Happiets place on earth!

I've been almost dreading posting our very fun trip to Orlando, FL only because we did SO MUCH is such a short period of time I know I won't remember something, or hurt my brain trying. But it's been a month so here it goes...
We flew to Orlando the last week of May, the day after Carter's pre-school graduation and met Brady's siblings, and parents for a fun filled week (almost)of Disney! We stayed at Brady's Aunt Susan and Uncle John's place in Orlando b/c they are mission Presidents there for another year or so. It was awesome! Food in the cabinets, dinner made for us a night or two... what nice hosts! THANK YOU!
We started off the week with a character breakfast with Mickey, Pluto, lilo and stitch. We quickly realized we should have been more prepared with autograph books. They boys loved that! Bryce was saying from the plane ride, "where is mickey mouse?" After breakfast, we went to Wet n' Wild water park which the boys loved. The next day was Magic Kingdom, which was fun. We got poured on in the afternoon for a few hours though which was a bummer. The lines were kind of crazy too (probably b/c memorial day had been the day before). But overall, it was a great day. We stayed until the 10pm fireworks which were amazing to see over Cinderella's castle. Carter and Bryce got to chose a souvenir- so after much tears, debating, talking and compromise... they decided to 'share' a more expensive souvenir and got the Disney train. It's a fairly big train with a few Disney characters that can go on board and even puffs real smoke. Pretty cool.
Then next day, animal kingdom. I actually liked this a lot more than I thought. Much more laid back and many characters so the kids could get their autograph books signed without waiting an hour. The lion king show was beautiful and very cool!
Next day, after discovering our passes had an additional day on it, we went to Hollywood Studio's (formerly MGM). That park was one of my favorites. There weren't really any lines, and full of different plays/shows which were so fun and the kids loved. The toy story ride was awesome! The rest of the family left the next morning, but we still had 2 more days left because we came down a bit after the others. So onward with the crazy week.....
We decided to do Magic Kingdom again and see if the lines were better and hoped for better weather. (Each day we did seem to wear our ponchos at least once).
The lines and weather were both much better. Carter, Bryce and Brady loved the teacup ride! Mostly Brady. He was spinning them crazy fast that all the other people I was standing with were pointing at them and commenting. Carter loved to drive his own race car on the Speedway. They both loved the little roller coaster in toontown. Peter Pan ride for Bryce and Splash Mountain for Carter were definite favorites. Carter still talks about Splash Mountain and how fun it was.
Our last day we were all Disney'd out. We opted for Gator land which was very cool. We fed eemo's, deer, turkey's and alligators. Yes, alligators. Crocs too. They sold hot dogs to feed them. It was pretty cool. Carter thought it was more cool to see a big bird sticking half out of an alligators mouth that he was trying to eat. Must have missed the 'attack' but lucky us got to see the bird get chewed (or part of the process. It was a big bird!).
It was great to see family and of course Mickey and friends. :) Other than mid-day meltdowns it really was the happiest place on earth and we made some great memories there! Oh, dont' worry pictures to follow when I have more time.... but which ones????