Walt Disney World!

Hello Friends and Family,

I finally had a few minutes to post up our pictures from our wonderful family vacation in Walt Disney World! Our little family of three roadtripped to Orlando, FL and spent May 14th - 18th in the "land of magic." What a great trip!

Day 1 - Evening at Epcot (a.k.a. the "big ball"!)

We had dinner reservations in Germany at the Biergarten - great food, good company, and authentic entertainment made it a wonderful 5-year anniversary celebration!

Our happy family...

Zaylee liked seeing the fish in the gardens outside Japan!

Playing on the playground with Daddy

An impressive underneath view of the "big ball"

Day 2: Animal Kingdom

One of my favorite rides during the whole trip was the Safari tour - we all loaded onto a huge truck and winded down paths through the African safari. It was so much like the real thing, and the animals were amazing!

Happy Zaylee

One of the beautiful views during the tour - African elephants!

Zaylee was actually brave enough to brush this sheep after a few minutes of observation at the petting zoo.

Day 3 (morning): Magic Kingdom!

Zaylee's first test drive in Tomorrowland - she was so excited about driving the "zoooms"!

Outside of Minnie's House in Toontown (Mickey and Minnie are actually standing on the front porch behind us). This was as close as Zaylee would allow us to get to "big" Mickey and Minnie the first time.

Although the Disney characters were somewhat frightening to Zaylee, she loved the princesses! Sleeping Beauty was her favorite (and Daddy's too ^_~).

Trying out some Minnie ears in a gift shop.

A fun breaktime in Toontown to play on the playground - so cute!

Cinderella's carousel was one of Zaylee's favorite rides.

Day 3 (evening): Disney's Hollywood Studios

Getting ready for Zaylee's favorite show of the whole trip - Playhouse Disney Live on Stage. She was completely mesmerized throughout this entire performance. It was really adorable!

Crawling around on a "Honey I Shrunk The Kids" movie set. That's a BIG ant!

Best Performance of the Trip: Beauty and the Beast Live

Day 4: Magic Kingdom (again!)

Playing in a "tot spot" in Frontierland

We love Disney!!

Tom Sawyer Island - who's that cute baby in the window??

Up in the fort

Of course, we had to visit Cinderella's carousel again.

Day 5: Relaxing at the Resort

Zaylee finally warmed up enough to "big" Mickey to give him a big kiss before we left.

This first family vacation couldn't have been any better!!