A Magical Journey

Wow, what a fun trip to Disney World! Our family has never taken a trip together (I can't count weekend jaunts) without going to visit family so this was a fun first for us. And of course we were celebrating a new chapter in our lives! Unfortunately, we were plagued with illness (fever, chills, earaches, and all the goodies). The kids polished off a bottle of Motrin and a bunch of Sudafed...the cold and flu meds were good, too. Anyway, we should have known that it would happen! We had a rough time sleeping the first couple of nights, with kids waking every few hours, but still managed to drag ourselves to the Magic Kingdom and Epcot.
Once we were able to have our health back, the trip was AWESOME! Some highlights include dinner with the 5 princesses, churros, meeting all of the characters, watching the awesome shows, Fantasmic! (Lauren's favorite), The Safari, meeting Mickey Mouse!!, playing on the playground at the hotel, swimming, the TV and Patch at the hotel, hot chocolate in our all-you-can-drink mugs at the hotel, riding the bus to/from the parks (Dallin's favorite!), the fireworks, the colorful castle, did I mention churros?, water fountains, talking with Crush the turtle, eating Mickey Mouse ice cream, autographs, shoulder rides, fighting for the stroller, snacks in line, the incorrectly labelled timing of the Winnie the Pooh ride (yeah, it said the wait would be 30 minutes....OOPS, it meant 90 minutes), Cinderella's Carousel, Dumbo, Pooh's Thotful Spot (playground that the kids couldn't get enough of!), the Honey I Shrunk the Kids play area, Mom and Dad ride swapping on the big rides, The Barnstormer at Goofy's Wiseacre Farm (Emma's favorite ride), and souvenirs!
So, in a nutshell, we had an exhausting trip because we couldn't stop or we'd miss out on the fun! Everyone was ready to come home and get some much needed R and R. Sadly, Mary got food poisoning and spent Thursday enjoying that lovely plague. Today it was back to work and back to good health. The Huntings are indeed quite Happy.