Some Disney Stragglers

Found a few more pics on my camera and I'm gathering the pictures the Disney people took of the girls with the princesses and Mickey and Minnie. Once I have those, I'll post a few of them too.

On our last day in Disney, we hit the Marketplace one more time to close out the week. Katie saw the train ride there and asked if she could go on one more ride before we left.
After we left the Marketplace, we got on the road but had to make a pit stop at the Daytona Harley Davidson store, Joseph's bike mecca, lol. The place is huge! Besides the store, they have a food stand, restaurants, and a hotel.
Once we got on the 'open road', it was smooth sailing and we even got to see a beautiful rainbow along the way.

Animal Kingdom

Aunt Karen and Uncle Chris took Katie with them and Maddie to Animal Kingdom today. Joseph and I packed our stuff and went shopping for a bit while they were gone. It wasn't long before they called though to ask us to pick them up because it was just too darn hot. So we all wound up at the pool instead!

Maddie, Uncle Chris, Katie

Roooooaaaaaarrrrrr!!!

Not sure what that thing is that they're petting

Katie looking interested and confused, LOL

Now, not so interested! Guess the heat was getting to her by this point.

(I stole these pics from Aunt Karen's camera! LOL)

Margaritaville

It wouldn't be a trip to Disney without a stop at Joseph's favorite restaurant - Margaritaville! I believe he called it his "mecca", LOL.

Daddy's happy but I'm not so sure what's up with Katie!

Maddie with her fin hat

The other end of the table

Fins to the left...

Fins to the right!
(Actually they both have them straight up for some reason...)

Another Pool Day

Hollywood Studios and Magic Kingdom wound up being the only parks we ventured out to this year so that meant there was a lot of time for relaxing by the pool. At the beginning of the week, Katie was playing it safe, only staying on the steps and where she could touch the bottom of the pool. By Thursday, she had turned into a little fish and had no fear. She was all over the place!!!

Hey Jules, I think I'll just hang out by the steps! You go swim with Aunt Karen...

Maddie freaking out about a bug in the baby pool.

Underwater Fro

Going for a swim

Self Portrait

Rico Suave, lol

Magic Kingdom

Today is Juli's 4th birthday and we celebrated in Magic Kingdom! Her birthday button got us a cool opportunity to open up Mickey's house in Toontown and then get our own private meet-n-greet with him. So awesome!!! Katie and I pooped out again by about 4 so we headed out early but we still got a chance to do and see a lot of great things. Unfortunately I didn't get to eat at my fav burger joint, Pecos Bill's, where I can get FIXINS for my burger, LOL!

"Spinderella's" House
Taking the train to ToonTown

Playing in the playground while we waited for ToonTown to open

Finally Mickey and Minnie came out to see us
The birthday girl got to open Mickey's house.

Katie clinging on to Poppy for dear life so Mickey wouldn't come near her.

Katie warmed up to Minnie and did sit with her and hug and talk to her. Mickey was another story. She told him she likes him on TV but not for real.

Sleeping Beauty and Katie

Katie with Cinderella

Daddy's "hottie" Belle and Katie
(Although this year's Belle was NOT a hottie like last year's Belle!)

Tea Cups
Katie's in there somewhere too!

Poppy and Katie on the carousel

I even took a ride too!
My horse ending in the 'up' position and I almost couldn't get off, LOL.

Happy 4th Birthday, Juli!

After everyone was back from Magic Kingdom, the birthday fun continued! We sang Happy Birthday to Juli and had some delicious birthday cake from Publix. If you have one near you, I highly recommend anything from their bakery! :-)

Swim Time

The girls patiently waiting for a trip to the pool...

Pretty girl

I have the remote and some fishies. I could just stay right here all day!

Can we go yet, Mom? Please!!!

We've Been Robbed!

Tonight we went to Houlihan's for dinner. Don't let the smiles in this picture fool you! We were robbed there!!! Talk about some serious tourist area price inflation, which wouldn't be too bad if the service had been good or the food worth the price! Oh well, we still had a good time though, :-)

Denise, Katie, Joseph
(Notice how I'm able to balance a tray on my head??? lol)

Karen and Chris

Poppy and crazy smiling Maddie

Rudy and Poppy

Denise and Joseph

MGM... Er, I mean "Hollywood Studios"

Today we went to Hollywood Studios (aka MGM to most of us!), mainly to reenact the "french fry scene" in the food court area. Unfortunately Katie and I pooped out before we got over to that area though and we headed back to our "Florida house". So Maddie was saved from the endless ribbing Uncle Joseph was sure to give her once we got to the scene of the crime! (Background: When we went to Disney in 2003 when Maddie was only 5, she picked a fry up off the ground and ate it. UJ hasn't let her live it down since!!!). We did get to see some cool stuff while we were there though!

Green army men from Toy Story

Scooter Girl
I was not at all thrilled about the scooter thing but I've been having a lot of soreness when walking (lovely pregnancy issues!) so Joseph insisted I had to use a scooter if I wanted to do the parks so that I didn't wind up hurting myself or the baby. Fair enough...
Poppy and his favorite girls

Poppy and Baby Doll

The new Toy Story ride

More decoration from the ride

Mr. Potato Head was able to interact with everyone in line in 'real time'. It was pretty cool!

Patiently waiting in line

Still waiting...
(It was over an hour wait because it's a new ride)

We stopped by Ariel's Grotto for a little concert.

Daddy and Katie outside of Playhouse Disney

Katie, Mommy, and Rudy watching the show

Not sure when this picture was taken but I just like it!