Florida or Bust!

We drove all this way to meet a giant mouse!

Donald's favorite "attraction"- the bench!

on the ferry ride

Beach Boys

milkshake for 2

The boys with Donald's sister, Sheryl, & her sweet family!

Newton Family Top 10 Adventures

in Destin/ Disney World

(in no particular order):

1. Donald and the kids got to swim with sharks (we have pictures to prove it!)

2. I loved that Ethan got all "goofy" and excited when he met Mickey, Minnie, Donald and the princesses.

3. Jack spent all of his hard earned $ on-

in his words- "things I don't need"

4. Lily has NO FEAR when it comes to roller coasters. She rode everything that a 42 incher is able to go on- including the Tower of Terror. She only drew the line at "rides that people can die on".

5. We all loved getting to hang out with the Newton side of the family. 5 of their cousins were there.

6. We got to eat dinner inside Cinderella's Castle. The princesses took turns coming over to our table to talk with the kids. It was quite fancy!

7. Our kids tried African cuisine- and liked it!

8. I loved that we were TOGETHER all the time. I am so blessed! I have the most awesome family!

9. Lily got to meet the "real Ariel"- that made the whole trip worth while for her!

10. We loved Expedition Everest, the Tower of Terror, Space Mountain, eating at all of the cool theme restaurants, the Little Mermaid live show, fireworks at Epcot, the teacups, burying Ethan in the sand, our hotel swimming pool at night, sleeping in too late every morning, being the only people at Blizzard Beach water park (in the rain), having the characters sign our autograph books, and all of the disney junk (I mean- treasures) that we brought home with us.

Top 10 least favorite Florida experiences:

1. Did you know that it takes 18 hours to drive there? What were we thinking?

2. Jack and Donald were stung by jellyfish.

3. The "bouncers" at Pleasure Island wouldn't let our kids in to the Disco Club. Who says you have to be 21 to boogie?

4. It rained... and rained... and rained some more.

5. Siblings tend to get fussy & fight when they are tired and together for 8 days on the road.

6. The Hard Rock Cafe in Destin was very blah, but (of course) we bought the t-shirt anyway.

7. We missed the Indiana Jones stunt show.

I secretly love him!

8. We ate too much. I could not decide if this should go in the top section or down here, but after stepping on the scale when we got home- I realized it goes down here. Oh well- back to the treadmill for me...

9. 18 more hours in the car to get home!

10. Unpacking (laundry) is not near as fun as packing.