I can honestly say that after I went to Disney World for my first time (6 yrs ago) I never dreamed I would be so excited to go again.   Paul and I felt it was to expensive and didn’t see taking our kids until they were old enough to ride all the rides. 

Fast forward to this past February.  My parents weren’t able to go to Orange Beach this year so we decided to still go south to visit Paul’s parents and thought we might as well do Disney since we would be right there, plus Katie would be free!   WOW.. how my thoughts changed after that one trip.  All we did was 2 days of Magic Kingdom, but just seeing Disney through my kids eyes was something else.  Even though it was still expensive (we cut corners by not eating at the park or buying anything at the park for that matter) I’ve been anxious to take the kids again.

After talking to Paul this week we both agreed that if he can once again get a lay off for the month of February we will be going south for two weeks!  I’m nervous a little for taking Kevin out of school that long, but my plans are to do it during their mid winter break (it’s only 1 day off, but 1 day is 1 day) so he would only miss 4 days then.   Plus this will be the last year we will be able to go as I really don’t want to take Kevin out of school after this year. 

I’m thinking we will stop in Orange Beach and stay with my parents for a day or two, then go down to Disney and spend about 5 days down there (including seeing Paul’s parents) and then going back to spend the rest of the trip with my parents before we head home.  Granted things can change, but that’s the plan for now and I’m getting so excited.   The only bummer thing is I won’t be able to really make any plans until we know for sure Paul will be getting a lay off because otherwise we will only be going for 1 week and if that’s the case we will skip Disney and just spend it with my parents which will still be lots of fun as there is a lot of fun things to do in the Orange Beach area as well!!

Is it February yet?!?