Thursday, February 18, 2010

The Cherrey's take on Disney!

IN ONE DAY!!!!!!


YES, we may be a little crazy! But on Sunday we headed to Disney with Jay's cousin and her family. Lauren's birthday is on valentines and she was kind enough to invite us to share the day with her!

Payton and Lauren with the Mad Hatter, beginning of the day!
This is Paytons first time to Disney, at an age that she will remember! She was so excited by everything! Our fist ride was the new (new to us) Nemo submarine ride.

Dominick, Payton, and Lauren in the Submarine
The kids were really entranced by this ride! What an experience!


Next we were onto Space Mountain! This was Paytons first "big" roller coaster. I was nervous, I really thought she would be scared. Then she demands to ride with Lauren not me, oh no what will happen? They rode, they screamed, they laughed, and she held her hands up the whole time, SHE LOVED IT! Nope, my little girl was not scared she begged to go again and again!

Lauren and Payton getting ready for Space Mountain
So we took out Future-land first thing! The kids were having a blast, so far the lines were short and we made great time!
Now we were on to the Jungle, a river safari, a treehouse climb, and a fast pass for Indiana Jones!

The kids looking on intently for all the sights the guide pointed out!
The Beautiful Birthday Girl!
Next we took on New Orleans, which means a pirate boat adventure, a haunted house, and the new princess Tiana! We didn't get to meet her up-close, but we watched her from afar and Payton was mesmerized!

The arm reach picture on Pirates! If you think we look tired now, just wait!
Dominick refused to ride with anyone but us at the haunted house! He held on tight the whole ride.
Once again Payton and Lauren brave it on their own!
Jennifer and Jon
Now for some kid sized fun! Even the "big" kids enjoyed this part of the day!

Yummy, look at all that honey!
Sleeping Beauty's Castle
Watch out people! We have some "Wild" drivers in this family!



Jon was such a great trooper. With seven people there can be an odd man out, but he enjoyed himself! And when Jen couldn't ride he took over and joined all the kids. He even climbed the tree house and castle with the kiddos, while the other adults rested our feet!

Yup, we made it the whole day! Payton was fascinated by the castle at night. We watched the fireworks and she exclaimed " Look it's Tinker Bell, look Dad she's really real!" That one comment made me forget that it was 10:00 at night and I was bone tired! My heart melted and I was really glad we made the trip!



Yes, it was a long day! Starting at 6 in the morning and heading home at 11:30 at night! The kids were troopers and made it through the day with minimal fighting and complaining!

Will we make it back to Disney, you betcha! Even Jay (who really really hates crowds and Disney) enjoyed himself. I think the difference is that the children really get it at this age. Everything is so fascinating and real to them! But I think next time, we will stay over night!

2 comments:

Cassy Downs said...

Disney is so much more fun when the kiddos get it!!! I loved it too!! And the NEMO ride is the bomb!!!

Gretchen said...

Your kids are huge. They both look like -kids- now. We missed having D and J in all the birthday fun. I would never look at the pictures of Dom's birthday and think he was born in February. Did you make huge cupcakes again?
I want to go to Disney. C wants to visit CA this summer. He gets two weeks off and my little brother is in Arcata waiting for his fourth year for SOMEONE to visit him there.