Christmas 2010 and Disney World

We drove to Florida for Christmas this year to visit with Mike's parents and go to Disney World. We are vowing to NEVER make that drive again. At least until the next time when we see how much it will cost to fly 4 people there and how much we can save by driving. Anyway, here are some pictures (almost all from Disney). They are not in any type of chronological order.


Meeting Handy Manny - Brynn stood there and hugged him for the longest time!


Brynn is actually very happy here even though it looks like she might cry.


Brynn and Libby were both very happy to meet so many princesses. Brynn got quite good at taking pictures. She said "cheese!" almost every time.


On the People Mover


on the Tea Cup ride




waiting to meet Handy Manny - She was so excited


Brynn loved meeting Minnie and Mickey too.


on the drive down... it is a VERY long drive...


on the Magic Carpet ride


Dumbo


waiting to get on the Monorail - it was in the 20's that morning when we left the hotel










Meeting Mulan - this was the warmest it got while we were at Disney - all of 60ish degrees


Aladdin and Princess Jasmine




Dumbo - This is Brynn's "Chandler Bing" pose. If you don't know what that means, then it won't be funny to you.






Iridessa - She's one of Tinkerbell's friends



We rode on several rides, including a few that we weren't sure the kids would like. We rode the Tea Cups, Dumbo, The Magic Carpet ride, The Buzz Lightyear ride, Pirates of the Caribbean, the carousel, the Winnie the Pooh ride, the Peter Pan ride, and It's a Small World. Brynn loved them all except for one part of the Buzz ride when I had to cover her eyes. Libby was scared on Pirates. Didn't like the Buzz ride much. Brynn is a little more of a thrill seeker we think. We were able to meet so many characters. I didn't post pictures of them all - some didn't turn out well. It was a great visit to Disney.

We also had a good time in Rockledge with Mike's parents. Unfortunately we didn't take any pictures of that - I'm not sure why. The girls got way more gifts for Christmas than we know what to do with! I'm trying to figure out where to put them all now!

We got back from our trip last night and I rang in the new year by going to bed by about 9. I'm such a party girl these days. This year, my big resolution is to pay off much of our debt and get on the right track financially. I started it in about October and have made some decent progress already.

This year will be a big year for Libby. She starts kindergarten in August. I can't believe she'll be going to school this calendar year. I feel like she is ready academically (maybe even a little ahead) but socially she can use a few more months to mature - good thing she still has 8 more months to get ready.

As for Brynn... I'm hoping for good things. Maybe some big, mostly small, I'm sure. Brynn will continue to amaze us as her vocabulary grows exponentially. She is mature beyond her months - we think she's 19 months going on at least 22 months.

We're hoping Mike has some good things going on for work this year. Things have been stable for him and I hope they will continue to be that way.