I know you have been sitting on the edge of your seat waiting for more vacation recaps!
Just kidding. You have probably been stuffing your face with turkey and shopping deals all weekend!
Well either way, here we go with more vacation recaps!
Our first day at Disney was the day of the race! We headed over to Hollywood Studios for a quick run on our favorite rides!
Dropping in anyone?
Jared got his birthday button!
We mastered Toy Story Mania!
Star Tours is always a favorite!
We're rockin' it on the Rock n' Roller Coaster!
After all the fun at Hollywood Studios we headed over to EPCOT for lunch and a little birthday surprise for mom! Then we headed back to the hotel for a nap before the big race!
Buzz Lightyear and Rex are ready to go!
Woody and Bo Peep have their moving buddies!
The toys are coming!
As you have probably heard, there was a race delay due to lightning and a major storm. Run Disney thankfully didn't cancel the race but they did have to shorten it by taking out the Animal Kingdom part of the course. I was disappointed for those that were doing their first half marathon, but also thankful I didn't have to run the full 13.1 in the Florida humidity! Plus, shorter course means getting to the after party faster!
At the race start!
Toys at the Midway Mania ride!
Selfies with Jesus at midnight on Sunday morning while checking out the Osborne Lights!
What was awesome about this race is that because it was short, we were able to all stay together for the majority of the race! Mom would do her intervals and find us on her walk breaks. We all got to cross the finish line together which made my day!
After grabbing our medals and changing, we made our way to the Food and Wine Festival! We tried some amazing food! My favorite was Brazil and Africa!
Food for all!
We ended up shutting down the event at 4:00 AM. Surprisingly we were all pretty alert and not cranky at each other! It was a great time and we enjoyed ourselves!
Leaving for the night!
Of course, pictures are nice...but videos are better! Check out our day and the race below!
We were pumped to get to go to Universal Studios. Jared, Dad and myself had not seen the new Harry Potter section or the Hogwarts Express and we were not disappointed!
We started our day in Islands of Adventure for early park admission!
Everyone's excited!
Hello Sorting Hat!
We then hopped on the Hogwarts Express and made our way over to Diagon Alley!
We met Stan Shunpike!
I was so excited because I got chosen to do the wand selection at Olivanders! It was truly magical and I got a 16" wand made out of oak with a core of Dragon Heartstring. It was also an interactive wand which is what we were shopping for in the first place! So we then made our way around Diagon Alley trying out our magic skills!
Practicing our magic!
The Gringotts ride was down when we arrived but re-opened after a few hours. We were so excited to see inside!
Man that dragon is impressive!
Hey look! It's a goblin!
We did lunch at the Leaky Cauldron!
Once we meandered around Diagon Alley for a while, we finally made it to the rest of the park. :)
Mom's turing into a Minion!
We then went back to Hogsmeade before we had to leave the park!
I'm going to the Hogwarts Express!
Next on the agenda was attending the expo and picking up our packets for the race!
All ready!
The best part of arriving at our hotel was the "private" viewing of Wishes from our balcony!
In case pictures aren't enough, there's this thing called YouTube that has all the videos from our vacation!
