I know I mentioned last summer that we camp on vacation and that it might not be for everyone. Having said that, I honestly cannot imagine spending my vacation any other way. I might also have told you we had a travel trailer when we first got married and that it was the perfect size until we expanded our family. We sold it a few years ago in hopes of upgrading, but haven't felt good about making another investment of that size. For this year, we decided to try our hand at renting a trailer close to the beach and it was a dream come true. We found a great deal on a brand new camper and decided not only did it save us money this year, but it allows us to try out a few different floor plans before becoming an RV owner again. We could not have been happier with our decision. If you are used ...
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Beach Babies
I have just spent the last eight days with these beauties at the beach. We are positively exhausted. Luckily, they were excellent travelers and adjusted well to life at the beach. Everything we did, we did in abundance: rolled in the sand, got soaked, ate yummy food, snuggled in the sunshine and took an insane number of photographs. Not only will it take me a few days to wrap my head around normal life, but I need to upload the images, read over 600 entries in Google Reader, check my email, catch up on design orders and get my house back in order. I also have two girls in terrible need of a schedule readjustment and some downtime with mommy and daddy. Our trip was wonderful and I'll have lots to share in the next few days. We missed you guys! ...
The Beach
Despite the horrible weather, we did manage to squeeze in some yummy seafood and an afternoon at the beach. It was kind of misty outside and a little cooler than usual, but we soaked it up while we had the chance! It was beautiful, cloudy skies and all. This was Sophie's first experience with sand and she wasn't sure what to think! SD took Ella on a shell hunt. These are my other favorite sandy toes. I want y'all to know that I am MORTIFIED to be in a bathing suit on this blog. BUT, since I'm always the one behind the camera, I thought I would suck it up and take a picture with my pretty girls. I promise the next time I'm this exposed, I'll be skinny! Dinner with my girlies at Peg Leg Pete's. Isabella didn't want to wear her eye-patch, so Ella wore it for ...
Grand Finale
Alrighty, the masses have spoken. Well, four of you, but who's counting? Prepare yourself for a long post, because this one is chock-full of Disney goodness and a few never-before-seen photos. The one above is probably my favorite from the entire trip, despite the fact that it doesn't include any of us. I took this while waiting to ride Dumbo for the last time and was remarkably impressed with the fact that it is in focus and not totally blown out. These are Ella's three favorite things in Magic Kingdom. Cinderella's Castle. The Carousel. Dumbo. Above are Ella and SD on the tram from the car to the transportation & ticket center. The few below are of dinner at Casey's Corner. If you're looking for a good hotdog in the MK it is the place to be. Good stadium style dogs with a bar of ...
Minnie’s Sunroom
Although we took some great photos today, I haven't had any time to upload them. Instead, we've been soaking up our last day in Disney World. We spent a few hours in Epcot this morning and rounded out our vacation with yet another evening in the Magic Kingdom. Just to tide you over, I wanted to leave you with a picture from yesterday. This is Ella sitting in Minnie's sunroom. She was tickled that Minnie's cute little house had a sunroom and garden just like Garan. Hopefully, tomorrow afternoon we'll be in Garan's sunroom and garden. We're getting up really early for the drive home. ...
Why the long face?
In case you're wondering why she looked like this when we got to Magic Kingdom this morning, I have no idea. She woke up happy, only got one spanking before we got to WDW and was so excited to be back at Cinderella's castle. My only guess is that she wasn't thrilled with the crazy cast member taking our photograph! She cheered right on up once we were riding rides. Today we spent the morning in Tomorrowland, riding some things we hadn't seen yet. Then we headed off to Mickey's Toontown Fair to see none other than Mickey Mouse himself! While there, we had our picture taken with Minnie & Mickey, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. Ella is getting braver with each character and did remarkably well with each of these. We also rode the WDW Railroad around the entire park before leaving ...
She’s an animal!
Today we spent the day in Animal Kingdom. I don't really have the strength it would take to put together a coherent post. We're all exhausted. It was our longest day in the parks so far. We did manage to sneak a little nap in this afternoon and then we headed out for pasta. Now we're on the downside, ready for bed. We had a great day. Saw lots of animals, rode some rides, saw some shows. Ate A LOT. Watched the parade. Had a few meltdowns (mommies & daddies included). I took 204 photographs. Instead of words, here are my favorite pics of the day. See you tomorrow. ...
We all scream for ICE CREAM!
After a long nap, we did this. And this. And it was fun. ...