10 Days of Disney continues

(*Warning: This will be picture heavy post*) :)

Taking a vacation with my sisters and our families was really great, even if we didn't spend every minute together. Disney World requires a lot of pre-planning. You have have to decide which of the 4+ parks you want to go to on which days, considering when the extra magic hours and special attractions are scheduled. Then you have to try to make reservations for the restaurants that you want to eat in those parks. If you want to get exactly what you want you have to be like Holly and call in your meal reservations exactly 90 days before you arrive at Disney World. Holly and Sunny planned just about everything together, but Greg and I were not on top of our reservations to get meals together with them. It worked out OK though. Each family had their own things they wanted to do, but high on the list was being together for a lot of it. We saw each other as much as we could. In the end it was probably better to have some time to just our family, making sure to have some good cousin time too.

So our first ride all together was in Animal Kingdom... Kilimanjaro Safari.

(I'll label everyone in these first pictures for any long

lost cousins/friends who might like to know.)

Jackson and "Uncle Nathan" (Holly's husband)

Holly, Derek (Sunny's husband), Hyrum (Sunny's), and Sunny (who is 7 months pregnant here). I love the face Hyrum always makes when he's smiling for a picture! :)

Ethan (Holly's), Jillie, Greg

Jaleigh (Holly's), Reagan, Jackson

Saroya (Holly's) and Kobe being 8 year olds!

Waiting in lines is more fun for everyone when we spend that time researching the hidden Mickeys for that attraction.

...and finding them.

It's also just fun to hang out together

in a sharks mouth,

or on a train ride,

(Dad, are you on your phone again?!)

or laughing at the gorillas,

and visiting with characters,

or playing in the sand and zooming down slides,

or dancing with Mickey and his friends at a late night dance party complete with balloon artists,

(even if Jackson screamed and cried and tried to escape the building in fear that some Little Einstein may try to give him five or dance within 100 feet of him. Good Grief!)

or introducing the Tangrens to the excellent Three Caballeros ride in Mexico.

We even found ways to have fun on Saroya's rainy 9th birthday,

and riding buses from hotel to park to park to hotel.

We were happy to wait for Fantasmic to start so we could visit

and have glow stick light saber fights,

take sister pictures even if it is the end of a warm muggy day,

(someone's baby is going to be well fed- I'm just sayin', Sun) :)

(I guess I missed the memo that we were doing skinny faces this time...)

compare shoe sizes,

and wear matching shirts that talk! and say "Waaallleeee".

The best part is that we got to spend time together and make some wonderful memories.

Who says we do it again some day??

Thanks family for a great time!