Friday was our 10th wedding anniversary. It may seem amazing that we’ve made it this far but love has kept us together for 10 years so far and we’re planning on keeping it that way for a long, long time. We spent our anniversay day at the Magic Kingdom again to hopefully see the rest of the lands (Frontierland, Adventureland, and Liberty Square). We did manage to get through them. We passed on Splash Mountain as we were only going to do that one to get cooled off. Well, the daily Orlando rain popped right in and we got caught in the downpour. All of us were literally soaked. We rode more attractions that day. We even rode on Space Mountain. Jake enjoyed it but even though Abi and Ben survived, they vowed never to go on that one again.

We went back to our hotel to recuperate a bit (and change clothes) before heading back for the fireworks. Too tired to go out somewhere, I let Mandy take a nap in the hotel room and I took the kids out to dinner at some swanky fast food restaurant. I brought back Mandy’s and my own dinners to the hotel and set up the table for a “romantic” dinner while the kids watched some television quietly. Dad, I told you that it’s not tradition unless it happens at least twice in a row… Well, I guess you told me so. But at least I stepped it up a notch and had it at a nice hotel. Let’s ignore the fact that 4 children were with us. (more…)