disney (day 3)

day three consisted of jon playing golf with his step-dad, ray, and me spending the day at the animal kingdom with my mom, step-dad and sisters.  ray picked jon up at the resort and i took the bus to the park to meet the fam.  the first thing we did was get fast pass tickets to ride the big yedi roller coaster.  i couldn't get over the fact that my mom wanted to ride a roller coaster! she has always been a total wuss about rides, and i've never seen her actually want to ride anything but the octopus at world's of fun.  she said she feels like she's getting older, and that she has to start trying new things, because if not she may never be able to.  pretty awesome. i'm so proud of her, and she had so much fun!  

then we went and rode the river raft ride, and i must say, as a child i always wanted to get soaked on rides like this, and i would get off completely dry.  well, i guess i was saving it up for this time, because 10 seconds into the ride we hit a wave, and let's just say that i've had dryer showers before.  i was completely soaked!!  and looking oh-so-fabulous, i might add...
mom and me with our wet curls...madi, lydia, and marc...then we walked through some of the areas to see some animals and caught the bug's life show.  we got to wear these stylish 3-d glasses...

it was a nice day at the animal kingdom, and i think everyone had a good time.  it was nice to spend a day with the family.  the girls are getting so big and turning into teenagers.  it always amazes me how they can be so grown up already!  

the park was alot cooler than i thought it would be.  i was expecting just a zoo, but there was alot to see, and it was of course decorated so fabulously.  why would i expect any less from disney?

after i rode the bus back to the resort, jon's mom and step-dad picked us up and took us to olive garden so jon could carbo-load.  it was a madhouse with all the runners packing in as much pasta as they could stomach, but we found a table in the bar quickly.  over dinner wanda and i discussed our plan of action for sunday.  

then we went back to the room, and jon prepared himself for the race...

he had issues with his knee all through training, so he did some preventative icing.  

that was day 3!  it was a great one.