Three Christmas Celebrations!

7 1/2 Months

1 1/2 years

2 1/2 years

What a difference almost 3 years makes!

Walt Disney Vier

Here we are at the "Disney Club" that Dad kept calling a "disco"

Dad and Leah

Brian, Jenny, Joshua, and Leah with Woody and Bulls Eye

Belle telling a story

AND ... Cinderella's Castle decorated for Christmas!

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Disney World Trois

Jenny, getting on the Goofy Rollercoaster...

Dad and Jenny in line
(notice Dad blocking her exit)

Before the ride... Dad is still holding her in

Cinderella
Boo even sat on her lap! (Leah liked Prince Charming)

Sleeping Beauty

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Disney World Numero Duos

Boo was exhausted by about 7:30, but she found a wonderful resting place!

This picture scared all of us...

...but Josh behind the wheel is even scarier!

"It's A Small World"

Mom and Dad on her favorite ride, "It's a Small World"

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Disney World Part 1!

We went to a Magical Mickey Christmas our first afternoon, we were there from
4:30 PM to 12:00 AM!

Sisters and Best Friends
After traveling 8 hours with only 4-5 hours of sleep, they decided they need to stick together!

Leah in front of CINDERELLA'S CASTLE!

O Christmas Tree

We took our Christmas tree down yesterday, so it is about time for me to blog about it...

Boo was fascinated by the lights!

Jenny liked the garland.

Mom and Leah liked laughing at the crazy antics that came about during the assembly of the tree.

we're alive, We're Alive, WE'RE ALIVE!!!

Well, our GPS which we called Lexi has been renamed to Lucifer! After a simple shopping excursion to a nearby town, we used the GPS to find our way back to the top of the mountain. Unfortunately, we took a wrong turn (unclear directions from the GPS). After it recalculated, we were supposed to go two miles to the main road, no problem. Big problem, those 2 miles were switchbacks...(Wikipedia/Mulhearn) definition"a road or trail joined by hairpin bends, not for large vehicles."This switchback is a lot wider than ours, Mom had to go in reverse just to get around some of the turns.
Yes this was accomplished in our big charcoal van with Mom driving!!!! And to top it off, we were driving through a cloud, in the rain! Even on normal (mountainous mind you) roads, natives were traveling at a mere 20 miles per hour. We are very grateful that Jenny had stayed home with Emily and Leah to complete their studies, or Jenny would have gotten out of the vehicle and walked up the mountain, in the rain and clouds! Thank God we are back home, and Mom has vowed to cut up her drivers license and begin taking the seniors bus from the retirement community! The only problem with that is then I would have to drive everywhere the bus doesn't go. YIKES! (I would have parked the car in the middle of the road on the switchback, popped a tire and called AAA!) Notice I did not mention this idea to Mom while she was screaming, "I hate this road, no Josh we are not supposed to hate anything, but I hate this road!" Enterprising young Brian was mentioning how easy this road would have been to navigate if Mom had let him get a motorcycle! Good try Brian! Boo was wanting to know where her cookie we promised her was. The bakery on top of the mountain was closed by the time we survived the trip up! What a day!