Our Disney Vacation!!

We just returned from our 2 week, much needed, Disney vacation. We spent a few days in Disneyworld with Doug's parents. We had so much fun traveling to the different parks and spotting the Disney characters walking around. Brooklyn was so in love with all the Princesses and Josh got to see his #1 hero: Buzz Lightyear!! We then boarded the beautiful Disney Cruise with Doug's parents, his sister Natalie, and her family. We were so excited to spend time with them, especially since we haven't seen Mark since before his tour in Iraq! Our Western Caribbean cruise ported in Key West, Cayman Islands, Cozumel, Mexico and then the Disney Island (Castaway Cay). We had so much fun and we were pampered to death!!
Joshua loved the kid's club and wanted to spend most of his days there, as well as the pool. They did the coolest activities. His favorites include Tinkerbell trying to find Peter Pan and needing the kids to help her. She sprayed the kids with glitter Pixie Dust and helped them fly across the room to find Peter Pan! They also did magic shows and plays and had a PJ dance party! Brooklyn's favorite thing to do this vacation was to spend time with her Nana and Papa. She couldn't get enough of them and their loving attention!! She loved to play in the pool with the cousin Sasha, and play in the sand at the beach!
Doug's favorite part of the vacation was haggling the Salesmen in Mexico and showing off his Spanish speaking skills to get some awesome souvenirs! We were able to attend some awesome entertainment shows in the evenings with Mark and Natalie while Doug's parents tended to the kids. (Did I mention that we were totally pampered)?
My favorite part of the cruise was definitely the food!! We had some of the most delicious dishes and we even had 24 hour room service! We basically ate non-stop! That is definitely my kind of vacation!! We had an awesome housekeeper who I swear cleaned our room every time we left!! It doesn't get much better than that!!
Now it's back to reality and I'm currently on my 7th load of laundry and trying to remember how to keep house. I keep leaving dishes outside my bedroom hoping that someone will take them away for me...but they're still there!!

This is Traveling Day!! What would I do w/o my pack mule Doug? He carried all 8 suitcases for us! Yes 8!! We are ridiculous I know!!

Daddy holding his little Princess. The picture was cut off but Brooklyn is sporting her beautiful Belle Princess dress that her Nana created for her!! She was absolutely beautiful, but wouldn't sit still long enough to snap a great picture!

We had a Pirate Party one night and we all dressed up and danced on the top of the ship. Josh thought it was so awesome because all the Disney characters dressed up as Pirates too!!

Here's a question for ya'll: which is Chip and which is Dale!?! (I finally learned how to tell them apart!!)
Answer: Chip has a Chocolate "CHIP" colored nose, while Dale's is red! :-)

These kids sure love their grandparents! They were both fighting over which one got to sit on Papa's lap until Doug intervened and helped them both snuggle with their Papa. (Can you just see Josh's smug little expression because he got his way?)

Here's Mama with the kiddos. We are waiting for the bus to take us to Magic Kingdom!

Doug and I had a wonderful time together this vacation and really enjoyed how spoiled we were! This picture is one of my favorites. It was taken at the beach of the Cayman Islands and shows the beautiful ship in the background!

Brooklyn had so much fun building sandcastles with her Daddy!! She tried to swim but got so annoyed with those pesky waves, so she spent the rest of the day soaking up the sun at the beautiful beaches!

This is my wonderful Mother-in-law, Jenny and sister-in-law, Natalie!! We had so much fun with them, and can't wait to do it all again soon!! :-)

It's traveling day again!! Josh was too tired to walk, so Doug simply piled him onto the rest of the luggage!! :-)