Our life did go right on and I mean no disrespect.  

We had planned to meet William’s daughter and her boyfriend when they were in Orlando.  The plan had been set for months.  At first I thought there was no way we could all come up to Orlando, but when I thought about it I realized it was a great time for all of us to go to the mouse kingdom – Disney World

 we live in Florida, it is a few hour drive.....what the heck

The last time I was in Disney world was with Beth when she was Emily’s age, we went with my mom and dad, who lived in Florida.  I felt I owed it to the grand kids, Emily was the perfect age and besides we got the Florida resident discount.  My favorite time in Disney World was when I was just out of college and visiting friends in St Pete.  One of the days I went by myself and had a blast.  In my mind DW was this small manageable place – it is not.  It is huge, I mean 6, 8 lane highways with lots of interchanges, traffic and lights.  We stayed in the park and rode the bus to downtown Disney, the Magic Kingdom and the last day we drove to the water park.  I was not prepared for how it had grown.

first morning at the hotel - ready for the Magic Kingdom

 Lulu in her Minnie Mouse skirt

proof positive, you can almost tell it is Em and I

and who doesn't know that castle?

that's the kids with Aunt Sadie, in their teacup

the kids loved Aunt Sadie

we loved "Uncle" Quinn too

(hope they make it official one day)

they are both grade school teachers in Seattle

and know their way around kids, that's for sure

they took her on all the good rides

this is how grandma spent a good part of her day

holding the baby with the big kids went on a ride

this is how Lucy responded to DW

she leaned out in her stroller, laughing and waving

the last day was the water park

it was the best water park I had ever been too

she rode water slides and there was a huge wave pool

Emily and I even snorkeled with sharks!

like I mentioned, Emily had a great time

she is still smiling in the parking lot loading up the cars after the swim park

some other mice, not so happy



there, that's better

We survived the mouse, just barely as my daughter says.