The next day, Christmas Eve, we went to Hollywood Studios.
Our first stop... Beauty and the Beast- Live on Stage! Can you tell the girls were ready to see Belle!
Such a cute show! They basically made it through the whole movie, including the best songs, in 30 minutes!
Ashton and I enjoying Beauty and the Beast.
Next up... Tower of Terror!!! Avery is smiling now... but we had to MAKE her go on this ride. Believe it or not, Addie was tall enough to do this! First go around was Austin, Addie and I. I really didn't know what to expect. All I knew is that it went up and then it was a big fall. Wow, it was so much more! Addie and Austin were scared!! I was laughing so hard at their faces, it was priceless. MY FAVORITE RIDE EVER!! When we got off, they both said they loved it... but Addie didn't want to go again! :) Austin went again with Randy and Avery. Avery said it was good too, but didn't want to go again! I think this ended up being one of Randy's favorites also... I know it was Austin's and mine. We had gotten fast passes earlier for the Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith, so I took Austin and Avery on that. Once again, I had to make Avery ride it. She didn't really like it, I told her to hold her head back but I think it still jerked around too much. But I'm glad she tried it once.
Next was something that Avery was excited to do... The American Idol Experience! That was a lot of fun! We got to vote from 3 contestants. The one we liked won this round. I guess they come back at the end of the day and go up against the other winners from that day. If they win that, they get a golden ticket to go up to the front of the line at a real American Idol audition. Great idea!
Now it was Austin's turn for a good show... Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! 
I wasn't quite sure what this would be like, but it was actually quite humorous! Austin really liked it... as well as the rest of us!
Next was the parade! This was another very interactive parade, our section was mainly Toy Story Characters, which we loved!
Woody came around and danced, and the kids got to get up and dance in the street. The army guys were hilarious! Another great parade, and it got us in the mood to go to our last stop of the day...
Toy Story Midway Mania! 
This place was so cool! Just the atmosphere as you are waiting in line was fun.
And the ride didn't disappoint! My favorite family ride EVER!! It was a 3-D ride where you shot imaginary paintballs at targets and kept score. Must, must, must-do!!!
A whole day off from DisneyWorld, and now we were ready for the Animal Kingdom. We geared up in our OU attire, and headed out to join the animals! In the background is the Tree of Life.
I believe we got here right when the park opened, and headed straight back to do the Kilimanjaro Safaris. This will probably be the closest thing I will ever get to as far as African Safaris go, so I was super excited to do this.
We saw so many animals... and none were behind cages. Very cool! We saw elephants, hippos, gazelles, ostrich, lions and as you can see giraffes! 
And the landscape really made you feel like you were in another country! It was super cool and another must-do!
The next area we went to was DinoLand USA. As soon as we got here we saw a short line for Goofy (Addie's favorite), so we grabbed a picture. I'll just take some time here to say that we had gone to WalMart and bought autograph books and pens and other things, but the crowds were so crazy that we never got to use them! The characters stood in one place and the lines were outrageous... like hours! This day we decided it wasn't even worth bringing the autograph books because we weren't going to wait in lines and so the kids were sad they didn't get Goofy's autograph... but at least we have the picture!
This was a fun little ride called the TriceraTop Spin. A lot like Dumbo but you could go up and down and also rock the dinosaur back and forth.
Here is Addie and I on the ride. She's showing off her Jolly Rancher in her mouch!
Next Randy and the older kids went on the Primeval Whirl, another height restriction that Addie couldn't quite make. So we went on the TriceraTop Spin again while waiting.
There was also a little carnival area in DinoLand USA. Randy let the kids all play games...
until everyone had won a prize! Addie is a little mesmerized. Maybe because she was the one who won the big green dragon! We actually asked to exchange for two smaller dragons because we were afraid we wouldn't make it home with it!
Next was a show. Like I said, we really wanted to get the shows in. We felt like this would be more worth our time and money. These shows for us to watch outside of Disney would cost our family a small fortune so we made sure and saw as many as we could. We knew they would be great... and they always were! This was Finding Nemo- The Musical! So great with fun music! We loved it! After this we headed over to an awesome ride... Expedition Everest- Legend of the Forbidden Mountain! Now that was a great roller coaster ride!
After Randy and I both had the chance to do that, we were off to find the Lion King show. On our way Avery bought one of these ribbons that you can put pins on. She was so excited, she had been looking for this particular ribbon since she saw it on day one at EPCOT.
And this picture of Austin was also on our way to the Lion King show... which was located in Camp Minnie-Mickey.
Randy and I waiting in line for Festival of the Lion King. Ashton fell asleep in line, so I had to hold her through the show.
This was another great show. Lots of music and dancing and acrobats. Very entertaining. Most of the shows you can't take pictures in but they didn't say anything this time. 
Ashton woke up in time to see Pumba. She put her hand out and he gave her five. We were right on the edge and towards the front of our section so we had great seats. Since we made these shows a priority, we seemed to always get great seats!
I think I've mentioned before, but my youngest brother Joe and his wife Lindsay live in Brandon, FL (just outside Tampa). My oldest sister Amy and her husband Todd decided to take their kids on a cruise this year for Christmas, departing out of Port Canaveral. So before they took off, we all met up for dinner!
We thought Benihana's would be a fun place! The kids were so happy to see their Uncle Joe again!
I've already seen pictures of the Jensen's cruise, and it looks like they had so much fun! (It's taken me a while to finally post pictures of our Christmas... I know!)
Joe had to work Thanksgiving this year so he and Lindsay weren't able to join us in Tennessee. We were so glad to be able to see them and catch up! Here they are with our niece, Kaylee.
The next day was Karrington's birthday, so Amy had the restaurant come sing to her. She is now 14!!! I can't believe it!! Here is Kinley, Avery and Karrington waiting patiently for their cook.
Not waiting as patiently was my daughter, Addie! She was just too excited to hang out with her cousin, Kimball!
The kids were very entertained!!
I think Austin has a new career choice!
And he had a couple of assistants come join him to cook for us!
We found a little friend waiting for us at the beach! We had so much fun the day before, we decided to put on our swimsuits and try another gorgeous day at the beach! 
The weather was perfect. And you know me, the kids can't go swim/play until I get a picture of each of them! So here we go... Avery Madisen
Avery went straight back to her job of collecting seashells!
Austin stopped from picking up the frisbee for this snapshot.
We went back to Ron Jon Surf Shop for a couple of beach towels and the kids picked out some sunglasses. I love these glasses on Addie! 
And here is Ashton taking in the sun and fun!
We love this frisbee we bought. It doesn't always go where we want it to... but it goes far!!
Addie was having another race with the water! Looks like she won this time!
Here is Ashton and Addie learning from their dad how to build it!