Magic Kingdom with the Shumate Family (April 2016)

There have been so many changes since I last updated our blog.
I fully realize that no one really uses blogs much these days, especially with the convenience of Instagram and chatbooks, but I miss our family journal.  With instagram I narrowly choose the highlights...yes, even though my instagram feed is filled to the seams, those are just our highlights :)  I miss being able to write, more in depth, about our experiences and adventures as a family.  
So here goes another fun looking back at our adventures here in Florida...

April 2016
Disneyworld with the Shumate Family

The first weekend of April, we decided to join the Shumate Family at Disneyworld to celebrate Daxton and Jack's birthdays.  Their birthdays fall within a couple weeks of each other, so we thought it would be fun to let them play at Disney together.  We stayed at the All-Star Movies resort on Disney property and ended up being able to get rooms right next to each other.  Jack didn't know we were joining them, so it was super fun to knock on their door Saturday morning and let Dax surprise his buddy!

We all hopped on the Disney bus and headed over to Magic Kingdom for the day.  I'm SO glad we got a group shot at the beginning of the day, because little did we know what the weather had in store for us!

Our whole group in front of Cinderella's castle
(Lto R) Robert, Jack, April, Henry, Me, Dax, and Dallas

The cutest little buddies ever!

I love their excited faces and I can't get over how long Daxton's curls were!

Family selfies at the entrance to Magic Kingdom.

It's a family tradition and we have about a thousand of them I'm sure.

Once we took some pictures in front of the castle we made our way over to Tomorrowland, where we road Buzz lightyear and the People mover.  Then we made our way over to Fantasyland to ride the Barnstormer, which was Jack's favorite.  As we were taking turns riding, a massive rainstorm hit.  It lasted for a great part of the day and no matter how prepared we thought we were, we got drenched!  We used rain ponchos, umbrellas, and raincovers for our strollers and we still managed to get soaked.  It was quite the adventure!

We decided to seek refuge from the storm for a late lunch at the Skipper Canteen in Adventureland.  The food ended up being super yummy!  Jack and Dax loved the opportunity to goof off indoors and eat yummy treats.

I couldn't get over how adorable Daxton's curls were from the rainstorm.

After lunch we headed over to Tomorrowland for more rides...

The daddies loved riding on the cars with Dax and Jack.

I'm sure Dallas loved getting whiplash from Daxton's awesome driving skills :) 

Next was the teacups, which again, the daddies got the privilege of taking Dax and Jack.  I have sworn off that ride due to my need to throw up afterwards!

After spending a few more hours exploring Magic Kingdom in the rain, we started to get waterlogged and cold.  We headed back to the Disney bus stop, where these buddies looked pretty cute waiting for our ride.

Once we reached our hotel, we explored the gift shop and the hotel grounds a bit before taking a late afternoon nap.  The boys loved trying on all the different Mickey hats in the gift shop.

Each of the Disney hotels are so much fun!

All are designed with different themes and priced for all different option levels.  The All-Star Movie resort had all sorts of different structures for the kids to explore and play on.

It was pretty cute to see them get so excited to see different characters throughout the grounds, even if they were just statues.

We stayed in the Love Bug building where the kids had a blast climbing on all the tires and running through the splash pad area.

At the end of our busy and wet day, April and I made sure to treat ourselves to a yummy drink poolside.  Even though it wasn't the best weather, it was still tons of fun being with our family and close friends!