Well, we're 1/2 way through our trip and having a great time!! Monday we went to Epcot and met a lot of fun characters--Alice in Wonderland, Daisy Duck, Marie (from Aristocats), Snow White (who called Nicholas a prince and embarrassed him) and Belle from Beauty and the Beast!!
We had lunch at the Coral Reef Restaurant, where we had a front row seat to all sorts of fish--sharks and sea turtles included!
We walked around the whole park and visited the different countries. We stopped to avoid some rain in Germany, which worked out perfectly for Brian and Jay in their quest for a beer!! We ended up pulling out the ponchos and finishing in the rain, but it wasn't all that bad--we still had a great time!!
It about killed us ("us" being me and Jeanne ... for some reason the Wiard brothers didn't care so much about the surprises) but the kids officially know ALL the details of the Disney trip! Jay and Jeanne were supposed to meet us at the hotel around 7:30 last night, but somewhere in Tennessee (before our IN/MI routes converged) they had to detour off of I-75 due to a rockslide that did a lot of damage to the interstate. The detour was just about 20 miles of the highway, but cost them 2 hours of travel time!! By the time they arrived at our hotel it was after 9:30 so we agreed we would wait until this morning.
I was awake for good at 5:30 am, but woke up just about every hour starting at 2:30 ... I know, I'm worse than the kids! Our family was all up and showered by 7:30 and headed in to have breakfast. Jeanne and I texted back and forth and agreed that the potential for a noisy reunion was pretty great so the lobby/breakfast room was probably the best place for it. I tried to get it all on video but it's hard to tape when you're a.) trying to be inconspicuous, and b.) GIDDY with excitement!!! The video is below ... you'll see Jay and Jeanne and the kids walk in, and I hear me tell my kids to look at the door. Of course I missed getting Nicholas' face on camera when he realized what was going on, but I did see it and wish I had the lens focused on him!! Here it is:
So! Now we're caravanning for the next six hours down to the stomping grounds of my youth: central Florida!! We have Kate and Paige with us and Nick and Luke are following in the van with Jay and Jeanne. Let the fun begin!!!
