Focht Family Blog

Saturday, November 8 was my birthday. Nathan got me a pin to where when we checked in that said it was my birthday so I wore it for the day and every cast member that I passed wished me a Happy Birthday. It was fun to have complete strangers wishing to you. I even had Gepetto wish me a Happy Birthday from his float in the parade. :)

Nathan’s parents drove down Friday night and spent the weekend with us. Because they were only going to one park we decided to go to Magic Kingdom. We managed to go on all of the rides we wanted to although it ended up being the longest day that we spent at a park for our whole trip. Here is a picture of Samantha and Nathan’s mom riding the gocarts. Also, a picture of Nathan and his dad having some bonding time. :)

After a morning full of rides we went to Tony’s Town Square for lunch. We have been to Disney countless times during the Year of a Million Dreams and we were finally approached by one of the Dream people while waiting for lunch. He came up to Samantha and asked her who her favorite princess was. She said Belle which wasn’t the right answer. The right answer was Cinderella. Thankfully all he was giving was a private meeting with Mickey and Cinderella. I told Samantha that if it had been the night in the castle, I might not have forgiven her. :)

After lunch they were getting ready for the parade so the kids started hula hooping in the street.

While waiting for the parade the grownups got some ice cream for dessert (the kids had sundaes with their meals). While we were eating our ice cream the kids joined in a game of “Mickey Says”…

As the evening wore on, Josh had a final request of the carousel and Dumbo. Here is a picture of Ron and Barb while Ron was taking a picture of me and my mom…

On the way to Dumbo, the kids decided to try to pull the sword from the stone…

Once we were on Dumbo I was trying to get a picture of Nathan’s mom with Josh. However, Nathan kept sticking his hand out to get in the way of the picture. So, since he wanted to be that way, here is one of the pictures of Nathan and Samantha…

After Dumbo we went to the main store on the way out and the kids got to spend money from Nathan’s parents. Then we went to the boats and went to Whispering Canyon at the Wilderness Lodge for dinner. While waiting for the boat a snake came slithering out behind where Barb and my mom were sitting. I’m not sure what kind he was but I decided to take a picture…

Dinner was wonderful and while we were riding on another boat to Fort Wilderness the fireworks started at Magic Kingdom. The boat driver put the boat in idle so we could watch the display. What a wonderful birthday!! :)