Our Thanksgiving Journey Begins

Logan's favorite ride

Aunt Char flew into Austin on Friday night. We were able to do a little shopping and dinner by ourselves. Colby had a formal and couldn't join us. Then it was back home and finish the packing. We got up at 4am and started on the road to Aunt Chars house. Aunt Char had 9 new movies for the car trip. No, this isn't Aunt Chars house, we made a little detour. We ended up at Disney World. We were just talking about Caroline and family and Char said lets turn towards Disney. We got into Carolines house at 3am. Jordan knew where we were right away. We got about 3 hours of sleep and got everyone up. We were able to see Katie for just a minute. She has been very sick and was still in bed. At least Jordan got to see her and wish her well. We packed the car up and said we were headed to Aunt Chars but soon ended up at the Magic Kingdom. The kids thought that was so cool. Aunt Char never said anything to them until we got out of the car.

I have seen the castle decorated in many different themes but this one has to be the most beautiful. Pictures do not do it justice.

Caroline joined us with kids except for Katie.

What a good sport Caroline is to just let us drop in on her like this. We gave her about 6 hours notice.

Jordan holding Larson in lines. He is almost as big as she is.

Logan was on sensory overload. It's A Small World will do that to you.

The park was crowded but we know how to work all the rides plus Caroline was giving us her fast passes also. We were able to get everything in except the Haunted Mansion and Jungle cruise. We did not have to wait long with our passes.

Larsons favorite ride

Goofys BarnStormer

The perfect size roller coaster for him.

The only new ride for us was the Laugh Factory from Monsters Inc. It was very good. We love Buzz Lightyear and Space Mountain!!!

Caroline and Buddy

Not the best pic but most people don't drive across the country, get 3 hours of sleep and straight to Disney. I was having so much fun being with Char, Caroline and watching the kids have a blast. The entire day I just could not believe that I was actually there with everyone.

Andrew and Jordan

Caroline and my first born. Cant even remember the day when we just had 2. Now the number is at 9!

These 2 are only 12 weeks apart.
Andrew Kane is one of the nicest boys you could ever meet! Love that kid!!

Logan was a maniac in lines (as to be expected with him) but loved getting on the rides.

The Blue Line People Mover. Has always been one of our favorites and has to be about the lamest ride in the park.

What an incredible day! What a huge surprise! What a great way to start Thanksgiving!

As always, thank you Aunt Char.
We planned to stay until 11pm but by 9 everyone was ready to go. It was sad to say goodbye to Caroline but was so very thankful for the few hours we got to see each other. We got in the car and headed straight to Hilton Head Island. I think we got there around 2am and Char had to get up at 4am for work at the gym!