While 2012 has been a busy and fun year for us, the highlight so far is a fantastic trip to Disney in October. Thanks to some awesome planning and execution by the grandparents, the entire Sutherland clan invaded Florida for a long weekend.
The year of hype leading up to the trip created Christmas-level expectations, and Disney delivered. We arrived to plush accommodations, ate like a royal family, and saw the sites.
Nate conquered the Tower of Terror and Vivian took her first legit roller-coaster ride, showing no signs of fear (aside from some claw marks in Dad’s left arm that are almost healed).
We swam, met several Disney characters, and ate one dinner sitting on a curb as we staked out sweet seats for the Main Street Electrical Parade. We took in the Fantasia light show, stayed out late, took a boat ride or two, and saw fireworks. And we learned you could spend your entire trip in the Magic Kingdom and still feel like you missed some good stuff.
The trip was the perfect length: Long enough to leave everyone played out and exhausted, and short enough to make us realize we need to go back. Til then …
The Sutherlands 