Showing posts with label Grandad and Grandma Nancy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grandad and Grandma Nancy. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Summer Road Trip, Stop #1

Since Fall has started, I decided I needed to get back on track with the blog!  So...I'm starting with our annual Summer road trip to the Midwest.  First stop, Lawrence, to visit Grandad & Grandma Nancy.  I posted lots of pics from this stop on Facebook back in July so I won't duplicate them here.  We had a great time exploring downtown via the bus from Grandma & Grandad's house!  The boys loved that and spending time with cousin Marcus.  They all had a blast!  It was a short visit there since we had already planned to see Grandad & Grandma again in Estes Park the following week. 
Everyone waiting for the bus.


Leaving the cool toy store on Mass.  We were good & didn't buy much!
The boys loved playing with all the vintage toys Grandma Nancy has saved.

Friday, January 2, 2015

Epcot

Epcot was such a cool park, almost felt like two different parks actually.  Sean had lots of memories of going to Epcot when he was a child, so this park was especially fun for him.  The boys loved all the Space/Science attractions! 
Carter & Grandad getting a groovy start to the day!

Iconic space ball pic.

We love MICKEY!

...and Goofy,
AND Minnie!

Duffy the Disney Bear was by far Davis's favorite character.  Davis had colored a picture of Duffy dressed in a Santa costume and was so excited to give it to him.  We got special treatment because I don't think Duffy has quite the fan base that Mickey & Donald have.  The ladies who worked in the gift shop where Duffy is stationed were completely in love with Davis and his affinity for Duffy.  It was adorable.
Best Buddies!

We enjoyed another fun character meal at the revolving restaurant at Epcot.
They grow their own food at Epcot and Carter was showing how healthy food makes your strong!
Epcot at night.

The World Showcase part of Epcot was my favorite.  (PS: The day we explored the entire park, my pedometer logged 12 miles of walking.  Whew!)  Carter had fun planting Perry the Platypus in various countries.   



The boys loved watching the train outside Germany.  

Another fun lunch... This time it was the aquarium restaurant by the Finding Nemo ride.  Lots of good lunchtime entertainment!



Even the desserts were sea themed! How cool!

Getting ready to ride the Chevy Test Track ride again. What a blast this was!!! (This is the identical ride to Radiator Springs Racers in Cars Land at California Adventure, FYI.  It's just decorated to look like race cars instead of Cars characters.  Of course Sean would notice that.)  
Family fun

Beautiful holiday decorations at Epcot.  That tree was HUGE.

The restaurant in Mexico where Sean remembers going as a child.  The ride inside was so cute!

We stayed late for the fireworks/light show at Epcot and nearly froze waiting for it to start.  Davis fell asleep in the stroller & Carter complained a lot, but it was worth it in the end.  That show is a must-see! 

Animal Kingdom

We only spent one day at Animal Kingdom, but we crammed lots of fun stuff into our rainy day there.  First stop, Tusker House character breakfast!

We met Safari Donald & Mickey and all their pals!

We even danced in a Conga line with Daisy!

The safari ride was amazing!


During the downpour, we took refuge in many shows throughout the day.  The Lion King spectacular!

Magic Kingdom Revisited

Did I mention that Davis loved "It's a Small World"?  Since we were there celebrating his birthday, we decided to humor him & ride it again and again and again.  


These boys came home exhausted each night.

Our view at Pop Century. 
Not everyone was excited to pose in front of Cinderella's castle. 
Davis & I waited in line for Seven Dwarfs Mine Train for about 45 minutes on our last day there.  We had already ridden it once via FastPass, but he insisted on riding it again.  We discovered lots of fun stops in the queue for the ride that we missed out on when we walked right on earlier in the week.  This was a musical water stop that provided tons of entertainment. 
They've got the whole World in their hands...

Visiting Buzz in Toy Story ride #2.

We LOVED the Pooh ride!

Last day in Orlando!  We'll miss you, Mickey!