Florida Vacation - Days 7 & 8

We spent a very HOT and HUMID day yesterday at Disney's Hollywood Studios. It was our hardest day so far ... we were all wiped out by the end of the day. We slept in this morning and felt a little bit refreshed for Epcot. We have one last day at the parks tomorrow before we head back for home on Wednesday. I think we just might need a vacation from our vacation!

Family Pic at Magic Kingdom

Family pic with Goliath from Jo Jo's circus (I think!)

Kelby & Julia with the Storm Troopers (I felt so sorry for them, they must have been so hot!)
Kelby with his cousin Matt

Kelby & Abby with the Stormship Trooper
Second Cousins posing for a picture after our lunch which was a wonderful break from the heat!

Me with Abby & Julia on our way to see a dinner show called the Hoopdy Doo Review. Olivia didn't eat anything and was asleep in her stroller before the show even started. It was a really fun evening!
Sweet Julia
My grown up girl
On the Finding Nemo ride at Epcot
Kelby testing out a Segway at Epcot

Mickey Mouse with Abby and Julia, minus one little redhead. We stood in line for 45 minutes to meet some of the Disney characters and Olivia wouldn't even go 10 feet near them!
Again, no Liv
She wouldn't even go near Minnie!
Taking a break from the heat for an ice cream treat
Chocolate ice cream is the best
I missed all this because I was riding the Spaceship Earth ride alone! Olivia didn't meet the height requirement so we had to tag team it but Julia wouldn't brave the ride with me!

Epcot at night

Florida Vacation - Days 5 & 6

My feet are tired, I'm sunburned and absolutely exhausted but I thought I'd see if I could muster up enough energy to post a few pictures. We are having a wonderful time at Disney World. Our hotel is beautiful, although we've been at the parks from sun up till sun down so we haven't been able to enjoy it too much. Here's a few pics from our first two days in the Magic Kingdom! Tomorrow we're headed to Disney's Hollywood Studios!

Abby, Olivia and Julia after we arrived at our hotel

Taking the monorail to the Magic Kingdom

Liv cried and cried because she wanted to go on this horse and carriage ride so badly. Kelby was on Space Mountain with Abby and Julia (which they HATED!) so I lugged Olivia and the stroller all the way back to the entrance in the 90 degree heat. Once we were finished with the ride she was still upset because the horse wasn't brown! Tough luck kiddo!

Julia and Liv on the speedway racer cars ... which I drove because the girls (Abby & Julia) were traumatized after their ride on Space Mountain. Jules was too scared to drive!

Family tea cup ride ... dedicated to Grandma Norton because she loves her tea so much.

Liv wasn't sure if she liked them or not ... I guess by the picture she didn't

Taking a break after the Pirates of the Caribbean ride or as Liv likes to call it "The Pirates of the Carrot Beans"

Abby and Julia riding up front on the monorail

Riding the starships in Tomorrowland
Sweet Julia with her little sister ... on our first day at the Magic Kingdom we told the girls that if for some reason we became separated from each other to go find a Disney employee and tell them you're lost ... and wouldn't you know it, about 5 minutes later, as I was rushing to It's a Small World to get in line with Kelby, I turned around and there was Abby but no Julia! After much panic and and what seemed like forever (only a minute or so) there was Julia hand in hand with a Disney employee. She had huge tears in her eyes but we were very proud of her for listening to us!

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

Bonus ... tonight I'm even adding a quick little video I took of the girls singing. Aunt Karen had this bear that sang "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun". I can't tell you how many times they played it but by the end of our stay we noticed that Liv knew almost the entire song, especially the chorus. Enjoy!

Note: Remember to pause my playlist so you can hear the video!

Florida Vacation - Day 4

Today was a fun filled day for us! We're visiting with my Uncle Dave now. The girls have loved meeting their other set of 2nd cousins. We all went jet skiing over at St. John's River. Abby and Julia rode with my Uncle Dave - you should have seen the smiles on their faces and heard the screams of joy! Kelby and I rode on the other jet ski with Olivia sandwiched between us. We were going about 50mph, so Liv and I were hanging on for dear life. I wish we had pictures to show but we forgot our camera! Liv was a little trooper. She didn't really like the jet ski ride so she didn't say one word the entire ride and for those of you that know Liv that is very unlike her! We stopped at Blue Springs along the way and took a dip in the COLD spring water. It was actually pretty refreshing after the heat. On our way back to the dock we even saw an alligator pop it's head out of the water. We're heading to Disney World tomorrow!

The girls meeting their 2nd cousins

No I don't have another redhead ... this is their second cousin Katie... see the red hair comes from my side of the family too!

Liv before the jet ski ride

Baily and Holly the Boxers swimming in the pool

Olivia and Daniel

The Redheads having fun on the trampoline

Abby, Katie and Julia doing a little night swimming

Olivia giving love to Holly

Playing fetch in the pool with Baily

Florida Vacation - Day 3

Before we headed out to Daytona beach, the girls had fun playing dress up in Aunt Karen's closet.

Aunt Karen giving the girls a make-over

Three little ladies in high heels

A closet full of shoes ... every woman's dream

I think Abby is loving these shoes a little too much!

Julia went for the classic black heels

Liv liked the open-toed black heels

We had a wonderful time at the beach with the girls and their 2nd cousins! But again, even after generously applying sunscreen, the girls all got a little sunburned. It's really a full-time job keeping them lathered in sunscreen. They loved the ocean, except for Liv but she suprised us all by sitting in the sand making castles, which is very surprising because she hates to be dirty!

Abby and Julia collecting sea shells

Mackenzie, Olivia and Ava playing in the sand
To end our day we spent the evening at Kelby's cousin Matt's house. The girls all had fun watching Cinderella on Mackenzie's bed. Olivia and Mackenzie