Rob liked the gift that my parents got for him!

We went back to our room to pack up and play monopoly deal (Clark beat all of us!)

We checked out and headed over to Saratoga Springs. We were able to check in at 12:30, so we (especially Rob 😊) were very happy to start nesting in our favorite place.

I took the boys over to the Community Center to trade some pins and go swimming. It started to pour when they were swimming, but it did not deter their fun!

After we swam,we went to Epcot. First we went on Spaceship Earth. Then we went on Finding Nemo. Since Test Track was closed because of the rain,we used our fast pass for Soarin’ Around the World. Then we didn’t want to do our fast pass for Mission Space we used it on Living with the Land. It was special because they had a Christmas edition for it and there were a bunch of Christmas lights and ordaments. Then we went to the Via Napoli. While we were waiting, there was a cute dog that we got to pet! Then we decided to head over to Hollywood Studios by traveling by the gondolas.

Unfortunately, I got a headache at dinner so Clark and I went back to the hotel. Sadly, we got off on the wrong stop and we had to walk to our hotel’s stop. Meanwhile, Colin and Rob went to Hollywood Studios and went on Tower of Terror. There was this rude family in front of them, and Rob was not happy. After that, they went on Toy Story Mania and Rob won by just 2,000! Then they popped over to Alien Swirling Saucers and had a lot of fun there. After that, they

Two handsome guys at Star Wars land

Clark beat Rob and Colin at Citidels 😊. Then we went to Magic Kingdom. Thanks to Rob’s planning, we had fast passes for Space Mountain, Snow White Mine Car, and Big Thunder! One of my favorite memories of the night was singing along to Hallelujah with the blue grass band that was playing it in Frontier land while Colin traded pins.

To top off the great night, a bus was waiting for us, and we were the only ones on it!! A great night at Magic Kingdom (Especially considering it was the day before Christmas!)

A bus all to ourselves!

When we got back to the room, we opened presents!! I love the way Rob decorated our room for Christmas 😊

We met a nice woman and her daughter from \240Beijing, who worked at UNC Williamington

Then we hit Mission Space. Rob always has the best jokes 😊

Clark in hotel elevator not excited about the 4:45 am wake up call 😜

It was all worth it! At 6:01 we were in a boarding group!

We were able to get on Rockin Roller and Tower of Terror before 7:00 am!

Rob was observant and noticed that they were still taking sign ups for Jedi Training, so we signed Clark up for the 12:20 spot. We headed back to the room at 7:30 am and caught the bus because we didn’t want to give up our primo parking spot 😊 We rested in the room (and I worked a little) Before heading back out around 11:30. The bus back to Hollywood studios was late, so we missed Clark’s time slot for the Jedi training. But the workers were great and got us into the 1 o’clock one! And they gave us an extra fast pass!

Clark did an amazing job in the Jedi Training ❤️❤️❤️

After Clark did the Jedi Training, we went to Rise of the \240Resistance!

Clark using the Force

Walking onto the new ride!

This ride itself was definitely unique, but the line was one of the more pleasant surprises.

After Rise of the \240Resistance, we used the fast pass that Clarke got for the Jedi training to do Toy Story Mania. It was raining when we came out, and it had been a long day already, so we drove to lunch at BJ’s (and stopped by the Sheraton to pick up my ring that I had forgotten in the hotel room earlier that week).

After lunch, it was off to Animal Kingdom!

Then we came back and got cleaned up and went out to Magic Kingdom around 2:30. Rob got us Fast Passes for Winnie the Pooh, Haunted Mansion and Peter Pan (last minute, he got them yesterday!)

We also got a FastPass to SmallWorld after we used up our first three. We took off after that because it was crazy busy. Thankfully the buses were running every 10 mins or so, so we got back to the room fairly quickly. As soon as we got back, we left for Sweet Tomatoes for dinner. After dinner, we went to roast marshmallows and swim at the hotel. We stayed there until 9:00pm!

Clark at the Entrance of the park

Colin in front of the Pandora waterfall in the line for Avatar Flight of \240Passage.

After the awesome Avatar ride, we took the train to Rafaki’s Village - Conservation Station. The boys and I did the Animation Experience

Our three great drawings!

Then we went onto the Kilimanjaro Safari ride.

Clarke getting up close and personal with a giraffe!

We took off from animal kingdom and started our drive to Sebring. We stopped by a place called Ovation, and had a really great lunch !

When we got to the McBroom‘s, they were ready for us and we had a great dinner at Mango ice cream, popcorn, and fruit salad. We also got a view of the beautiful sunset

The whole family!

Thankfully, ponchos kept us dry so we could take this cute picture after going on the rapid ride !

The Pence boys ready to ride dinosaur!

We did quite a bit for just two hours at the park!

We checked into our hotel at the Ritz Carlton. It was nice - They gave us a glass of champagne at check-in to ring in the new year with and the boys got New Year’s hats and noisemakers 😊. After we got to our room, they started the scavenger hunt and then we went down for dinner at Bleu. It was a really nice night and a perfect lowkey dinner

Clark picking out the perfect pin !

Happy New Year hat 🎩

Clark showing off the view from our room

Feeling good after my margarita , and finding out that I was the top seller by selling $4.5 million this year !

View from dinner as the sun was going down

We finished the Scavenger hunt, and the boys got two cool backpacks with rubber ducky‘s in them for completing it.

We decided to ring in the new year by going into the lazy river pool at the JW Marriott, and went over there from around 7:30 - 9:00. It was a lot of fun!

Ringing in the new year in our bathing suits

After going back to the room and getting cleaned up, we watched a little bit of Avengers Endgame before calling it a night around 10:30 \240 We didn’t stay up late enough to ring in the new year, but we ended 2019 with a lot of fun!

After breakfast we headed to Epcot

Boys heading into Epcot

We were super bummed because all the holiday food and festivities ended yesterday 😩.

Then we headed back to the hotel to enjoy the facilities

Then we checked out and traded Rob’s tiny rental car for a nice big car from National Rental.

Then we drove home! We only stoped for dinner at BJ’s

We got in very late, but someone was happy to see us 🥰