A Little Surprise for the Boys and Kate

Two years ago, Jason and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary at Walt Disney World all by ourselves! We didn't tell the boys we were going because they would have been so mad. I know all of you that have been before always see the umpteen million "Vacation Club" desks all throughout "The World". Well we set up an appointment to check it out. Since we were planning on visiting Disney World on a regular basis we saw that is was worth our money to buy a piece of "The World"! And boy, was it so worth our money. With 4 children, back then it was only 3, it is a much better deal all around. We had 80 Vacation Club points we had to use by September 2009 or we would lose them. I tried to get us a reservation for several of the other timeshare properties that Disney is a partner with but couldn't get a reservation for any of the times we could go. So Jason said "let's just go back to Disney World and do the Water Parks". So I booked the reservation and kept it a secret from the boys! Every time we go to WDW, I start checking the weather 10 days out. This time the forecast showed nothing but rain. I was a little disappointed but still excited to get to go. We left after school on Thursday and drove to Ocala for the night and then got up and headed into Orlando. It was raining. We got checked in and unpacked and then out the door to Magic Kingdom. When we left it was raining just a little so we went on and put our poncho's on. We had not eaten lunch yet and one of our favorite places to eat is in Adventure Land at the El Pirata y el Perico across from the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. So when we got to Magic Kingdom that is where we headed. Right before we got to the Magic Carpet Ride, the bottom fell out. We were in the perfect location for shelter, thank God. We waited it out for a little while and decided to make a run for it because we were starving. We got a little wet but were able to eat and Jason and the boys rode the Pirates of the Caribbean. We walked around to try and ride some other rides but since it was still raining the lines were crazy so we left. The next morning it was nice and sunny. We headed over to Hollywood Studios for "Star Wars" Weekend. It really was cool; Jason and the boys loved it, me and Kate not so much!! We also took Kate to see Playhouse Disney and she loved it! After spending most of the day there we went back to the hotel for some pool time! That was fun but didn't last long since another storm came up. We got our shower and went back to MK, but once again it started raining. We got over there and the Spectra Magic parade had just started. We watched that and then got to ride 2 rides, The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and Peter Pan. The lines were not long but the park was closing so we left...again! Sunday we were going to hit Typhoon Lagoon but since the rain storms had been so bad we hated to chance it and Will was devastated that we had only ridden 3 rides! We went back to MK, which was totally fine with me because it is my favorite. We spent the whole day there and had a ball. But just as the weather man said... the rain would be in around 5:00 and he wasn't just talking rain but a bad storm. We made it back to the Wilderness Lodge just as is got bad!! We had a great time and it was the perfect way to end the school year! The boys all worked so hard this year and even though they were not the "BEST" kids they deserved this treat! I am so excited to be going back with the WHOLE family in October!! And by whole Family I mean whole family...Bibbie, Deeda, Lizzy, Brett, Lacey, Walker, Neemama, Papa, John, Amy, Will, Mary Hollis, Jason, Will, Drew, Ben, Kate and me!! It will be a GRAND Adventure!!!