Day 7: Hollywood Studios

Sadly, Hollywood ended our last day at Disney.  It was probably my FAVORITE park so I'm glad we ended with it.  My mom gave all the grand kids Disney PJ's at Christmas in our big reveal box so we of course made them match in them and snap a picture for memory sake.  Krew did NOT want to get in the picture but Kari worked with him and made it work.

 None of the parks had been busy because we purposefully planned to avoid spring break but this must have been the Monday people started their spring break because it definitely started to get crowded.  We made it work and were still able to do all that we wanted to accomplish.  Our first stop, NYC!

 We headed back to the "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" playground.  Let me tell you, as a KID I LOVED this place.  As an adult, this gave me a panic attack.  Too many kids and it was SO hard to keep track of your child.  So, we didn't stay long. 

 We actually had a fairly early lunch reservation at Hollywood and Vine.  All the Disney Junior characters are here and this is the place Boston had been talking about FOR MONTHS!  He couldn't wait.  Although we had a reservation, we still ended up waiting for a little bit so I snapped a few shots. 

 Auntie Kristin spoiling Hudson with fruit snacks.  Thankfully, Hudson was feeling better Sunday evening and Monday he seemed up and ready to go play some more.  He actually wasn't fully back to himself and just chilled in the stroller most the day.  It's do or die at Disney. ;)

 Jake from Jake and the Neverland Pirates is who we got to meet first.  He was Boston's favorite.

 Handy Manny

 Special Agent Oso

 June from Little Einstein's was there too but we missed her when we went dancing around the restaurant with Agent Oso.  After lunch we headed over to the Indiana Jones stunt show.  I LOVE this show.  For whatever reason, Boston was a little nervous.

They asked for volunteers and Kent made quite the commotion to get CHAD up and involved.  He's the man (looking like a woman) with the blue cloth over his head on the end to the right.

 This is how Boston sat during the show.

 Afterwards, we hit up the Star Wars ride.  Kent is a Star Wars LOVER and had been looking forward to this ride for a little bit.  There were some SERIOUS nerds getting on that ride (thankfully my husband is not that serious).  Those Star Wars fanatics take that stuff seriously! 

We FINALLY found the REAL Lightening McQueen and Mater.  Boston REALLY thought they were real and even asked why they weren't talking.  To this day he says he met the REAL Lightening McQueen!

 We decided to let the kids paint their faces.  It's probably the best face painting I've seen. 

 Our evil Darth Mul!

 Boston was the bad Darth Mul while Charlie was the good Red Ranger and the girls were Tigers.  Doesn't it look awesome?!?

 We found Mr. Incredible and he had a face off with Darth Mul.  It was pretty funny.  Once he realized he wasn't going to hurt him, Mr. Incredible let him in for the picture.

 MY FAVORITE RIDE OF THE WEEK--TOY STORY MANIA!!!!  The RIDE WAS SOOOO FUN!!  I'm still talking about it today.  We wanted to ride it a second time but the line got so long, we couldn't justify waiting an hour+ and the fast passes were sold out for the day.  Can't wait to go back and do it again!

 One of the last rides we rode was Tower of Terror.  Somehow, Boston agreed to go and I was pretty nervous for him.  Boston sat by Kent and freaked out!!  It was even a bit nerve wrecking for me!  Poor Sophie got the crap squeezed out of her leg (sorry Soph)!  Boston said he didn't want to ride it again until he got bigger.  He said he was fine with ONE drop but didn't like it dropping over and OVER (that's the best part son).  I'm proud of him for doing it though.  That night was our favorite FANTASMIC show.  We got front row seats, got a little wet, but enjoyed it regardless.

Notice Boston's face paint had worn off.  That's the downside---having your son FREAK out when he drank something and it started to come off!

 ALL the Princess Characters were apart of this show. 

 I LOVED Hollywood Studios and can NOT wait to hit that park up again next time!!  We ended with a late night but had to go BIG on our last night there, right? 

Tuesday, it was time to say goodbye to Disney AND the family.  Our week in Florida had come to and end and I was super sad about this.  Thankfully, Withers and us were on the same flight to Dallas before we split up and headed on our different planes home. 

Disney World is a BLAST!  It's SOOO magical, everyone is SOOO friendly, they have it down to a science, and it is just amazing!  I'm so grateful we got to go!  When we got home on Tuesday, I was a little depressed we were gone.  We went out for dinner that evening and the people there weren't friendly like Disney people, there was no fun, jolly music playing in the background, nothing.  Kent laughed that I was so sad about it but I was.  Can't the WHOLE world be like Disney??  I miss it.  I can't wait to go back!!!

Day 6: Day Off

Sunday, we took a break from ALL the busyness.  Kristin and her family went to church with her sister-in-law who lives about an hour away from Orlando and was blessing her baby that same weekend.  The rest of us headed to a nearby church.  After sacrament meeting, we wanted to go by the Orlando temple.  It is BEAUTIFUL (not surprised)! 

 Hudson had fallen asleep in the car, so I stayed in the car with him while everyone else took pictures on the grounds. 

 Combe Family

 My parents with Kelli

 Our family, minus Hudson.  The sun was in Boston's eyes so we didn't get a successful picture.

We all piled back into the rental cars to head back to the hotel.  Well, as soon as we pull out of the temple grounds, Hudson wakes up.  A minute later he starts SPEWING out throw up!  Like EVERY WHERE!!  I just started crying!  My poor baby boy is puking his guts up and I just felt helpless.  It made me wonder if Boston really had food poisoning or if he was sick like Hudson and few days prior.  I felt guilty for making him go to the park that day and then I had been dragging Hudson around the parks too and who knows how long he had been feeling crappy.  Kent pulled over, and we did the best we could cleaning him up with whatever we had in the car.  He was as pale as a ghost.  I made Kent stop by a CVS to get a thermometer and medicine.  He had a slight fever but nothing high.  I just couldn't stop feeling awful for my boys.  I felt like the worst mom ever!  We got back to the hotel and all took a nap after cleaning Hudson up completely.  Later that evening, Kent volunteered to stay back with Hudson so that I could go with my family to dinner at the Wilderness Lodge.  We met with Kristin's family and had a great BBQ dinner (although I was feeling guilty the whole time).  Thankfully, by the time I had gotten back to the hotel that evening, Hudson was doing much better and even eating a little bit.  It was nice to have a relaxing day but sad my Huddy Hud had gotten sick.  ONE MORE DAY LEFT!!!

Day 5: Magic Kingdom ROUND 2

We heard from many people that you want to take TWO days to hit up Magic Kingdom, so we did.  I'm SO happy we did this because there was lots we wanted to do again AND lots we didn't get to do the first day.  We started our day by taking the train around to Frontierland so that we could ride SPLASH MOUNTAIN!!!!  If you ask Boston what his favorite ride was, he will say it was this one.  We didn't get TOO terribly soaked but Brandon and Sophie did for SURE since they were sitting in the very front! 

Sadly, one of my favorites, Thunder Mountain, was closed for updates so we didn't get to enjoy that one.  We took the kids through the Swiss Family Robinson tree house.  I always dreamed of living in a place like this as a kid.  The guys took them all through and weren't overly impressed but I don't think Kent has the love for it like I do.

All the girls sat this one out to feed babies and let the others who were sleeping, sleep.  Love my sisters.

We spotted PETER PAN and although Boston has never seen the movie, he enjoyed seeing him because of his love for Jake and the Neverland Pirates!

Boston hadn't really been showing any signs of being sick since he had thrown up on Wednesday but on Saturday he was really dragging.  We weren't sure if he was sick or just tired from all the go, go, go but poor Kent ended up doing alot of this that day.

We found our roots and met Lil Miss Tiana!  Princess and The Frog is one of our favorites. 

For lunch we got to meet ALL the Winnie the Pooh characters.  They were behind on the reservations so it took them forever to get us in but thankfully, the kids were patient.  Once we got seated, we got to meet TIGGER

EYORE

PIGLET

Hudson LOVED himself some Piglet.  Please disregard the mess on my son's shirt.  Yes, he is my messy child.

Once we got finished with lunch, my poor mom wasn't feeling well from her allergies so she decided to call it quits early and go back to the hotel.  Boston kept complaining about not feeling well either, so Kent decided he would take him back to the hotel and let him sleep.  I was very happy this happened on the SECOND day of being in MAGIC KINGDOM and not in some other park.  By then, I think we had ridden everything we wanted at least one time so I didn't feel too sad when Boston went home to recover.  We went around and rode all our favorites one more time including Splash Mountain, Space Mountain, and Buzz Lightyear ride.  We also rode that dang Its a Small World ride and had that song in our head for the next 10 days! 

While everyone went off to a few more rides, Kristin, Kari and I reserved our spot for the parade that night.  This time we didn't have some annoying lady getting upset with us for saving our spots on the curb.  Kelli, Dad and Kari and Brandon decided to call it quits right before the parade and took Hudson back to the hotel with them.  I sat with all the Withers to see the parade and castle light up one more time!  It was worth it. 

We were so busy this day, we didn't even have time for dinner, so after the parade we were STARVING.  We searched for food but nothing good was open so we headed back to the hotel and called in a late dinner in our rooms.  Day 2 of Magic Kingdom=SUCCESS!

Day 4: Epcot

I was a tad nervous to go to Epcot because I remember being absolutely BORED as a kid going here.  But, we wanted to hit up every park and I had heard that Epcot had added a few things to make it more exciting.  We had to of course take family pictures in front of the infamous Epcot globe.  This time around we did NOT go in for the ride.  It was the most BORING ride EVER and something I will NEVER choose to do again in my life.

Boston looks so THRILLED to be at Disney doesn't he?

 Our first stop was the Finding Nemo ride and Turtle Talk with Crush.  Loved them both.

 Hudson was in awe of the fish while we were waiting for Turtle Talk with Crush.  When we got inside, Crush started the show with picking someone in the crowd to talk to.  Surprisingly, he picked Boston!  Boston thought it was pretty cool and both him AND Kent got to talk to him.  Later in the show, Sophie even got to ask a question.  I think she asked him how many fish are in the ocean or something like that.  He was pretty entertaining.

 All the cousins (minus Hudson and Landry) tried to squeeze in the shark mouth for a picture.  Don't know why that random lady with the swimsuit looking top was standing in the way of our picture but she was.  Maybe she was foreign so I'll give her a pass.

 One thing I was impressed with in Epcot was the different countries you walked through.  It literally felt like you had just stepped into Italy, Paris, Sweden, Morocco, etc.  The people working in each of those countries were people who really WERE from that specific country.  Made me want to travel the world ASAP!  We ate lunch in Morocco and I was a little nervous about the food but it was DELICIOUS!!!  Along the way through the countries, we spotted MANY characters including Kent's BELOVED Belle and the Beast.  Kent said the real life Belle didn't do it for him like that one in the movie does though...sorry she disappointed you Kent.

 Aurora (Boston had no idea who she was but went with it any way)

 Maria from Aristocrats (again we didn't know her either)

 Mary Poppins.  She did EXTREMELY well at staying in her character.

 Boston had been DYING to find Lightning McQueen and this had to tide him over until we found them in Hollywood Studios a few days later.  But Krew was THRILLED with it.

 Little Landry.  Poor kid had to tough out not being able to nap every day in his cozy little bed.  Instead, he had to try to fall asleep in his stroller.  He was a trooper though.  We'll come back Landry when you can have more fun!  I also experience a good moment to remember when Hudson had a MAJOR blowout when we were in the American Dream show.  There really wasn't a way out so I had to wait for the show to finish up.  That was entertaining/stressful.  Sorry for the poop you got from Hudson, mom, and sorry to every one else for the stink!

 We met Mulan in China.  Again, Boston didn't know who she was but was ULTRA thrilled when she KISSED Charlie and his forehead!

 He was grinning ear to ear when it first happened but the more we teased him about it, he wiped off those lips and told us he thought it was disgusting. 

 We ate dinner inside this Aztec pyramid. 

 Hudson was trying to act so cool with Uncle Chad's shades!

 Dinner was pretty good here.  Of course, our family LOVES some good Mexican.

 I tried my FIRST EVER fish tacos (BLAH) this night.  I will NEVER do it again and I will stick to HATING fish! 

One of the rides we tried out which I will NEVER do again was this space ride.  It made it feel like you were REALLY going into space on a spaceship.  It had warnings EVERY WHERE OVER AND OVER reminding you of its intensity.  Well, I learned my lesson the hard way.  I'll never go into space and I'll NEVER ride that again.  We also rode a fun ride that showed you how they test out cars before putting them out for buyers.  Boston LOVED it especially being able to test the speed of the car!  Soarin' was also a favorite that we rode.  Basically, Epcot didn't totally disappoint like I had remembered.  Kent says he's good and doesn't need to go back again but I'm pretty sure we will still include it when he go back again someday!

Day 3: Animal Kingdom

I was probably more anxious then most to check out Animal Kingdom.  This park was being built last time I visited and I remember being excited about it way back then!  We got all the cousins in for a group shot although none of them seemed to care in the least.  We struggled for this shot.  Also if you notice, Kari and I randomly dressed our boys in the same color shirt every day NEVER knowing each day what the other was putting their boy in. 

 While we were walking around the park, I looked down at Charlie and Boston in this stroller and noticed that they had decided to decorate THEMSELVES with their autograph pens since we took their autograph books from them.  You can't tell in this picture but Charlie had it ALL over his forehead.  BUSTED!

 Probably my most favorite thing in Animal Kingdom was the SAFARI!  It really was like a real life safari.  The jeep we road in, the bumpy trail ride, the animals...I mean Disney of course thought of it all.  Why would I expect any less from Disney? 

 Hudson was probably more tired in this picture then in awe of the animals.

 For lunch we got to meet MANY of the characters while we ate including MICKEY!

 GOOFY! They even got to dance around the room with him too!

 DAISY!

And DONALD!  He greeted us when we first arrived at the restaurant.  I'm assuming my mom will try to use this for her Christmas card this year, but again mother, I will remind you that we ALL wish you wouldn't. 

While we were walking around, we came by this African band.  They asked for a few volunteers to come up and dance and of course Kent and Chad were not shy to jump in.  Rylee even got the courage to join them.  It was quite entertaining especially because Chad and Kent are never ones to shy away from some attention.  Needless to say, they got got down with the African band!

For whatever reason I got distracted from taking pictures the rest of the day.  We did lots more including riding a fun, fast roller coaster trying to avoid the Yetti, a water ride that left us all soaking wet (well really mainly DAD), we caught "It's a Bug's Life" show (where Boston cried and screamed "IS IT OVER? I WANNA GET OUT OF HERE!" over and over with his head in my lap crying practically the WHOLE time) and then we saw the AMAZING Lion King show (no crying there, just silence). 

Animal Kingdom closes early at five, so it was nice to have a night where we could go back, eat dinner at the hotel, swim and go to bed "early(ier)."