October 30, 2022

Happy Birthday Emily

We took a quick trip down to Atlanta this weekend for Emily's birthday!  She wanted to do a ropes course to celebrate so we all participated.  It was tons of fun!  Ethan did a smaller ropes course with Michele and thoroughly enjoyed his adventure too.
     
Birthday breakfast!
    
   
   
The courses got progressively more difficult (and higher off the ground).  It was great!  
      
   
   
     
We could see Ethan from our course. 
   
   
    
    
     
    
     
    
     
       
Guinea pigs

School Photos

We got the kids school photos this week!
     
Little Man
   
   
    
This was the only picture they took of Harper and she looks like a hostage.

Pumpkins

We carved pumpkins last Thursday night.  The kids did a great job!
  
    
       
    
   
    
     
BB-8
   
    

October 23, 2022

Saturday - Heigh Ho Heigh Ho It's Home from Disney We Go

 We headed home Saturday after an amazing and exhausting week.  We slept in for the first time then headed to breakfast in our lodge at Boma.  It was a delicious buffet!  
   
   
   
   
   
One last limo ride!

Friday - Hakuna Matata

We went back to Animal Kingdom on Friday.  On our way to the bus, we ran into Daisy Duck in the lobby.
   
     
We made our way to the Kilimanjaro Safari first as the animals are most active in the morning.  
  
We saw sunbathing hippos.    
     
Crocodiles   
   
   
    
Giraffes 
      
Ankole cattle
   
   
Elephants 
  
   
Cheetah
   
Goats
   
They had performers in Africa playing the drums.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
     
   
  
   
   
   
Alex and I rode Expedition Everest again with Harper.
   
Ethan snacked on a donut!
  
   
   
   
   
   
    
We had an ice cream snack near a man playing the sitar. 
   
   
Pocahontas passed by on a boat!
     
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
    
Naked mole rats!
   
   
They had pumpkins in all the animal areas for Halloween.
   
   
   
   
The mom and baby gorillas were snuggling.  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  
I was very excited to see the Festival of the Lion King performance and it was great!
   
   
   
     
We ate lunch at the Yak and Yeki Local Foods Cafe.
  
  
   
   
Next, we saw the Feathered Friends in Flight show.  The birds were awesome!
   
    
We went back to the hotel in the afternoon to rest before dinner.
  
    
We had appetizers in the lounge.
   
   
   
    
We had late dinner reservations in EPCOT.
  
  
   
   
  
We ate at the San Angel Inn Restaurante in the Mexican Pavilion.  Ethan passed out and missed dinner.
   
   
   
   
    
We had one last dessert!  After dinner, we watched the EPCOT fireworks.