Walt Disney World Days 1-2

After all the packing, running errands, last minute distractions and plane rides we all arrived in WDW late Friday night. It was a relief! Flying across country with an almost 2 yr old is not something I would recommend. I'll leave it at that. Next time we'll plan a little better.

The whole family stayed at the Carribean Beach Resort. And the first morning we all met down at the Old Porte Royale (Food Court/Gift shop/Convienence store.) Ricky and Leslie had a big announcement for us. And as you'll see they had a super creative way of announcing the gender of their baby that is due in February.



It's a girl!! Finally....after 5 boys it's about time for some pink!



It was raining cats and dogs that first day. We all had to buy rain poncho's (super attractive....not) and head out in the rain to EPCOT for lunch. It was pretty miserable. We all were completely drenched by the time we to the restaraunt. Poor Luke had to be wrapped up in a poncho and buckled into his stroller so we could run around. He was a good sport, but by the end of the day he detested his poncho. Shannon had been checking the weather and it looked like it could be this rainy all week. Depressing. But we made it to Germany's Beirgarten. And it was a BLAST! The food was delicious. The entertainment was great. And best of all it was inside :)



My cute boys.



Our entertainment. Such a fun band.



Talking and dancing to the polka music.





Ziggy-Zoiggy! Ziggy-Zoiggy! Oy! Oy! Oy!



They had a traditional drinking song that everyone joined in singing. We raised our classes of soda pop and joined in the comraderie. It was great. We pretty much sang that song all week long.

Day 2 brought the sunshine back. We had all decided to say extra prayers the night before that the weather would clear up. And it worked! Sunshine the rest of the vacation. This day we headed down to Downtown Disney for lunch at the "Earl of Sandwich". Luke just wanted to go, go, go! And it was nice to have extra people around to play mother hen to our busy boy while we took turns eating.

Luke would not sit still for a picture.

You know, every time we get together with Ricky, I end up with a picture of him doing this cheesy face. I love it. Cracks me up.

Poor Carter had an interesting vacation. Most of his time was spent in various locations....doing this. Haha! But is a pretty funny picture.

The night of Day 2 we went back to EPCOT to have dinner at England's "Rose and Crown". It was so yummy! I got to try traditional pasties, which my British friend Julie raves about. They did not dissapoint.



Three generations of Jensen's.



The buildings at the England attraction.

A view across the water at EPCOT. You can see some of the other attractions.

While at dinner, Ricky decided to entertain us with the Fat Photo App for the Iphone. We laughed until we cried. Then Jake showed us the bro-stache App he had, and used in on our waitress. She nearly fell over! Good thing she didn't have a tray full of food. It was an awesome night!

Day 2 rounded out by the family stopping by the Patisserie in France for some exquisite desserts. Then we all slunk back to our rooms to pass out with full tummies.