Our Disneyworld Adventure!! Day 1 :)

I have had a lot of friends who have requested to hear about our Disney Adventure since people are amazed at how we are able to do so much with the amount of kids that we have :) Here is a sneak peek into this year's awesome summer vacation!

Day 1: July 4, The Drive Begins...

We left for vacation later than we usually do (12:30pm) Thought it would be nicer to get to the hotel in Rock Hill, SC a little later so we could crash into a nice bed and be able to get right up the next morning. Made a pit stop in Jane Lew, WV (sorry...but baby has to go sometimes ;) Grabbed some pepperoni rolls for the road (ok, I have to admit that I stopped just for the pepperoni rolls) and we were on our way!

The next stop, we saw 2 old cars, one was a Nova and the other, not sure, but had an awesome fire paint job along the sides and said "Hillbilly Hellraiser." By the name and the way the crew was dressed, I would say they are a local band. Really cool so I snapped a pic of their car...love to find gems like these along our routes :)

 

 

I dozed for a few hours due to the heavy downpour of rain (I do love a good storm ;) and awoke to the most beautiful site! I can't remember exactly where we were in Virginia, but there was a gorgeous rainbow stretched clear across the road! I snapped a pic on the "Pop Art" setting of my new camera and it came out looking absolutely gorgeous!!! What do you think?!

 

 

 

 

Minutes later, for the first time in our lives, we drove through the rainbow!!! (Knock that one off of the bucket list ;)

 

 

Drive continues getting us to the Howard Johnson in Rock Hill around 7:45pm. We only had 2 pit stops along the way which wasn't bad for 2 adults (1 pregnant) and 6 kids! Had a delicious cookie at check-in and checked out the breakfast area for the next morning. This hotel was another first for us...we have never stayed in a hotel that had 3 double beds in a row!!

 

 

 

Strange, but worked for us :) Very comfortable for our overnight stay halfway down to Disney.

 

 

Found a local Cici's for dinner which we were very excited about! The one in Washington near our home shut down and we love to come across them when we can. Had some great pizza and salad...don't forget dessert ;) Brandis, our 5 year old, was the only one with the catastrophe, spilling his drink, but that is just typical Brandis :)  The servers were very helpful in cleaning it up.

 

When we returned to the hotel, we could see a 4th of July Fireworks show right from our hotel window!

 

 

It was like God put them there just for us :)

 

Not sure if it was the dessert or the excitement to be going to Disney, but the kids got a severe case of the giggles and had a hard time getting to sleep at bedtime. Eventually, one by one they all started conking out and that was the last I remember. Must have been really sleepy!!

 

Til tomorrow....