Even Jonathan Got a Turn...

Jonathan also tried his hand at a little surfing.

The Running of the Seahorses...

Last month Cole's school had their annual Running of the Seahorses event.  It's a run on the beach and it's their biggest fundraiser of the year.  I love it because it's a fun, family friendly event that doesn't require me to sell crap to people.  Mimi & Papa as well as Aunt Ali and Will came out to show their support.  The kids all did awesome and Kiley even took 2nd place in the pre-k age category.  She was so very excited when they called her name.

Carving Pumpkins...

We had a blast carving pumpkins this year.  The kids really got into it and we ended up each doing one.  This was great because I had a ton of seeds to roast in the oven.  Yum.

Orange & Blue...

We took the kids down to Gainesville for the Orange & Blue game a few months ago.  It was a blast.  The weather was stunning and it was not very crowded.  They loved seeing the players and meeting the cheerleaders.

More Magic Kingdom...

Here are a few more favorites from our 2nd day at the Magic Kingdom.

Epcot Character Dinner...

For dinner at Epcot we dined with Mickey, Chip & Dale, Pluto & a few other friends.

Epcot...

On day 4 we visited Epcot.  Epcot has always been my absolute favorite park.  We had so much fun there!  The kids loved exploring the different countries and riding tons of rides.  

Hollywood Studios...

Day 3 was spent at Hollywood Studios.  It was kind of off to a rocky start because neither of us had been there in a million year (like back when it was called MGM studios).  It was another great day and the kids discovered the Toy Story ride, which they LOVED.  

Wheeeeeeee...

Jonathan was great about taking a bunch of pictures of us on all the rides.  I love them all.

The Magic Kingdom...

After Animal Kingdom on the first day we took the monorail over to Chef Mickey for dinner with the characters.  I posted some of those pictures way back when we were actually on vacation and you can see them here.  

On the second day of our magical vacation we went to the Magic Kingdom.  We started off the day in an empty park (pictures here) and breakfast with the princesses (pictures here).  The princess breakfast and getting into the park early was truly one of the most incredible parts of our trip for me.  I would highly recommend it.  Here are a few more pictures from the Magic Kingdom.

Disney (Finally)...

So I have finally gotten the pictures from our Disney Photopass and I've finally sorted through most of the 1000+ pictures from our trip.  I've picked out a few dozen of the highlights to share.  I thought it would be easiest to just go chronologically through our vacation, so let's start at the beginning.  

Our first park was Animal Kingdom.  The park was not very crowded at all and I'm pretty sure we didn't wait in line for more than 5 minutes for anything.  While at Animal Kingdom we got to meet Dug & Russell from UP!  The kids also spent some time with Chip & Dale.

Empty...

Our second day we had reservations to eat breakfast in the castle with Cinderella.  I intentionally booked the earliest possible reservation so we could get into the park for pictures before it even opened.  Walking down Main Street with just a hand full of people was one of those surreal experiences.  It was so nice to just let the kids walk a little ahead of us and not have them get lost in the crowd.

The Whole Gang...

Here's the whole gang. Hard to believe how many of us there are now.

St. Augustine...

Ahhhhh yes, St. Augustine. That vacation we took MONTHS ago.  I've had these pictures sitting on my desktop forever waiting to share with you.  Here are some of our little family.