Our Family: March 2009

This winter we went on not 1, but 2 wonderful Disney vacations. Both trips were absolutely fabulous. Usually when we try and go somewhere warm during the winter seasons we get to our vacation destination to find record colds, and we freeze our tails off. It was a real treat to find warm weather on both our trips. It was also great spending time with family. Thanks to all those that made these trips so great!

I promise that the people I mention below really were on the trips, and I'm not making it up. I haven't been very good at taking photos lately. In fact, I have only taken a hand full of pictures for both trips combined. So I am waiting to steal other peoples' photos so I have proof of the fun we all had.

Trip #1 took place in January. We crashed last minute with my fam at a timeshare in Newport Beach, California. Lucky Amanda had the privilege of being our super roomie. We spent 2 days at Disneyland. My parents were so nice to watch Cole and cousin Kayden at the hotel each morning so that the rest of us could hit the rides. Then they'd bring the kids over to the park for the kiddie rides. It was so nice!

Just like Grandpa, Cole loves playing in the sandbox all by himself. :)

Trip #2 was a Bahama Disney cruise. York's parents took us, his brother's fam, and his sister's fam. What a feat to coordinate such a trip with that many people involved. Kudos to Diane and Michael! It was really great to get together with all of York's family. With everyone living far away from each other we don't get to see each other often enough. The cruise was superb with great food, service, and activities. The cruiseline did a great job of catering to families. I'd highly recommend it to anyone.

York and Cole all decked out for the required drill. Cole hated wearing the lifejacket. I was smart enough to take a quick shot before the "What is going on" phase was over for him.

My 2 favorite boys, in front of our giant ship.

The Flying Dutchman from Pirates of the Caribean is on the island Castaway Cay, which is owned by Disney.
My least favorite thing about our cabin on the boat was that all light switches were placed where Cole can easily reach them. Cole has an obsession with lights. Whenever we were in our cabin, lights would go off and on like crazy with a little boy calling out "liiiight, liiiight". I loved that the bathroom light switch was outside of the bathroom, so many times while in there you'd get a surprise blackout.
Castaway Cay was absolutely gorgeous. I would've loved to stay here the whole time instead of stopping in Nassau first. Look how clear that water is!!! In this shot cousin Abbie (with the red bucket) was getting her just desserts for drenching her uncles and little cousins.

Lastly, we stopped by Kennedy Space Center with York's folks while in Florida. It was very interesting. We were so tired from having to get off the ship early in the morning, we all slept off and on through the IMAX show. My favorite quote from York's dad was "Did we make it to the moon?" Since that is what the whole show was about, he must have been out by the time the lights were dimmed. :)