A spring get-together at Disney World

Kathy and Ted and their now-widely-scattered children convened at Disney World last week for a spring-break vacation together. Above, they head to dinner on the night of their arrival, March 18.

Genevieve writes: "We stayed in Disney World's Animal Kingdom Lodge for six nights, and spent five days in the parks. We really enjoyed seeing the animals at our hotel up close - especially the giraffes and zebras! John took this picture of a giraffe from the hallway of our hotel.
"We visited Epcot, the Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom and Disney's Hollywood Studios during our trip. The weather was great the whole trip and we spent many afternoons at the pool at our hotel. At night we saw fireworks displays at the Magic Kingdom or Epcot.

"Our visit coincided with the annual Epcot Flower Show, so we got to see a lot of beautiful topiaries of Disney characters!

"This picture of the four 'kids' was taken in the Moroccan pavilion of the World Showcase in Epcot.
"Here's a photo of Dad, Vivien, John and Patrick on the Expedition Everest roller coaster. They are the last four people on the train. It was probably our favorite ride of the trip. Pat and John rode it four times, Vivien rode it three, Genevieve rode it two, and Dad rode it once. (We didn't tell him in advance that it goes backwards!)"

See more photos in the album Disney-March 2012

The week provided a great opportunity for the family to get together, as Kathy was on spring break from teaching at School of the Holy Child in Rye and Patrick was on spring break from Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. Genevieve and John flew in from California and Vivien from Chicago. At the end of the week, everyone got home safe and sound.