Disney World!

We took a family trip to Orlando the weekend before last.  It was our first family trip since Kinsley was born to visit anywhere other than Houston or San Antonio. Although we love visiting family and friends, it was great to get away just the three of us and relax. :)
We stayed at a wonderful resort called Reunion Resort and it was heavenly.  They were having a fall special, half off their room rates, so we decided to put Louie's "Funk Me" award money towards our hotel.  The villa was amazing. It had 3 bedroom/3 bath and a fully furnished kitchen.  We didn't need 3 bedrooms but the price was the same between a two bedroom hotel room or a three bedroom villa so we went with the villa. I didn't take very many pictures of the villa but here are a few of Kinsley exploring.

Daddy cooking breakfast.

Kinsley exploring the upstairs 3rd bedroom.

Our view from the balcony of the Palmer golf course.

Part of why I picked this resort was because it's a family friendly golf resort.  It was too cool for the water park and the pools but it would be fabulous to return at a later time and enjoy the fun family activities.  There are three golf courses to choose from. Louie played the Arnold Palmer course and had a wonderful time.

We arrived Thursday evening and hit the grocery store. We saved a little money by eating in for all meals and Louie, the family chef, enjoyed the cooking time. Friday morning we went to Animal Kingdom.  Kinsley really enjoyed all the animals, a couple of parades, and a fun triceratops ride.

This is called the Tree of Life. It's located at the center of the Animal Kingdom.  It's HUGE!!

Here is Louie and Kinsley standing at the base of it!

We went on an African safari and Kinsley loved it!  There were so many animals for her to see.  That's an elephant off in the distance.

She's pointing at the rhino.

She was pretty fascinated.  She's still a little confused about what animal makes what's sound and makes the monkey sound for 80% of all animals. "Ooh, ooh, ahh, ahh."

This guy was pretty impressive.  Louie took about 15 pictures of him but I'll spare you all the lion pics. :)

Louie figured out the Ergo is pretty handy, especially because Kinsley is so happy in it.  Here they are looking at some fish.

My sweet family.

Louie had a 1:30 tee-time so after Kinsley woke up from her nap, just the two of us headed back to see more of the Animal Kingdom.  This is her having a snack and waiting for the parade to start.

The following video clip is of the parade starting.  It was very overwhelming to her, especially when the giant orangutan from The Jungle Book came over to say hello. Just before I turn the camera off, you can see the fear in her eyes.  Don't worry, as soon as I picked her up and started dancing to the music, she was happy.  She waved to Minnie and Donald.

She can just see the tail end of the parade so she was not interested in posing with Mama for a picture.

Here is a second parade/show that we caught just before we left.  Here is the proof that she actually enjoyed the characters.  :)

The next day we headed to the Magic Kingdom.  It was a lot more difficult to get to.  After the 10 min drive from our hotel, we then took a tram from the back of the parking lot to the front of the parking lot, then waited in line for about 20 minutes to catch the monorail, then after a 10 minute ride, arrived at the Magic Kingdom.  After all that I decided we weren't going to be able to come back after her nap so we decided to push her a little longer that day.  She did really well.  I was not nearly as good about taking pictures on this day, but here are the few I did get from Day 2 of Disney.

This was on the "It's a Small World" ride.  She loved it!  I think it was the highlight of the entire trip for her.  Below is a (pretty dark) video of her on the ride. You can just make out her dancing to the music.

I promised my sister, Sarah Marie, we would get a picture of Kinsley with Tigger.  The meet and greet line was about 45 minutes, so we cheated! This as close as we could get Sarah, sorry! :)

This is that evening back at the hotel.  She's telling me all about her exciting day!

So I'll conclude our Disney trip with one of our breakfasts before going to a park.  Daddy had made eggs and Kinsley thought they were Delicious!

C ya real soon! (Last Mickey comment, I swear!) :)