Our Disney Trip

(and a couple of other things that I have been negligent in blogging about ;) )

We just returned from our first family trip to Disney World. Actually it was the kids, as well as John's first trip to Disney. We went with my parents, brother/sister in law and nephew. We were fortunate to be able to stay on the Disney property and after staying on the property, I don't think I would ever do it any other way.

The resort we stayed at was beautiful and the weather was amazing (80's all week)...of course we were less than excited to return to 40 degrees and rain. We were hoping it would be warm here since we already had our every 8 year snowfall a couple of weeks ago (see pics).

The boys had a blast at Disney. They seemed to be at perfect ages to enjoy the parks although we did end up renting a "stroller" for them to ride in. I didn't feel too bad since I saw several children who were at least 8 years old riding in the "strollers."

Jacob definitely won the award for most daring and having the strongest stomach. At one point, Jacob said to me "It's o.k. mommy....you can go on the ride....I will hold your hand." It was a ride called The Tower of Terror which dropped 13 stories, not once but repeatedly. Needless to say, my stomach was in an upheaval, all the while Jacob was laughing hysterically. He has been telling everyone "My favorite ride was the up and down ride." He also rode his first roller coaster, Space Mountain, and loved every minute of it.

Austin was a bit more cautious. He was willing to try most rides once but wasn't real fond of any of the thrill rides. He did ride Space Mountain but I decided once was enough since his face was as white as a sheet when we got off the ride. Austin said his favorite thing at Disney was the big slide into the pool at the resort...go figure. He really enjoyed the race cars as well. We took the kids to a character breakfast which they loved.

Unfortunately Jacob had to wear an above the elbow splint on our trip. He broke both bones in his arm while riding his bike on Super Bowl Sunday. We initially thought he would still be in a cast for the trip but his doctors were great and arranged to have a special splint made that was molded to his arm and can be worn in the water. This special splint allowed him to be able to swim and go on all the water rides. We were so thankful that this worked out.

We went to the doctor today for another xray of Jacob's arm and they say it is healing well but he will have to keep wearing the hard splint for another 4 weeks whenever he is active (aka all the time).

I will try and post again soon. We have friends from Colorado coming to visit in a couple of weeks, so that will probably be my next post. Hope everyone is doing well.

We are certainly looking forward to spring!

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