Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Before leaving for Colorado...

Four days after arriving home from our cruise, the kids and I left for Colorado! Basically, the kids ran wild while I reoriented myself and unpacked and repacked for four days straight. :) 
a little sliding-in-sleeping-bags-down-the-stairs action...

sweet baby Belle

Belle is becoming more and more confident in her jumping skills!

She loves to beg for food. Literally. She loves to eat.

Sunday, July 22, 2018

Days 11 & 12: Castaway Cay and Texas-Bound, July 10th & 11th, 2018

Our last full day was spent at Disney's private island, Castaway Cay. 
Hello, Stitch!

Stitch liked Walker's "Stitch" pin!



Next up...swimming with stingrays! Whose barbs had been removed. Not to worry.



Ben and Allyson, about to feed a stingray on the "stingray drive through."








This is the stingray, literally swimming over my hand and slurping up the shrimp I had been holding.



Mary's hand is touching the stingray's pregnant belly!

This is a picture from above...they swam around us and frequently bumped into our legs.

Walker (pictured on the right) was not a fan of the stingray swimming around his legs.



Ben enjoyed the weightlessness of the ocean. He had a wonderful time just floating around and looking at the stingrays.

Pretty soon after it began, Walker was done. He'd had enough.

Walker and Yiyia! 







I did managed to get Walker to snorkel with me! I was so proud of him for trying something new! And difficult!



Walker, waving at Mickey


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Walker took these next few photos...









AND, back on the boat, after showers, Ben and the kids went around to see the characters one final time while I packed our bags! (Sorry for the redundancy of photos; I like to fully document everything for the kids to refer back to one day!)















Final show!

Beautiful sunrise, captured by Yiyia as we approached Port Canaveral

On the bus, headed to the airport. Another fabulous vacation in the books! So many memories were made; I'm thankful for the time we had together and most importantly, that Ben was well enough to join us! :)