A month come and gone!

Sorry to all of you faithful friends! We've had a busy month of October and things are finally feeling normal around here again with a few changes as usual! We started the month with a week long trip to Disney World thanks entirely to my mom and dad! :) So I'm going to post some of the highlights of the trip.

We all left on Friday morning, Joey, Ellie, Siri and I and arrived in Orlando Friday evening. So we went straight to bed once we got to the hotel. We had a very uneventful flight to FL with one stop in Chicago.

Joey could only stay the weekend as he had to get back to class on Monday morning, so we had a LOT to do over the weekend! We decided to go to Magic Kingdom on Sat.

We got the park at a decent time in the morning and were immediately greeted by a parade!!

We then decided Ellie needed to go on her first ride! Aladdin's Magic Carpet Ride:

And of course, we had to do Pirates of the Caribbean! (Ellie's a little excited!)

Then on to Tom Sawyer's Island:

After a few more rides (and lots of walking), by mid-afternoon we were ready for the People Mover:

And of course we had to take an ice cream break:

We did just about everything we decided was necessary in the Magic Kingdom that day including the Electrical Parade: (I'm kinda proud of this pic because not only was that thing moving, it was dark so the shutter speed was slow!)

Ellie got a cool light thing:

We were exhausted by the end of the day but we felt we had fulfilled all of our requirements (with the exception of Small World and Tea Cups which were both CLOSED! :( ).

Day 2- Epcot (1/2 day since Joey had to go home... ALREADY!)

First stop: The Nemo ride! One Problem: Line was 1 hour! UGH! Needless to say, we did not wait in line but rather decided to try again later (which we did not do that day), Ellie didn't seem to mind as she was very happy to be able to stand right next to and touch nemo:

And to one person in particular (Joey) the coolest thing about Epcot is the passport!! I've been to Epcot MANY times in my life and NEVER had a passport! Didn't know they had such a thing. But we decided we should get one for Ellie and it was VERY exciting and entertaining for her. Only regret: not enough time to complete the passport!

England:

France:

China: (Ellie took this pic)

We visited a few other countries that day, including Norway (don't you fear, Torgies!) which is where we ate! YUMM! :) We commented on the irony (sorta) of China and Norway being right next to each other.

About 1pm or so we started our journey back to the hotel to put the girls down for their first nap of the trip and to send Joey off to the airport. :(

So I'll stop here for now.