New Orleans Mini-trip

We had to improvise since Seth's grandmothers were not feeling well. Instead of spending some days with them, we spent two days in New Orleans. Last minute stop, got great last minute deal at a four start hotel in the French Quarter and was right across the street from the Aquarium. We also ate at several restaurants and had some yummy food!

Thanksgiving with Granny

We traveled all the way to Austin TX to spend Thanksgiving with Granny, Cara's grandmother. We also hoped to see both of Seth's grandmothers who live in Mississippi and Louisiana and were only 20-40 minutes away from our route, but unfortunately neither one was feeling well.

The girls all dressed up for Thanksgiving Day Dinner.

The great-grand-kids and Granny.

The meal was delicious! And we had an absolute wonderful time with Granny. Saw her for two whole days and also one afternoon/evening with Nick, Leslie, Cole, Finn and John and Gayle. 

Disney World on Veteran's Day Weekend

1. We went on a mini trip to Disney World over Veteran's Day Weekend to use up the last day on our 3-day passes that we purchased back in May when we spent time with Grammaw K at a timeshare in Orlando. We then extended all five of those passes to another full year of season passes for less than it would have cost us to pay for three single day tickets. Disney World here we come!!!

We stayed in Alligator Bayou 5-person rooms at Disney's Port Orleans Riverside resort. Very nice!

Intense ride on Buzz Lightyear.  Amy and I must have hit some super bonus target as we won by an extra 200,000 points! It wasn't even close! 

My favorite picture of the kids! 

Charles had to go to the bathroom, so missed one round on Splash Mountain and was suck with mom and Amy while dad and Ryan rode. While they were waiting Jesse from Toy Story came out to sign autographs. Charles stood in line thinking that Ryan would be able to join him by the time he got to the front of the line. Amy was in the stroller napping. No such luck. So he was quite embarrassed to be all by himself with Jesse. Lol!

 

Getting ready to go on Splash Mountain!

Waiting for the fireworks show to begin!

A little tired here.  This was the end of our second day spent at Disney's Hollywood Studios. We were waiting for Fantasmic to start. Amy was surprised when she got to see Pocahontas in the show.