Disney World

I had never realized how large Disney World is until we got there. It's divided into 4 parks (Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, HOllywood Studios, Epcot) and each park is a good 20 to 30 minute bus ride from any of the other parks. This is the ferry ride to the Magic Kingdom.

Here's our family at the entrance to the Magic Kingdom.

Here we are on the Jungle Cruise. It was one of Michael's favorite rides. This was the first place we went with rides, and Michael was pretty hesitant at first to go on them. We had to do some pretty hard talking to get him to go on Splash Mountain, but he finally did it. He loved it and it was his favorite ride for most of the trip. He was also willing to try other rides after that even though he still got scared sometimes.
Liam found this play area by Splash Mountain that he loved; although he refused to go down the slide. He only wanted to climb up it.

Levi and Jacob spending time in the stocks for bad behavior.

The Electric Light Parade.

The Animal Kingdom was another of our favorites. They have an African Safari that is really neat. It is totally open to the animal, with the exception of keeping the predators separated from the prey animals, so all the animals just roam around and mingle together. We got to see a lot of cool animals. The things that look like rocks in the water behind me in the picture below are actually sleeping hippos.

A baby giraffe and it's mom.

A baby elephant, off to the left, and it's mom.

A couple of lions.

The gorillas were really cool. There were a bunch of them wandering around playing with blankets. The park workers say the gorillas use the blankets just like we do. The morning was a little chilly and the gorillas were all wandering around with the blankets draped over their backs.

We got to talk to Crush the turtle from the movie Finding Nemo at Epcot. It was an interactive show that was pretty cool for the kids. They had a statue of Bruce in front that the kids were all climbing in.

Liam was such a trooper for the whole trip. He had to spend most of the time in his stroller, but he was really good about it and enjoyed riding around.