Disneyworld vacation

 So I hope you don't mind but I'm going to jump around a little getting caught up on posts. And no better place to start then our FABULOUS vacation in January. We flew to Florida and met Nana, Grandpa Dave, Uncle Patrick, Uncle Jordan and Aunt Shay (my family) It started with receiving Disney new wrist bands in the mail. These little bands handled everything, park passes, express pass, hotel room key, charge it...yep, everything. So so easy, no need to carry a wallet or anything else.

 The pictures are also not in a timeline order, we got to take many boat rides (which I LOVED) and most of them looked like this.

 Luke was always up for taking a picture with the characters.

 Its harder then it looks to take a picture with your phone while your riding a ride, but you can still see a few family members on Dumbo.

 We did a lot of exploring, I loved the boardwalk, water and coffee all my favorite things.

 Rock n' Roller coaster, you betcha. Luke and Kolby really wanted to ride it but once their hoods were off they were not quite tall enough.

For the first couple days we were there the Christmas decorations were still up. Its hard to tell but the castle was literally dripping in lights. 

 The boys ADORE their uncles, they were in heaven spending a week solid with them at the happiest place on earth.

 The boys lost their minds over hats, Uncle Patrick bought them these with their names on them.

 It was a little weird for Dewey and I. On the second day we noticed we were holding hands and walking just the two of us, The boys happily walking with an uncle.

 Are you noticing some pictures we are wearing shorts, some we are bundled up in coats? Yep it was that kind of weather, luckily we packed for it.

 Epcot family photo

 Mickey and Minnie photo op

 This picture of Kolby and Patrick cracks me up every time I look at it. They are wearing the Bugs Life 3D glasses.

 I thought this part of Animal Kingdom was beautiful. The Everest ride is in the background. We rode it many many times, to say Luke and Kolby are roller coaster fans is a huge understatement.

 We loved Epcot and all the countries. One night The "Littles" stayed with Nana and Grandpa so the bigger kids could go exploring. We spent the night at EPCOT and had a blast. We laughed and "sampled" each country. Tons of fun :)

 Luke turned 9 while on vacation. He got a button to wear so that everyone we ran into wished him a Happy Birthday. For him this was only natural :) Nana and Grandpa Dave bought him a cake, because you can't miss out on making a wish. He got to go birthday shopping at the LEGO store, a happier kid you have never seen. He declared it the best birthday ever.

 Of course we needed a photo with Kolbys favorite "Cars".

 Remember the hats thing, Grandpa Dave bought Kolby this one and Luke Mickey Wizard hat he is wearing in some of the pictures. Lost their minds over hats.

 More then a few nights were spent like this. They were such little troopers since we pretty much ran all day every day.

 One night was spent enjoying the Christmas street, music and "snow", magical.

 And all to soon the vacation was over, and we were boarding a plane to go home.

This was a vacation of a lifetime. Before having kids I had a image in my head of how I would like things to be. This was it, the boys spending time with family on a wonderful vacation. We will be forever thankful to Nana and Grandpa Dave for everything they did to make it happen.