Keeping up with the Madison's

Florida Family Vacay 2011- Magic Kingdom- Take 2

Day 2 we headed back to Magic Kingdom this time with the rest of the fam. Since we came the day before we knew what we did and didn't want to hit up. Here is the crew after the Buzz Lightyear ride.

My precious honey bees

Ellie and Morgan

Colton, Morgan, Ellie, Lainey, Mallory, Taylor and Case

Mallory and Donald at Frontierland

One of my good friends Kenna had told me about the Bippity Boppity Boutique in Cinderella's Castle. Each "princess" is greeted by Fairy Godmother's in training and are given an invitation. They are then asked to choose from 5 different hair styles what they would like. This was definitely one of the highlights for my girls!

Princess Ellie

Princess Mallory

Princess Morgan who LOVED getting eye shadow and chose a traditional "up-do"

Voila...hair, make-up and nails

Mallory chose what we called the Avatar Princess look! Here she was making a wish as she was getting fairy dust sprinkled

They went a little heavy on the blush but I wiped some off ;)

My beautiful girls

The three amigas

So much fun to get pampered!

After we got home our plan was to return to the park for the night parade and fireworks and to ride a few more rides with all the kids- the weather had other plans and that proved to be the only negative of the trip. Next time!!

Florida Family Vacay 2011- Disney Hollywood Studios

On Thursday we decided to check out Disney Hollywood Studios. This was our third day in a row to go to a park so we were hoping for more shows and a little less walking. We were in luck!

Hollywood Studios focus is the movies. The streets look like sets, there is more shows that you can watch and a few cool rides.

We got to meet some characters and see some real Disney artists at work. Case loved meeting Pooh bear. We got him giving a kiss on video- too cute.

The Incredibles

One of the streets made to look like a movie set

The background is a huge painted wall

Record temps in Florida made for some hot, worn out kiddos and parents :)

Aunt Becca and kids

Mr. Potato Head inside the Toy Story ride. It was an interactive 3D game that was tons of fun.

Pluto is still awake but Morgan not so much

Another cool thing they had was a Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground. Everything was huge. Here are the kids in front of a giant-sized Tinkertoy. Mallory, Taylor, Morgan, Lainey, Colton and Ellie

This could have been Case's favorite place! He explored every nook and cranny.

Here he found the wall with water trickling down and managed to fall in the puddle he was standing in. He got soaked but I didn't mind as it was so stinkin' hot outside.

More fun in the water

Such a boy!!

I have to thank Lonnie here because he watched our kids at the house after a long day at the park so I could go back that evening with my parents, brother's fam and sister's fam. I was able to ride Tower of Terror and the Rock-n-Roller Coaster with my sister and watch the Fantasmic show which was so much fun. Wish I had pictures from the rides as they were classic!

Florida Family Vacay 2011- End of the road

The last day of our trip we stayed at the house and let the kids swim all day. After three days at Disney I welcomed the rest. My sister and brother were flying out on Saturday and my parents were driving- stopping half way. We decided to drive straight home so we planned to leave around 3 am in hopes of keeping kids asleep and getting home at a decent time.

The Crew on our last night: L to R- Aunt Becca(my sis), Mallory, Lainey(niece), Uncle Brent(my bro), Morgan, Aunt Laurie(sis-n-law), Papa Marc(dad), Lonnie, Case, Me, Mammy(mom), Taylor(niece), Colton(nephew) and Ellie(niece)

Cousins... We missed our Aunt Sharon, Uncle Ro and four cousins who weren't able to make it- hopefully next time

Outback Steakhouse

Aunt Becca, Me and Lonnie

I always make them do the silly pose

Dessert- didn't last long :)

Aunt Becca and her cutie patooties! Ellie and Colton

Madison- party of 5!

Such an awesome trip for the kiddos. Thanks Mammy and Papa Marc for making it happen.

Mo, Ells, Mal, Tay, Lainey and Colton

Silly again

Adult pic

As I said our plan was to create a sleeping environment on the way home. Well it worked for Mallory and Morgan. Case.....not so much. Of the 15+ hour ride home Case slept 2 hours!!! The rest of the time he talked, cried, or just needed constant entertainment- ahhhh here is a pic of him passing the time :)

This sums up the trip- worn out! But seriously a great family vacay and lots of great memories

Birthday fun for everyone!!

For Lonnie's birthday we planned a last minute get away to College Station. Robert Earl Keen was playing at the Texas Hall of Fame in Bryan so we decided to go for the night. Seth also has a birthday in June so we made a celebration out of it.