Disney Day 5 - Full Marathon and the Alves Clan

Today we woke up again at 3 am to watch Grandpa, Uncle David and Cousin Eric run the Full Marathon. Uncle David got hit with a really bad cold and unfortunatley could not run that day. But, we proceeded to our posts to watch Grandpa and Eric run the 26.2 miles ahead of them. Not only was I excited to watch the run, but I was also counting the hours until Aunt Kristine and Uncle Abel arrived with Andrew and Adelina in tow.

After seeing Grandpa at the 12 mile marker, looking great, we decided to stop for some breakfast at the buffet in the Polyneision Hotel before heading to the finish line. Hailey and Joey had both fallen asleep in the stroller but were woken up by some great friends.







I personally was excited to meet Mary Poppins, who is my all time favorite Disney character. When I told her that Hailey was turning 4 years old the next day, she turned to Hailey and said, "Why, your almost a full hand old". Hailey giggled!!!


Joey just waking up to find Winnie the Pooh next to him. After this he would not take his eyes off the Pooh-Man.



After breakfast it was time to head for the finish line.....



About 10 minutes after seeing Grandpa cross the finish line, my cell phone rang with word that the Alves clan had arrived. We were all so excited to once again be reunited. It was very emotional and we were all happy to see Hailey and Andrew picking up right where they had left off as if no time had passed from the last time they were together.

After a much needed nap the Team headed out to our usual dinner celebration, Benihanna's Restaurant.

Our Disney marathon weekend was officially over......

Now it was time to relax and enjoy the remainder of our trip.