Sea World and Georgia

Sunday was our last day at Disney World! We went around to all the parks and rode our favorite rides :) While in the Magic Kingdom, I found a fantastic sundress, and I decided to buy it; so, I went up to the cashier (my mom came with me) and he was extremely friendly. He asked us where we were from (which seems to be the favorite question here in Disney World haha), so we told him Oregon. He then proceeded to ask us "What's in Oregon?" ... Hmmm.. what IS in Oregon??? I told him waterfalls, my mom told him trees and then told him "well WE'RE in Oregon.." "Which makes it better" I said lol. During this conversation, he had put the dress in the bag without ringing it up so we were like SWEET a free dress! I told the cashier, that   it did say "Free" on the price tag, and he of course looked at me like I was crazy, but he pulled out the price tag, and lo and behold it DID say free on it! He told us that since that was false advertising, he would give us 20% off :) Such a nice guy :) After this conversation my mom asked me if I thought he was had been flirting with me or with her. I told her me cause it's less creepy.. ;)

ANYWAYS!! Monday was our day of rest :) We got to sleep in, and just lounge around all day. We all went swimming and then Tayler and I came back up to the room while Hope and Mom did laundry. I got to skype with two of my amazing friends, Rachel and Hannah! :D Which btw Rachel, we need to do again cause I swear I couldn't hear you guys half the time lol. 

Tuesday we checked out of our resort and headed off to Sea World!! It was super super hot, so we ended up just going to 3 shows and then leaving. First show we went to was a Dolphin Show! :)

Dophin Stadium

did I mention that I love dolphins??

ok, so I have ALWAYS wanted to ride dolphins like this!!! It reminds me of the Little Mermaid :)

All jumping together :D

Manatee's are like the laziest marine animals that I have ever seen! I think the only time I
saw one move was when it went up to get some air, and then it just sunk back down...

Turtle :D

Next show that we went to was a Killer Whale show :)

tricks :)

I'm always impressed by how trained these animals are! Maybe I should become
 a Marine Biologist? :)

Mamma Whale and her baby Shamu :)

Last but not least was the Sea Lion and Otter show :)  It was hilarious :)

Inspecting the ship 

Clyde (the sealion) being a goof :) 

Clyde and Seymore! 

First time I've ever seen a walrus and it was HUGE!

After Sea World we were back in the car and headed for Savannah Georgia :) Apparently the city of Savannah is haunted. So I of course dreamed about ghosts haha. This morning we headed out to see some cool houses and historical places.

The driveway for a plantation house. We were going to go tour it but it was too expensive for not
staying the whole day.

Green-Meldrim House which is in Madison Square :) For all you who don't know, this was
and pretty famous place during/after? the Civil War

Drayton Hall which is a plantation house.

We are now in North Carolina!! We are gonna be here till Monday I think and then it's off to Maryland to see pretty much the whole family on my Dad's side! I'm excited :)

More Disney World :)

Ready for some more of Disney World adventures? That's what i thought ;) So today and yesterday we went to the other 3 parks: Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, and the Epcot Center. Yesterday we started the day off with an amazing safari. I seriously felt like I was in Africa :)

some cool orange deer looking thing.. lol can't remember the name of it

Rhino!!! (in the back laying down, being lazy)

I know it's hard to tell but that right there, is a row of Hippos!  I think there was like
7 or 8 of them right in a row

Alligator :) (or maybe crocodile?? ...)

Termite Mound 

Giraffe right up next to the road!

Mamma and daddy elephant with their baby :) 

Silver back Gorilla! (haha i kept thinking about Tarzan while i was looking at him)

cool statue..

It's funny cuz right after Tayler was talking about how lame the Yeti was, we saw
this sign :)

When it started to get super super hot we decided to go cool off and watch a bird show. I thought it was gonna be kinda lame but I actually really liked it!

Bald Eagle named Hope

At dinner, there were these weird "Environmentally Safe" paper straws. I have found out
 that I really don't like paper straws.. after a while they start to get soft and the whole time
your drinking, you taste paper... 

I totally love this ride!!! For this ride, your in an elevator and you shoot up to the top and they open a window
so you can see out around the rest of the park, and then you drop down, and back up, and then fall ect.

Mayan looking temple :)
(Hope, Tayler and I are on the steps going up to the temple. Hope is in a blue shirt,
Tayler's in orange and I am in yellow and gray.)

I think this was in France

Germany :) or maybe this was the France one?? lol I'm so tired.. and it's hard to keep track
of all the different places and things you see

One more day of Disney World, then we're going to Sea World, and then up to North Carolina :)

Universal Studios and Disney World!

We're in Florida!!!! Destin, FL was our first pit-stop to see Hope's military widow friend Michelle. Stayed there for a few hours then headed off to Clearwater Beach :) The sad was super white and FULL of shells. I went to chose one to take home with me and had like major issues choosing just one. I'm used to Oregon beaches where if you find a whole shell, it's a miracle haha. 

It was super bright, that's why Tayler's face is all scrunched up haha

There were a ton of decorated Dolphins along the road on the way out

Next stop: Orlando Disney Resorts! So we're staying in the Caribbean Beach: Aruba resort and it's pretty cool :) Inside our room it's a Finding Nemo theme (don't know why I haven't taken a picture? lol) and we kinda quote it a lot :)

Welcome to Aruba :)

The next day we were off to Universal Studios. We were pretty darn excited, especially for the new Harry Potter ride (which was mind blowing ;) ).

I love how they go all out in the building decor

Green eggs and ham anyone?? I used to think that sounded  so gross until I was
old enough to think that maybe it's just food coloring haha :)

Hogsmeade

Hogwarts Express

Hogwarts castle!!! The line for the ride that goes through the castle was like 90 minutes long
but so worth it :)

Hope getting some Henna 

Finished product :) btw: notice the tan difference from her hand to her leg?? :P

I Love Lucy

Yeah I realize this should have been the first picture for Universal Studios...

Today we went to Disney World: Magic Kingdom. Apparently there are 4 different parks within Disney World and Magic Kingdom is a lot like Disneyland... so we went to that one first.

Our shirts we got from Universal Studios! (we also got a "Father of All Things" for my dad)

Disney Castle :)

Pirates of the Caribbean was pretty cool :)

I totally love Buzz Lightyear!! 

Towards the end of the day it started raining big time! I think it rained like two inches at least for like 1 1/2 or 2 hours. We seriously had to wade through mid-calf deep water in some places! Once again... the Oregon weather is following me haha. At least we got awesome lightning and thunder :) I wish Oregon had lightning and thunder storms like these, instead the thunder in OR just sounds like someone rolling their garbage can out to the curb.. :/ 

Cute little duck enjoying the flooding gutter thing