we came up with the brilliant idea that driving down to florida would be better than flying. so when the winter storm warning lifted (at around 0500) on sunday jan 18, we dug ourselves out of our parking spot in front of our condo and departed on the first (maybe annual) hadzic family vacation.
somewhere around kentucky the natives started getting restless
kentucky on the way there... notice we have visibility
after 15 hours in the car, we were glad to get out
after 7 hours in the car on day 2, we finally arrived
the kids were totally lovin' not having to wear winter coats and boots
the wilderness lodge and its pool
garden sculpture
lobby of the wilderness lodge
out back by the pool was a "old faithful" which went off every hour
view from our room on the 7th floor
every night we were able to watch the fireworks from our room
the kids (and dad) were so awesome the whole trip down, we treated ourselves to ice cream as soon as we unpacked. that was the BEST vanilla ice cream i'd ever had!
waiting for the ferry to the magic kingdom
main street
is that chip? or dale?
had to buy them the obligatory mouse ears
exhausted after a fun filled first day
ben and goofy
giddy up! dad was just happy to finally NOT be the horse
our princess and her fairy godmother
ben, lauren, sophie and stacy's foot
we were able to meet up with stacy on her birthday and freeze together at the magic kingdom (high temp of 52 that day)
minnie's cottage
lauren was really helpful at keeping my kids in line for photo op's
chillin' on minnie's couch
prince charming
ben liked "pirates of the careberran" best
sophie's favorite ride was splash mountain. she went on it 3 times!!!
and we all enjoyed spaceship earth at epcot
the kids LOVED the aquarium
"fish are friends, not food!"... but people are pretty tasty.
lazy hippos
lazy crocs
wandering giraffe
ben, sophie, lauren and aurora
later in the week we met up with cheryl, bruce, stacy, alex, lauren and gavin at downtown disney. within the first 5 minutes, ben jumped into a fountain. we had to buy him clothes to wear the rest of the evening.
sophie, lauren, and cinderella (nice pose girls)
and 5 minutes after eating, ben found more water and got soaked again!
dinner at cinderella's castle
watching the parade
cinderella and entourage
ben made a habit out of sleeping during dinner
sophie and pooh
blake and sophie
on the way back, we stopped in atlanta to see kelly, al and blake (sorry we missed you hannah)
kentucky on the way back (during their horrible ice storm)
4 cool people had this to say...:
great pictures! It was so fun to have you all come down. Lauren was so sad when her "friends" left. We can't wait until next year!
love the picture of my foot! so great!
thanks! only wish i had more of EVERYONE! only myself to blame for that. and your foot is very photogenic, if i must say! several times a day, soph says "i miss florida" and ben keeps asking to go to "lauren's house"! who knows, maybe this summer you guys (your folks included) can get up here for a bit. cherry festival in traverse city is always a great time. and there is always mackinaw island.
sounds like fun to me. i'll start working on my mom!!
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