Staycation with Aunt Laurie and Grandma Linda!

Kylie Day 2018!

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Florida- via South Dakota!

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Black Hills June 2018

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may 2018

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Disney Day 5

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Disney Day 4!

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Disney Day 3!

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Disney Day 2: Magic Kingdom

Disney Squad! Party of 16!

Although it was lightly raining the first hour or so at the park, the rest of the day was beautiful. We finally got our picture by the castle! Our first ride of the day was the classic Dumbo ride. This ride is great because while in line, they give you a color/letter and the kids get to play instead of standing in line!

 Barnstormer Roller coaster: This was the smallest of the coasters we road on (even Kylie got to ride!) but it was still fast enough to entertain Evan!

 Can't pass up a short line for the Tea Cups! Love the picture of the kids while in motion!

 Tomorrowland Speedway! I was lucky enough to have Kylie as my driver.....[where's the emoji for that?!] Luckily the driving age isn't until 16 in Illinois. 

 Evan learning to drive with Nathan. 

 Kylie loved it even though we continually moved from side to side to side!

 Nothing beats lunch in front of the castle! 

 Winnie the Pooh the ride with Caroline! Thank you Coco's for adopting my odd-numbered family. In this case you got two of us!

 Pure joy. We all loved the parade! What spectacular floats. Kylie waved to all the characters. This is the location and event Brooke used to primarily work at so we knew we got the best seats in the park!

 Kylie didn't nap often.......but she crashed on Monday. This was good because we stayed late and saw the lights and fireworks show on the castle. The show was A-mazing and the songs have been stuck in my head ever since!

 Obligatory ride on the carrousel. 

 We had fast passes for Peter Pan. 

The kiddos enjoyed the feeling of flying through the movie. 

 Can't forget a picture with Mickey! Evan's teacher loves Mickey, so he was extra proud to be taking a picture next to the guy!

Disney Day 1: Animal Kingdom

ISU Spring Break 2018 we ventured to Disney World!! How did we get from here to there?

We rented a 12-passenger van with the Frantz family for the week. 

 Yes, all the car seats fit and we had a DVD player for each row. PSA - the Normal Library has a myfi you can check out for up to two weeks......for free....unlimited data. In between getting caught up on emails, Brooke and I were able to get caught up on Greys!

 We drove overnight on the way there, which really wasn't that bad. The kids slept all night. We arrived at our resort and thanks to online shopping for groceries, we were set for the week!

On Sunday we went to Animal Kingdom. Since Brooke had previously worked at Disney, she organized all of our fast passes and basically our entire schedule. It was so nice to know we were getting to see so much, and experiencing the best of the parks. While the dads stood in line for the Avatar ride, we got to see and do plenty. The boys' first ride was the Dinosaur ride. Evan talks big....but he is the one in the red upfront....don't see him? Yea, that's because he was hiding half the ride!

 Evan also went with Brooke on the Everest rollercoaster. 

That was quite the coaster for the little guy!  

The Avatar line was long....so we did a lot! We even got to see Mickey and Minnie!! 

So exciting to watch the kiddos!

 Later we found Doc McStuffin's!

 The Safari ride!

 We headed back to the condo for dinner and then went to the park for the night light show. So fun to see how they project images onto a wall of spraying water - just amazing! We caught one last ride before heading home. 

Disney Squad Party of 16: Let's Do This!