Wednesday, November 20, 2019

St. Simons Island, GA


We left the Disney crowds...jumped in the car...
and drove 3 hours and 33 min to the
beautiful St. Simons Island, GA

A breath of fresh air

The Golden Isles website describes St.Simons by
saying, "moss draped oaks line the winding
island streets, creating a picture-perfect image
of a Faulkner tale"

"Nothing soothes the soul like a walk
on the beach"

"I just want to sit in front of the
ocean for a little while"

If you ask Cole what his favorite food is
he'll say, "catfish!"
His day was made!

The boardwalk from the condo to the beach.

A little relaxing...

A little fishing...

We got to go on a date!
(McKinlee and Emma babysat!)

Oysters at "The Half Shell"

It was SO Fun to get to hang out with the
Taulbee family!!!

Seaweed art

being creative

Walker, Cole, Maddox

boogie boarding

window shopping

What about these?

Faith Found Fabulous Flowers

Fish Tacos and Game night

Sisters!!!

You can call me Sis!

Brandon and Cole fishing

a banana tree at our Condo
"Ship Watch"

Had to try "Southern Soul Barbeque"
that was on" Drive Ins, Diners, and Dives!!"

SSI

Faithy

Mil

Disney World in a Day

Fall Break 2019

WE WENT TO DISNEY WORLD!!!
We got to spend the day at the Magic Kingdom
and soaked up every minute!

We left our hotel at 6:30am to
be able to get to the "Magic Hours"
After driving our car to the parking lot,
we jumped right on a Ferry that took us to the
entrance of the park!

Wondering what the day would hold....

Here we go!!!

On The Seven Dwarf's Mine Train...
A favorite for sure!

Very first ride..."Mad Tea Party"

"Tomorrowland Speedway"

It's A Small World

Soaking it all in!

"Peter Pan's Flight"

Pirates of the Caribbean

catching a ride

with my girls

Brandon and I got a Spicy Chicken and
Waffle sandwich for lunch and it was
really good!

Cole got a footlong corndog!!
The girls got micky shaped soft pretzels and cheese

Brandon and Milla in the back
on Splash Mountain

(Cole and Noah)
As if going to Disney wasn't a big enough
surprise.....
We ended up getting to see the Giffords!!!!
We had planned out trips separately....
but, found out a month before we went
that we were at THE SAME HOTEL and
both going to the Magic Kingdom on MONDAY!
So much FUN!

Just hanging out at Disney with some
of our best buddies!!
(Faith, Hannah, Milla, Micah)
They knew a lot about Disney and shared
all their expertise with us!

Hannah and Faith

Milla and Brandon

*Mickey Ice Cream Bar*
It was amazing! We got to ride
EVERYTHING we wanted to!!
Couldn't believe it!
This was the order of our day:
1. Mad Tea Party
2.Tomorrowland Speedway
3. Peter Pan's Flight
4. It's A Small World
5. Seven Dwarf's Mine Train
6. Space Mountain
7.Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
8. Carousel of Progress
9. Astro Orbiter
10. Pirate's of the Caribbean
11. LUNCH "Sleepy Hollow Refreshments"
12. Splash Mountain
13. The Hall of Presidents (Me and Cole) and
Cole took a nap during the show!
14. The Hall of Presidents..Again! (all of us)
15. Jungle Cruise
16. Barnstormer
17. Dumbo the Flying Elephant
18. Under the Sea
19. Snack...Micky ice cream
20. Haunted Mansion
21. The Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
22. Jumped on the Ferry back to the car
just as the fireworks started going off..
got to watch from the water!
WHAT A FUN DAY!

We ended up getting to our hotel about
15 min apart....the kids didn't know about each
other until they walked in and we were in
line in the lobby!!

We loved the hotel...
The Caribbean Beach Resort

Glowing!

Excited!

View of the hotel's awesome pool
from the top of the slide

Taking a dip!

Slide action shots!

Slippin' and Slidin'

Backwards!

so neat!

Kicking back at the pool

We got to take a ride on the new Skyliner
that opened the day we got there...
it is an "Aerial Gondola" that transports
from park to park
What an experience Disney World was!!
SO THANKFUL WE GOT TO GO!!!
Making Memories!!
Thank You Grandma Rhodes and Gran Mum
and Grandma Dunnington and Dad!!!