Evan's 7th Birthday Party

We had Evan's 7th birthday party with his friends at Pinstack and his theme was Minecraft.  He passed on bowling, but instead the kids got to do all the activities. . .video games, ropes course, laser tag, rock wall , bumper cars and ropes course.  Evan had a blast with all his friends.

Disney Cruise Vacation Day 9 - Disney Springs

I was pretty sad about the end of our cruise!  After such a fun week, it was hard knowing we would be leaving.  We got up early and headed to Animator's Palate for one last breakfast before disembarking the ship.

We couldn't bring home his hammer that he made at kids club, so I told him I'd take a picture of it instead.

1 last time on the balcony.

We didn't have a flight out until night time, so we headed to Disney Springs to have lunch and spend the day.  We took some of the ferry boats over to a few of the Disney hotels after lunch and waste some time before heading to the airport.

Before too long, we were at the airport ready to go.  Unfortunately, that's when the storms decided to roll in.  We got stuck on the runway for an hour, but luckily were able to get out.  After our late start, we didn't get to our house until almost 11:30.  We were all wiped!

I think this was how we all felt!

It was an awesome trip, with awesome friends.  I know my kids will be talking about this trip for quite some time!

Disney Cruise Vacation Day 8 - Castaway Cay

We're reaching the end of our cruise now!  The last full day on the boat was spent at Castaway Cay.  I was looking forward to this stop after coming here on our last cruise. 

We enjoyed breakfast on the balcony as we pulled in to dock.  Once they gave the all clear, we headed downstairs to get off the boat.  We wanted to make sure we took advantage of all the time we had on Castaway Cay.

We headed straight to the beach and grabbed some front row beach chairs.  We were right in front of the ropes/bridge area, which the kids loved.  They spent lots of time on it.  We spent the day swimming and snorkeling.  They have a yummy BBQ on the island too, so we made sure to take a break for lunch. 

Some people next to us built this cool cruise ship in the sand.

Around 2:45 we packed up and headed to our excursion that we had booked - feeding and swimming with the sting rays.  The kids were a little nervous about this at first, but it ended up being a highlight of the trip.  They had special feeding tables that were brought into the water and the sting rays were trained to come right on up the tables and we fed them from our hands.  It was so cool.  After feeding them, we had about 45 left to snorkel with them.

After our excursion, it was time to board the boat.  We needed to pack up since we had to put our luggage out in the hallway that night after dinner.

The show tonight was Believe.  We had seen it on the Dream, but decided to watch it again anyways.  We needed just a little more Disney before it was time to leave. 

We were back in Animator's Palate for dinner.  This was the night we were waiting for.  We all got to draw a character on a sheet of paper and during dinner all our characters became part of an animation show.  They also showed cartoons during dinner.  I wish they had done that every night.  It helped keep the kids so entertained!

These were our waiters for the week - Sheldon and Svetlana.

After dinner, it was back to the room for 1 last sleep before getting off the boat.  Evan kept telling me that he was sad to be getting off the boat, but happy to be home.  I think we all felt that way.  7 nights + 1 night beforehand was a long trip!