Animal Kingdom

Wednesday was our last day in Florida.  We spent it at Animal Kingdom.  It is very zoo like with exhibits set up and a safari ride.  

We rode Expedition Everest (a roller coaster), the Kilimanjaro Safari (we got to see a real Pumba!, and lions, and many other animals), and the Kali River Rapids (again a water ride that Hailey rode twice).  We also saw the Finding Nemo Musical (kinda weird), Flights of Wonder bird show, It's Tough to be a Bug, and the Festival of the Lion King.  We ate at an awesome restaurant for lunch called Yak and Yeti - awesome service and great food!

Hailey wants a bongo!

Kaelin's face after a bird flew overhead during the Flights of Wonder.

Coolest part of the day: Kaelin got called up during the Festival of the Lion King to participate in a dance around the show and shake a mini rain stick.  She was so excited!  She had tried to get Hailey to go up too but Hailey had fallen asleep for about 15 minutes!

After Animal Kingdom we started the drive home.  Let me tell you - Best Vacation! The kids all did great even with weird schedules of going to bed after 10/11 and getting up at 6, weird eating schedules and naps (if any).  Logan was awesome about being in his stroller most the day.  I was shocked that we really didn't start having meltdowns until the last day from the girls.  And, even though we went at the second busiest time of the year (Spring Break, the first is Christmas), we never waited in a line more than 20 minutes! Mostly, thanks to Josette for helping me plan and probably because I am also very organized and had Justin and Ray to help me!

On our way home Wednesday we stopped in Charlotte, NC overnight and got to have lunch Thursday with my friend Kristin and her 4 beautiful children (including the new 6 week old twin boys!).  It was a wonderful visit, however we took NO pictures- shame on us!

The one thing about the entire trip that bums me out is that we lost our 4 Photo passes somewhere.  Throughout Disney there are professional photographers that will take your pics and post them to an online account that is connected to a plastic card.  Good thing we took almost 1000 pics of our own because all 4 cards are gone - we have no idea where, and never even got to view the pics :(.  I am seriously bummed about it! Oh well, I am grateful for Rays and my IPhone cameras and our Canon!! 

All in all it was an amazing trip, but I won't repeat it for several years! I'm exhausted! : )