't want to do it and Allie was too short but cried to do it), Finding Nemo, The Boneyard, Tricera Tops Spin and Primeval Whirl (once again, tears because Allie wasn't tall enough). It was a good day but we were tired and we had dinner reservations at Chef Mickey's. Dinner was good and the kids had fun seeing all the characters. We ended the day by watching the fireworks show at the Magic Kingdom from the Contemporary resort.

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(this picture is out of order but I deleted it somehow and had to add it back)

Kilimanjaro Safaris

gorilla behind glass on the Maharaja Jungle trek

allie's first dr. pepper

baloo and king louie (Justin's favorite characters)

flights of wonder show

allie drawing pictures during the show

camp minnie mickey

picture with grammie and daisy

festival of the lion king

picture of expedition everest

riding tricera tops

justin and blake riding primeval whirl

riding the monorail

having fun at Chef Mickey's

pluto

Mickey

goofy

donald duck

minnie mouse

Baylor Homecoming 2009

We missed the homecoming parade last year due to Justin having one of his last law school exams during at the same time but we made it this year. John and Rachel were able to come and they brought nephew Julian with them (Sophia couldn't be here because of a camping trip). We ran into lots of cousins and friends after the parade. It was absolutely beautiful weather for the Baylor game (although that didn't help the football team). Justin and I picked up fajitas from On the Border to take back to the house for dinner. Allie and Julian played outside all afternoon/evening and we were able to visit with John and Rachel. Everyone, including the dogs, headed back to Dallas on Sunday morning. We are now dogless again. Hmmm, wonder if we should get one for Christmas??

not sure why she is checking that lady out

waiting for candy

lots of cousins (Julian, Allie, Maddie, Chase, and Caleb)

silly picture

she played with mr. and mrs. potato head during the game

father and son enjoying the game

rachel took julian to see the bear

allie could care less about the real bear, she wants to see the bubble bear!

enjoying a snack at halftime

FINALLY! allie's favorite bear!

giving him a hug

rachel gave samson (the dog) a bath in allie's old sandbox. allie and julian couldn't resist playing in it.