Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Our last day at Disney!

Our family opted to spend one extra day at the Disney parks than the rest of our group, and I'm so thankful we did.  We had the best day! 
 Before the Calhouns and the O'Dells hit the road or the air, I should say, we enjoyed one last character meal at Cape May Cafe.  
 And then we had a good-bye photo shoot outside before everyone went their separate ways.  
 All the grandchildren with Papa and Gigi.  
 The Calhouns with Papa and Gigi.  
 Our party of six with Papa and Gigi.  
 We are so very thankful for these two!  Our Disney trip would not have been possible without them.  It was such a great week! Once we said our good-byes, we headed back over to Magic Kingdom for one last day of Disney fun.  
 Our first Fast Pass was to Enchanted Tales with Belle.  I loved it! We did not have a Fast Pass to this one on our first Disney trip, and the lines were always way too long to wait! It was so great! 
 Every child had a part in her story, and everyone got a picture with Belle at the end.  
 First the girls.  
 And then Carter. He was such a great sport seeing all these princesses.  The Lord sure knew what he was doing when he made this fella the big brother to three sisters!  He is such a good big brother! 
 We caught one last show on the main stage.
 And grabbed one more family picture in front of the castle.  Then, we used our hopper pass for the first time and hopped on the monorail and headed over to Epcot.  
 We wanted to get Papa and Gigi a thank you gift for taking us on such a wonderful trip, and we noticed that Gigi had been eyeing some Coke glasses earlier in the week.  
 We enjoyed a few samples while we were there! When we left the Coke place, we ran over to Paris because there was a coffee mug I wanted to commemorate our time at Epcot.  We also enjoyed Fish and Chips for lunch and some Gelato from Italy.  Epcot definitely has the best food for quick service meals by far! 
While we were on our way to Paris, I ran into one of my sweet college friends.  Laura and her family were just beginning their Disney vacation.  It was so much fun to see her!  I grew up with her husband in elementary school, and then all three of us ended up at UGA for college.  Laura and I both graduated from Grady college, we worked together at the off campus bookstore, were both involved in the BSU, and we played on the winning co-ed intramural flag football team!  So many fun memories with this girl! 
 We also grabbed some more caramel popcorn from Germany to snack on the rest of the day.  And then, we had a little photo shoot, ha! 
 Everyone wanted their picture taken on the blue wall! 
 Sweet Summer.  
 And Story's little pose ;)
 And Tilly.  We hopped back on the monorail and headed back to Magic Kingdom for the rest of the day.  
 With it being a Friday and the start of a new weekend, the lines were really long at Magic Kingdom this day.  We mostly only used our Fast Passes.  We did manage to squeeze in another ride on the tea cups, and lucky me got to ride twice ;) 
 And then came, one of the moments we had waited all week for.  We got to meet Elsa and Anna.  Sigh.  They were all soo excited!  Even Carter! 
 I absolutely adore how sweet Story is staring up at Elsa.  So precious.  
 And how funny is Carter here! He's trying to get a real good look at Anna! Ha! I'm so thankful we got to meet these princesses.  It was the perfect ending to a wonderful trip! 
 We finished off the day with one last electric light parade, Wishes and fireworks.  So fun! 
And then we said good-bye to Magic Kingdom til next time! Thank you, Papa and Gigi for a perfectly magical week!  We loved our time at Disney! 

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