WDW Day 1-Animal Kingdom

Ready or not...

On Safari.

Mickey

Minnie

Goofy

Donald

Chip and Dale

Waiting in line for our first ride...Triceratops Spin!

"It's Tough To Be A Bug" (3D Show)

Watching the parade.

Animal Kingdom was a slow paced, very entertaining way to start our WDW vacation. We saw several shows (Bug's Life/thriller... who know?), got many autographs (pictures as well), rode a few rides (Everest was broken) and a ton of memories. Animal Kingdom... CHECK!

Mickey, Here we come!

Waiting in the Wichita Airport.

My plane partner.

"Look Mommy! There is snow!" Those are clouds, Baby.

The boys side of the plane.

Brachiosaurus in Chicago's O'Hare.

Boys waiting in Chicago.

Girls waiting in Chicago.

Up too early!

On the bus to the resort.

Can you feel the excitement?

Our flight was uneventful and smooth. You could see the anticipation building in everyone's eyes. We got to Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge around dinner time. Jake suggested getting a table at the African buffet restaurant at the Lodge. I wasn't sure if we would get in or not. I took the kids to the playground for about 10 minutes of running around time, when Jake came back with a pager. We got a table for 4:30. Not 5 minutes later it goes off. We gather the kids and walk in. An African woman greets us and asks us our name and where we are from. We are thinking this is weird, but go with it and tell her we are from Wichita, Kansas. She turns and announces to this room full of about 10 families (who made their reservations probably 3 months ago) that we were the family of the night! They had these African drum players playing our walk into the restaurant all the way to the table. We were the first ones there!!! We got this certificate with our name and date on it and everything. What a way to start our vacation!

Snowman Snow!

Today it was warm enough that the snow started to melt. This means that it was wet enough to make snowmen. And we did! Daddy helped Owen and Allie make a big snowman. Then it got knocked over. (I wonder who?) Daddy then helped Allie build a baby snowman. We are going to see how long it will stay. Then Mommy got out some tools and we made a Snow Castle. Now we are cold and wet, but it was well worth the fun!

Snow day!!!

Friday morning we woke up to a Winter Wonderland... and NO SCHOOL!!!! So of course, we hung out in our jammies all morning, ate some lunch and then got all bundled up to go explore the backyard. We were out there for almost an hour. It was awesome! Tomorrow maybe we'll go and buy a sled?

More GNO Pics

Jennie and me.

Brian and Sarah.

Sarah and Julie.

Misti and Jen.

Julie and Erin.

Misti, Julie and John.

Me and Misti.

These are pictures that my sister took on Thursday night. Enjoy!

Name That Song...

Girls at Old Chicago.

Erin singing.

Gwen singing.

Sarah and Amy were talking to different people, but dancing together!

Now THAT'S talent!

Jen singing, and her BIGGEST FAN! :)

Thursday night was our January GNO. Me and 8 of my closest friends raided Old Chicago (downtown) for some chit, chat and chew. Then we continued the fun-fest at the bar called "Rain". They were having Karaoke that night. EVERYONE sang, either solo or in our big group. It was a blast! Once a month, everyone needs to unwind and appreciate friendship. Next month...TULSA!!!!

(The pictures in the previous blog entry, were compliments of my sister. Thanks Jen!)

Lost... but now FOUND!

This morning started like any other morning. I got dressed for my workout and decided to go run some errands before. I get Allie in the car and look for my wallet. WALLET!!??? I can't find it anywhere! Then it hits me... I left it at Braums last night! I run inside and call them to see if someone found it... they tell me no. I start to panic! I feel lost, helpless. I can't go anywhere. I stop and take a deep breath. I get Allie back inside and we take our coats off. I decide this is out of my control. I go and get on the treadmill. While I'm running, I make a list in my mind of what I am going to do as soon as I shower. Call the DMV, find my old driver's license, call my bank and pray. When I walk upstairs, I check the answering machine... there is one message. It is from Mike at Bank of America on Andover Road. Braums found my wallet and saw that I had a BOA card and called them to contact me to let them know they will keep it in their vault until I can come by and pick it up. I picked it up after picking Owen up from school. It had EVERYTHING still inside! We ate lunch at Braums. I am so thankful that someone "good" found it.