Hee Haw, after a year and a half we finally made it back to our favorite family vacation spot. Oh how we have missed this place. Last year was a pretty slow year for Jon's business so we weren't able to take a Disney vacation or any vacation for that matter. Thank goodness 2010 has been a much better year for us. We booked a nice large house. We got a good deal on it but it was still more costly than our previous houses we have rented but since we were going to be there for just under 2 weeks and thought this was going to be the only time we were going to be going to Disney this year and weren't sure when and what the economy would be like next year we wanted it to be a little more special. That is also why we went for a longer time, 13 days. Jon had been putting away money here and there to fund this vacation. Come to find out as the days got closer to our vacation we added up our money and we found out we had saved more than enough for our Disney tickets and food (the rental house was already paid in full) that we decided to go ahead and buy a year pass.
We asked a few families if they wanted to go with us since we had room in our house for more than just our family. The only one who took us up on our offer was Jon's mom. I don't know who was more excited us or her. 2 days before driving down to Disney Jon's mom entered the hospital from some reaction to her medication. We were all sad at the news and thought for sure she wouldn't be able to go. With the approval of her doctor she was able to go down but a few days later than planned. She was going to drive down with us in our vehicle, but instead flew down.
We had a great time going to the Disney parks, swimming, eating, and just enjoying being together as a family. The only real splurge we did this time was we ate at the new dinosaur restaurant at downtown Disney. It is just like Rain forest Cafe but with dinosaurs.
After the 3rd day of being at Disney parks, Connor was getting slower and slower. I think it was from the heat it was around 90 during the day the whole entire time. Jon had the brilliant idea of renting him a wheel chair. That was the best $10 a day spent on our whole trip. He was so happy and the kids had a great time and often fought over who got to push him. We will be purchasing a wheel chair for our next trip.
It only rained once while we were at the Disney parks and we were at the Magic Kingdom going on a few rides before the night show and it just poured down rain. They cancelled the show. Which kind of bummed me out since they swapped night shows with Disneyland. Disneyland now does SpectroMagic and Magic Kingdom does the main street electrical parade. That is on our list for Thanksgiving.
Jon's mom didn't go to any parks with us she just stayed at the house and relaxed and swam. Jon took her to the airport the day before we left. She is flying to Muskegon, Michigan to move there. Since her mom is in an assistant living place, she is going to move into her old house. Which used to be her house and then her mom bought it from her so there is many memories in that house. We will miss her but know she will be happy surrounded by old friends and family.
Now on to the pictures of our trip. I wont go into detail on everything we did day by day. We do the same routine every time we go. The only difference is we split up our routine by days because we had 2 or 3 days at each park.
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Brenton, Connor, Kennedy, Payton, Hayden, and Talmage at Epcot |
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Kennedy, Hayden, Payton, Talmage Toy Story Mania |
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Talmage Epcot China |
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Hayden and Talmage Epcot China |
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Hayden Epcot China |
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Talmage Epcot Africa |
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Animal Kingdom Brenton, Talmage, Payton, Kennedy, Hayden, Connor, and Jon |
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Hayden Magic Kingdom |
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Kennedy and Payton girls night out |
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Animal Kingdom Brenton, Payton, Hayden, and Kennedy |
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Talmage T-Rex Restaurant |
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Talmage outside of the T-Rex restaurant |
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Payton Epcot outside Nemo ride |
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Hayden and Talmage outside Nemo ride |
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Kennedy outside Nemo ride |
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Payton outside Nemo ride |
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Payton, Kennedy, Hayden, and Brenton Epcot Mexico |
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Kennedy boat ride at Epcot |
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Bird Magic Kingdom Goofy Roller coaster |
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Payton, Hayden, Kennedy Magic Kingdom Transit Authority |
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Talmage as Captain Jack Sparrow |
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Hayden with Lego Woody Down Town Disney Lego Store |
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Hayden, Donald Duck, and Talmage |
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Talmage, Pluto, and Hayden |
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Hayden, Mickey Mouse, and Talmage |
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Brenton Epcot America |
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Brenton and Payton Epcot America |
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Jon and Hayden Hollywood Studios Toy Story Mania |
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Talmage Toy Story Mania |
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Payton and Kennedy Magic Kingdom Indy Speedway |
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Brenton and Connor Indy Speedway |
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Talmage, Hayden, Jon Indy Speedway |
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Jon, Talmage, Brenton, and Hayden Magic Kingdom Aladdin Carpet ride |
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Hayden and Jon Toy Story Mania |
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Connor Toy Story Mania |
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