Monday, September 21, 2009

Disney Cruise...

So after a few magical days at Disney World we boarded the Disney Magic for a 7 day Western Caribbean cruise. It was seriously ideal!! There are tons of activities, movies, and live shows that are fabulous! I was really surprised how even at 22 months, Jackson LOVED the live shows each night. Jackson also loved all the characters on the ship. It really was a dream vacation!!!

We all wore our "Widmer Cruisin" shirts the day we boarded the ship...all 24 of us!!

Here is the original Widmer clan



After a few days at Disneyworld Jackson was now used to Mickey Mouse and when it was our turn he ran up and hugged him...priceless!!



Where's Brynlee???



Jackson could not get enough of Mickey...one more time with Brynlee this time


I love my mommy!!





Boarding...



As I said earlier, it was all of my family (22 of us) and my sister Angela's cute in laws came too (24 in all). They have been life long family friends and it was fun having them along!




Pretty crazy to think that these 2...


created this...


All on board...let the partying begin!!! This was at one of the top decks that is actually a swimming pool and then they cover it for more standing room during parties. Pretty cool.


Goodbye Orlando!


One night there was a hypnotist show and my sister in law was one of the people on stage. She was hilarious and totally into it!!! She definitely stepped out of her comfort zone after being hypnotized and was so fun to watch! It brought back many memories because Bob and I actually met at a hypnotist show...almost 7 years ago!




Edward and Benny our servers for all our meals. They were great always entertaining the kids with riddles and games.








Jackson loved the towel creations...actually I think he liked the chocolate they left next to the towel even more.







I could take pictures of this girl all day long...seriously, do they get any cuter than this!?! I think not!


Gotta love room service









Aila and Brynlee...7 months apart





Key West


Kim's awesome KW shirt she bought in Key West. Notice J Dawg in the mirror.



Grand Cayman



Bob caught a fish


Seriously, snuggling my sleeping kids on the beach...nothing is better than this!!!


Formal Night





The boys...matching ties from here


Sisters



The girls




Man he's handsome!!!



Cozumel Mexico














Pirates IN the Caribbean







Castaway Cay (Disney's Island)


My poor sister in law Tonee took a bad step when getting back on the ship after Cozumel and hurt her foot. She didn't think she rolled it but was not sure what she did. Well she iced it and did her best the last few days and when she got home she decided she had better get it checked out and it turned out she broke her ankle in 2 places. Poor thing!!! This was one of the rare times she was in a wheel chair, she usually walked on it.




Kim and Mike went parasailing






All packed up and off the boat. Kim entertaining all the little ones.


The boys saying goodbye



The Disney Cruise was a perfect vacation for our big group and I think every person had a great vacation!!! Hopefully we can do it again someday!!!

Disney World....

Ahhh. I have finally sorted through...I kid you not...1400 pictures. No joke!!! We got back a week ago from a DREAM vacation with my parents and my siblings families. We all met in Florida and hit up Disney World for a few days. Most of the families did the 5+ days at Disney World but Bob and I just went for 2 days because we did Disney World 2 years ago with some of Bob's family. After Disney World we did a 7 Night Western Caribbean Disney Cruise, but those pics will come later.

Sorry if you get bored...here come a lot of pictures!!!

Of course, Jackson was sooo excited to meet Mickey Mouse!! He was a little nervous the first time but over our 10 day trip, he got very used to seeing the characters and every time they left he would say "more, more, more!"


Magic Kingdom





It was so hot and humid but the kids did great!! They took turns napping.





Jackson's first day at Magic Kingdom he was in awe with everything!! Stimulus overload!







Jackson chases this cute little Princess (Snow White I believe) and her bubbles for a while.




My brother Mike and his daughter Kiarra with Bob and Jack




My cute padres




Hollywood Studios














This water bottle was hours of entertainment











Kids waking up Aunt Kim


Oh Brynlee was an angel and slept so good. Jackson has always been a MISERABLE sleeper away from home but this was the first trip where he slept great!!



Disney Cruise pictures coming soon!!