Disney World 2011!

On Thanksgiving morning, we woke up and told the girls we were officially heading to Disney World! They were so excited and ready to go! We had a few fun stops to make before we actually made it there - to enjoy our Thanksgiving day first before kicking off Christmas season!

First, we started with our Thanksgiving tradition of the Gobble Jog...Ryan ran the 10K and the girls and I did the 1K with my parents (and Ryan)

Waiting for daddy to make it to the finish line...
Rhodes crossing the finish line... I was so proud of the girls - and Rhodes ran almost the entire way!After the Gobble Jog - we ran home, showered, packed the car and headed down to Great-Grandmommy and Great-Granddaddy's to have a fun and delicious Thanksgiving lunch with family! The girls were in Heaven eating and playing football and tag outside...I think they even forgot where we were heading next!!

After lunch, we hopped back in the car and 7 hours later, we were in Orlando...and SO excited!!

We woke up on Friday morning and were on our way!

On the boat heading the the Magic Kingdom!

We are HERE!!We got there right when it opened and hit all of our favorites first!








We took a naptime break for Rhodes and headed to our hotel and to the Minute Clinic to see what was wrong with her eyes (see pictures above - felt like parents of the year!) - poor little princess had pink eyes! After spending a few hours at the CVS Minute Clinic - we gave her her medicine (awful!) and headed back to the park!

Christmas decorations were everywhere!We rode all of our favorite rides and had such a fun (and exhausting!) day! Headed off to our hotel once Rhodes passed out in the stroller and got some rest only to start all over the next day!

Day 2 - Hollywood Studios!!

Our favorite ride - Toy Story Mania!


Like I mentioned in a previous post -these girls love to dance! If there is a dance party going on, we have to stop and dance!


We headed back for nap breaks (and to watch the second half of the UGA/Tech game - go Dawgs!) and then back out to dinner at Chef Mickey's! A favorite for the girls!

Then, back to Hollywood Studios to see the Osborne Family Dancing Lights - they were awesome! Ryan and I both were amazed and it was probably one of the coolest things we have seen at Disney World!Then to watch Fantasmic - the girls loved it, but it was a little scary too!
I planned for Sunday to be our "rest" day - but we got to Downtown Disney before anything was even open. We were some of the only people there!

Then to Beaches N Cream for a yummy lunch and sundaes/milkshakes!

All of the hotels we visited had decorations made of Gingerbread - so neat!We got back to the Magic Kingdom at 4:00 for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas party! Such a treat! The 80 degree weather made it kind of hard to really believe it was Christmas, but the parade, the shows, the music and the decorations were so special - loved being in Disney World at Christmastime! :)

Ali found Cinderella's horse!

Rhodes said hers was Cinderella's too!

No line for the tea cups - thanks to the party!
And our very favorite ride - Dumbo! (Or as Rhodes calls it - Bongo!)
Some fun decorations...

Front row watching the parade!

The castle looked so neat all lit up!
And this is what three fun-filled days at Disney World will do to you!! It was such a fun trip and I already can't wait to go back (even though I promised Ryan it will be at least 2 more years!) No better place to get in the Christmas spirit and have fun with our little family!!