It's About Time!

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I have finally updated my blog!

:)

Well, since I am finally back , I thought it might be time to post

about our New Year's trip to Walt Disney World.

Better late than never right?

We had a great time at Disney World.

It was a last minute decision to go,

and despite the huge crowds and long lines, I am so glad that we went.

We were suppose to go a year ago,

but had to cancel our the trip the week before

because Don's back started hurting again.

Well a lot has happened in a year.

Don had two more back surgeries during 2010, and even though

he is still recovering, with the help of a motorized scooter, he was finally able to go to Disney.

Whatever it takes...right?

We only went to the Disney for two days.

The first day we went to the Magic Kingdom.

It was a beautiful day.

The sun was shining, and it was really warm.

We enjoyed riding several of the rides even if some of the wait times were over one hour!

It's a Small World was one of our favorite rides.

Jake loved Pirates of the Caribbean!

The kids loved the Dumbo ride!

Cinderella's Carousel

Aladdin's Magic Carpet Ride

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The next day we decided to get up early and arrive at the park when it opened. Good move! There were not a lot of people there,and we were able to ride several rides with little to no wait!

My little sister and her family were there also so we were able to enjoy the Magic Kingdom with them for a few hours!

Me and Lisa in front of Cinderella's castle.

Lisa and her boys on the teacups!

I love that Nolan is barely able to peek over the edge of the cup! :)

Nicholas, Nolan, Cole, Jake, and Scout waiting "patiently" in line!

Scout finally got to see the princesses!

My favorite "princess"!

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After lunch, Don, the kids, and I headed over to Disney's Animal Kingdom!

My wild little animals!

This was my favorite park!

We watched the best parade!

There were some great floats, and we were able to see all of the characters!

Here are a few of my favorite pictures of the parade.

Cole was so funny during the parade. He had gotten a pair

of binoculars at the gift shop and looked through them the entire time

even though we were right up front.

We also went on the animal safari while we were there.

The animal safari was by far our favorite ride!

We saw so many different animals. Most were just walking

right by our bus. It was really a neat experience.

This was Jake's favorite animal on the safari. He had to buy a stuffed one at the gift shop before we left.

We planned to return to the Magic Kingdom to see the New Year's Eve fireworks show,

but this is the sign we saw as we left Animal Kingdom...

so we returned to the hotel and went swimming and rented a movie!

It was a great way to ring in the new year!