Honor Choir, Derby Cars & Run Club

Tonight was Barrett's Farewell Concert for Honor Choir.  They performed a Pirate themed musical.

 He received the 1 Year Award for his participation in Honor Choir.

 Another year has come and gone for Run Club. which means another Color Run to celebrate!

The boys worked so hard making their derby cars in BMO's this year. They shaped, sanded, painted a base color, painted their design, and put wheels on.  The annual Derby Car Race was full of excitement!  Kaleb's car placed 2nd place in the first grade bracket.

 Barrett had a very creative design!

 Barrett's Honor Choir group performed at Music Fest.  Each year all of the schools eat lunch at play games at Shenaniganz either before or after their choir performance.

The first and second graders performed the musical, Squirm.  Kaleb has been singing the songs at home for months and was so excited to perform it!  He had a blast!!

Goodbye Disney

Today we woke up bummed because it was time to head back home.

We cleaned up our rooms, got our bags packed, and went down to our resort food court.

We stayed in the Love Bug section of our resort, so we took a quick picture on our way out.

 We had about an hour to waste between checking out of our room and waiting for the Magical Express to come pick us up for the airport.

We decided to get one last meal.  Half of us got breakfast food, while the other half waited 10 minutes for them to switch the menu to lunch items.

 Waiting for the Magical Express...

 Our ride to the airport,

Goodbye Disney World!

 We boarded our plane and set off for DFW.

Barrett vacationed hard!  He slept the entire flight home!

We landed safe and sound.

High fives for pulling off such a major surprise for our crew! 

 Aunt YayYay was waiting for us at the airport and drove us back home.

We got home and settled in.  Everyone got to bed on time, ready to start a new week.

Our goal was to do something to surprise the kids that they would never forget.  It was a carefree, whirlwind trip that we will always remember!  We laughed hard, ate good, stayed up late, tried new things, got really wet, conquered new rides, and made memories that will last a lifetime!!

Magic Kingdom

Magic Kingdom is our favorite park, so we were all super excited about today's adventure.

We hopped on the bus for one last ride to the parks.

We got to Magic Kingdom shortly after rope drop. The lines to get into the park were a breeze, which meant we were going to have another great day.

We snapped some pictures in front of the castle when we first came in.  Castle pics are my favorite!

We checked the app and it showed a short wait for the Haunted Mansion.  Since this is a popular ride and normally has a very long line, we darted straight back there to ride it.  Afterward, we went to Fantasyland to start riding before the lines got too long.  The boys got to ride Barnstormer, so they were happy.  They rode the Teacups for the first time in a long time.

We had a FastPass for the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, so we rode it too while we were back there.

This has become a family favorite for us (despite the look of fear on Brynn's face)!

Robert thought it was be fun to pose for the cameras this time :)

Off to Brynn's favorite ride (It's a Small World) next.

Due to the low crowd at the parks again today, we were able to snag a table seat at the Liberty Tree Tavern.  We love the food and environment here.  Blake ordered the Thanksgiving meal.

We had a FastPass for Peter Pan, so we rode that next.

I love my Disney loving family and these happy smiles!

A pass through Liberty Square.

Off to Tomorrowland to ride some of our favorites.

We rode Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, watched the Carousel of Progress, and rode the People Mover.  We were ready for snacks after this!

After we used up our three FastPasses, we grabbed one more for Jungle Cruise.

We ate dinner at Pecos Bill's Café in Frontierland.

We stopped by Emporium to spend the last bit of money on the kids' gift cards.

We also made a stop at Main Street Confectionery for the kids to buy themselves a sweet treat.

We all decided to skip the nighttime show in order to ride some of the popular rides with minimal waiting.

The Astro Orbiter was fun to ride at night.

We listened to the music they had playing all over the park from the nighttime show, and watched the fireworks explode in the sky as we ran to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. The boys have never ridden this one. The line was short, so they jumped right on. They loved it!

We covered a lot of ground and conquered a lot of riding and eating today.  We were so thankful for the good weather and low crowds.

After the crowd from the nighttime show thinned out, we decided to call it a day and head back to the resort.  We had such a wonderful day!