Day 8 (The Last Day)

This is the last trip update! Thanks for hanging in there with me and my memories!

Saturday morning we had to wake the kids up after the party, which seems crazy I know but we had a good reason... we had a farewell to Disney breakfast at Ohana! It turns out it was CRAZY foggy that morning so the boats weren't running. So in order to get to our reservation we took a Minnie Van! 

This was such a splurge since you can get anywhere in Disney World for free, but it was worth it for the ease of everything. While this isn't something we would do to travel frequently, it sure was nice to get to breakfast quick and easily. Plus, the novelty factor was excellent as well. 

Ohana was delicious and I am so glad we went. It was the perfect capstone to our trip. Meeting Stitch, Lilo, Mickey, and Pluto, while filling our bellies up was the best ending. 

After we went back and chilled in our hotel room. The fog lifted so we went back via boat. Which was really nice to do one last time. We had asked for late checkout so we didn't have to rush, which I appreciated. 

We said goodbye to our beautiful view. And then spent some time in the lobby while we waited for our bus. 

There was a photopass photographer taking pictures in the lobby, and you know we had time to kill and I love pictures so... 

Then we had a terrible bus ride on a very full bus to the airport. Our driver was very jerky with the pedals and it wasn't fun. But that was the penance for a smooth sailing security experience. On my list of biggest worries for the trip probably in the top 3 was about going through security in Orlando. But all told it went pretty quick and wasn't too bad. 

Our flight to Chicago was fairly uneventful. 

Our flight home was fast! 

And we got to our car and there was snow on our windshield, a far cry from the beautiful Florida weather we had been in just hours before. 

We made it home quick and easy and I ran upstairs first thing to check on Waldo because that was the #1 worry of the trip: that the fish would die while we were gone. But, he was fine! A little grumpy but his vacation plan worked out great and it's now been over a week since we came home so if he should meet his maker now it will not be the vacation's fault! 

So that was our trip. I am so very thankful for the time with my family. I really love them and spending time with them. Getting off the socials and just delighting in their presence without worrying about school and work was so nice too!