Sunday, November 27, 2011

Thanksgiving at Disney World (Episode 3)

Tuesday was spent at Disney's Hollywood Studios...
Jon visited the park when he was 14, and he doesn't remember a WHOLE lot,
(which isn't surprising considering he couldn't even remember my name for 3 years...)
BUT the one thing he DID remember was the "Rockin' Aerosmith Rollercoaster".
Of which he rode 5 times.
It was pretty sweet- not gonna lie.
 We saw the 30 minute version of "Beauty and the Beast"...
I may or may not have teared up a bit... so magical.
We found some folk dance friends, Scott and Tesha, and rode "Star Tours" with them...
We even caught the Pixar parade... more magic!
We ate dinner inside the park...
which was the only time we did.
I can't imagine buying three meals in the park, everyday!
We would have gone broke.
ANYWAY- we ate at the 50's Prime Time Cafe which was a riot and a half.
The restaurant is set up like a normal 50's era house and the waiter and waitresses refer to you as their "kids". They get mad at you for elbows on the table or not minding your manners. You MUST eat all your vegetables and we even had to do our chores and set our own table.
Oh, and the waiter kept referring to Jon as "Scooter".
Hil.ar.i.ous.
We watched "Fantasmic" that night...
(super cool laser, light, water show)
Disney doesn't do things half way- it was amazing.
And we ended the evening at the "City of Lights"... they have this fake city set up and completely decked out in Christmas lights. Christmas music plays while the lights keep time with the music. And there is fake snow falling to boot.
Again- Disney thinks of everything.
Magical.

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Thanksgiving at Disney World (Episode 2)

Monday was Magic Kingdom Day... and it was a ZOO!
We thought that Monday would be the best day to go because not all kids are out of school yet.
Well... Thanksgiving week was enough and it was certainly packed.
Thank goodness for the "fast pass"! 
Best. Invention. E-VER.
Here we are basking in the sunshine at 8:45, ready to catch the bus to Magic Kingdom.
Happiest place on Earth.
Doesn't it look peaceful? Don't let this pic fool you.
Here we go- 
behold the mobs.
NONETHELESS... it was a great day.
Tomorrowland- Where much Space Mountain riding and race car driving was done.
Pirates of the Caribbean- 
the ride is now UPDATED to include Jack Sparrow!
 Splash Mountain- we rode this one a LOT.
 Thunder Mountain in the rain.
And the classic-
It's A Small World.
We rode the train...
 caught up with ALL our Disney favorites at the parade...
and had a magical evening in the Magic Kingdom.
We love Disney.

Thanksgiving at Disney World (Episode 1)

Well Thanksgiving week was a little bit different for us this year- but who's complaining?
Not us- because it was spent at Disney World!
This past January our clogging team was asked to perform the day after Thanksgiving at Disney World... and of course we all said "Heck yes!"
And if you ARE spending the money to get to Disney World... may as well spend the whole week there, right?
So that's what we did.
Seven days at the happiest place on Earth.

We got up early, early and drove 14.5 hours on Saturday to get from Houston to Orlando.
It was looooong.
But "PG Comedy" Station on Pandora was a lifesaver... how can you go wrong with the likes of Brian Regan, Jeff Foxworthy and Bill Cosby making you laugh?
Saturday night we passed out.
Well I did.
The BYU game came on at 10:15pm Eastern Time and Jon was determined to watch it.
Oy.
Sunday we got up, went to church at a Singles Ward with our folk dance friend, Tesha (small world, yes?) and then walked around Epcot.
Sunday night Jon's parents left from 20 degree Washington and joined us in 80 degree Florida.
We grabbed some dinner...  found the Orlando Temple...
AND hit the sack.
The rest of the week was going to be GO, GO, GO!

Sunday, November 13, 2011

An Ode to Miller Outdoor Theatre

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Miller Outdoor Theatre's season is over....
So we all say "boo-hoo".
 
Thanks Miller- for many a free date night.
we'll see you in March.

A Livable Balcony

Our balcony has looked like this the past two years...
Empty- with our lone grill.
Not that it's a BAD thing... but we finally decided to make the space a little friendly and livable.
Here's what happened...
We went shopping at our two favorite stores; Goodwill and Wal-Mart...
bought a few things,
did some sanding,
(whilst watching football, good boy.)
and spray painting...
 and voila!
Our balcony reborn!
 
 
 
Takes our teeny 600 square foot apartment to 643 square feet.
We have so much room ;)