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the trials and tribulations of one dude, one chick, one princess, one crazy little guy, and two neurotic cats (the fish don't count... they come and go too quickly)

Monday, February 9, 2009

rumor has it...


that certain alumni of suttons blah very high school class of '86 are planning a mini reunion this summer.  hence, the classic should i stay or should i go by the clash.



a break from the cold?




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)