Our trip over Spring break to Disney World was good but not one of those trips that I could say “I’ve got to back there again” I think one time will do it for me. We did have a lot of fun and saw a lot of new things, and experienced the waits of our lives. It all started out great. The plane ride was uneventful, luggage claim went without a hitch. We went to get our reserved car at Budget and they only had three people working and the computers were down so everything had to be manually done. Needless to say we waited for 1 ½ hours to finally get our car. Stopped by the local Wal-Mart to pick up a few groceries and then headed to our resort. It was suppose to take 12-15 minutes from the store but none of the streets near Disney World have street names on them. All they have are the Disney attraction exit signs. So we drove around for another hour and a half until we finally found the resort. It was 3:30 in the morning.
Epcot center was really huge. We tasted many different foods from different countries represented. The Moroccan food was really good. The best thing we saw there was when the space shuttle went off and you could look up and see it and the two parts separating. Everyone just went quiet and stopped. It was awesome.
The fireworks were pretty good also.
I think the best thing at Animal Kingdom was the tree of life.
It was cool to see all of the many animals that were carved into that huge tree.
The bird show is real similar to the one in San Diego. As far as the animals go I think that San Diego Wild Animal Park is better, but they don’t have the fun rides, parades,
and the many shops that Animal Kingdom has so it’s kind of a toss up.
The main attraction at Disneyworld is Magic Kingdom. It is set up really close like Disneyland. All of us voted that Disneyland is better. Everything but the castle.
The castle was really pretty especially at night. The lights on it change color every few minutes, and the fireworks display was the best I have ever seen in my life.
On Friday of that week we went to a place called Gatorland. It was interesting to see the many different types and sizes of alligators. They had a guy wrestle one and then you could pay a little money and kids could sit on the gator (they had his mouth taped shut).
They also had some snakes there that the boys liked looking at. They had a lot of pathways to go out and see the different alligators. You could feed them a hot dog and watch them go after it. One of the funniest parts is on one of the shows they called a lady out of the audience and had her close her eyes and hold out her hand and they put a big tarantula in her hand. Kind of a fun place to visit for a few hours.
After that we went on down to Boggy Creek and took an airboat ride on the everglades and saw two alligators.
While we were waiting for our ride Shandraya hopped on the one in the office (good thing it was dead)
On Saturday after we checked out we had some time to kill so we drove over to the Orlando Temple. It is really beautiful. The parking lot was full and we saw many people going inside. Wish that we could have joined them but that wouldn’t have been fair to the kids for two hours with nothing to do.
All in all it was a very nice week, the resort was great,
with spacious rooms, water slides,
lazy river,
and the company was great, all of the many sites we saw were a once in a lifetime event. I hope that Colten, Caleb and Shandraya had as much fun or more than Doug and I had.
did puzzles,played games, told stories around the campfire, 
enjoyed a couple rounds of horseshoes, 
and the girls really liked the zip line. 
It was in the cool mountains and very relaxing. The beehive girls are all so cute and fun to be with.
Now onto three other quilts that I have in the works and a stack of pants that Danielle want's cut off and made into shorts. It's a good thing that summer is just starting so I have awhile to hopefully finish all of these before too long.
We all got a little bit sunburned but not too bad. The kids sure enjoyed the pool.It was a short 3-day's but well worth it. I always enjoy visiting with my mom, sister, brothers, and their families.
This is the only other picture I got of the evening when all the graduates were throwing their caps up and the rain is still coming down.
Shandraya joined in at the end to help find all of the missing eggs.
It was a perfect day a little cloudy so it wasn't hot.
The fireworks were pretty good also.
It was cool to see all of the many animals that were carved into that huge tree. 
and the many shops that Animal Kingdom has so it’s kind of a toss up.
The castle was really pretty especially at night. The lights on it change color every few minutes, and the fireworks display was the best I have ever seen in my life.
They also had some snakes there that the boys liked looking at. They had a lot of pathways to go out and see the different alligators. You could feed them a hot dog and watch them go after it. One of the funniest parts is on one of the shows they called a lady out of the audience and had her close her eyes and hold out her hand and they put a big tarantula in her hand. Kind of a fun place to visit for a few hours.
On Saturday after we checked out we had some time to kill so we drove over to the Orlando Temple. It is really beautiful. The parking lot was full and we saw many people going inside. Wish that we could have joined them but that wouldn’t have been fair to the kids for two hours with nothing to do.
with spacious rooms, water slides,
lazy river, 
