After the breakfast with the Nick characters, we played a little bit, then Caleb was ready for an early nap (he's pooped out). Camden and I hit the arcade again (shocking) and then hit the pool (again, shocking). Caleb and Holli joined us at the pool after the nap.

We decided to spend the afternoon at Animal Kingdom. If I could give a big raspberry sound with my tongue on this blog, I would. I give it a thumbs down. We grabbed a quick bite to eat once we got there then rode this dinosaur flying ride sort of like Dumbo at the Magic Kingdom. Then we went over to the Bone Yard where the boys got to run around and climb on stuff and go down lots of slides. It's sort of like a dinosaur excavation site.

We saw the afternoon parade and did some strolling around. The grounds are beautiful, but we just weren't thrilled with the action there.

The highlight of the afternoon was when Camden turned into a dragon. You've got to watch the video.

We started the day off with breakfast at the hotel with Sponge Bob, Dora, Diego and Little Bill.

Camden's favorite was Sponge Bob. Caleb's favorite was Dora.

Camden says the songs and dancing were great!

Camden says this hotel is great!

Camden says hi to all our friends and family following along on our blog.

Ian, I'll be back soon. Tell the other owls I said hi. Your best friend, Camden. I love Ian.

More later....

Here's a few more pics. You can't go to Disney without getting a Mickey ice cream bar. And...Camden and Caleb got eaten by a shark!

 

After the arcade Camden and I hit the pool! Much fun! This picture is the smaller of the two pools. The view is from our room.

Caleb needed his nap, so Holli hung out in the room and Camden and I hit the arcade. $20 bought us over an hour of fun and enough tickets to get a bouncy ball, small airlplane, 2 tattoos, and an army guy!

Why is it that kids love trying to win those stuffed animals in the claw game??? Rip off ;)

Started the day off at Cape May breakfast at the Disney Beach Club. What is it about buffets that you eat WAY too much!?!

OK, so today is only day 2 and we're pooped out. We spent the day at the Magic Kingdom. The boys had a great time and Holli and I did too. I think Camden's favorite ride was the Buzz Lightyear ride or maybe the Indy cars. Caleb's favorite was seeing the characters. He gave them lots of hugs and high fives. Caleb was pooped out at the end of the day. We headed back to the hotel for a quick dinner and then he was off to bed. Camden and I hit the pool and then it was off to bed for him too. Both boys were asleep in less than a minute.

Here's a great action shot of the Indy cars:



Even scarier than those hairy legs in the beginning is that Caleb was driving the car in front of us!


And, here's a great shot of Caleb with Tigger:



Some other pictures:

Today we venture to the Magic Kingdom. Caleb says Mickey, Mickey, Mickey. Mouse, Mouse.

More pics to follow later.....

Today is Day 1 of our 9 day trek to Orlando/Disney. We needed a family vacation and an escape so about a month ago we planned this trip. Camden has been looking forward to this day for a while now.

I have to say, I love AirTran Airlines. I usually fly Northwest for business, but we got a great deal on AirTran and it was a great experience. Much better service than Northwest. Cheap too: $170/ticket roundtrip, with a direct flight.

Here's a couple of pics of Camden and Caleb on the plane. Both doing their favorite things:

Camden watching a movie:



Caleb having a snack:

I was in North Carolina for a few days this week. It got me thinking about James Taylor's song "Carolina On My Mind". (For those JT fans, here's a good video).
However, I've been having this song "Hosanna" on my mind all week.

We sang this song last weekend at Northview called Hosanna by Paul Baloche. We've been singing it now a couple times over the past month or so. The song just plain rocks and I can't get it out of my head. It starts out with this good beat and it just builds and builds until you get to that point where you have to just throw your hands in the air and praise God.

Here's a video of the song:


Go on, nobody's looking, you're sitting in front of your computer, crank up the music and maybe just get so in the moment that you have to throw your hands in the air.

It is as the song says:

Come have Your way among us
We welcome You here, Lord Jesus

'Cause when we see You, we find strength to face the day
In Your Presence all our fears are washed away, washed away