Florida, Baby!!-Day on the Lake

The day that we flew home, we went to the lake with the Hicks Family. Boy, did we have a blast! Their boat was sweet, the kids went tubing, I water skied, Bart surfed behind the boat, Cole surfed and wake-boarded (getting up both ways very quickly), the 3 older girls all went surfing with Brant and Sadie got up on the wake board. I was proud of all of them! The water was so warm, I loved all the moss hanging from the trees, we had a very wind blown picture of us taken in front of Shaquille O'Neil's house, and we just got to relax and enjoy the company. Perfect ending to a perfect trip! Thanks, Hicks Family!

Florida, Baby!!-Animal Kingdom

Animal Kingdom was super fun. The animal variety was amazing and there were some fun rides, along with a safari trip that we took. There was a tree that I'm posting that had animals carved in the trunk. There is a picture of another tree that looks like an upside down tree..roots in the air. I loved it! There was one huge roller coaster that took you frontwards and backwards. Bart only went on it once and got sick...I should've only gone on it once.... :) Brant and three of his kids came with us, which was great! At the end of the day, it was wonderful to head home to the pool!

Florida, Baby!!-Magic Kingdom

For the next two days, we stayed in Magic Kingdom. Wow! I feel like we barely scratched the surface of all you could there. The incredible family we stayed with, sent a couple of their teenage daughters (whom the kids absolutely loved) with us to help with the kids and, let's face it, to ride on the rides with the kids when Bart and I were sick (literally) of riding the rides. I took one look at the tea cups and said no way! :) The first day, we had bought passes for the Not So Scary Halloween Night, which they do twice a week, starting in September, until Halloween. At 7pm, they kick everyone out of the park that didn't buy the special passes and you have the park to yourselves. Lots of trick or treating and very short lines for the rides. It rained off and on that day, but the park didn't close. The kids had a ball, walking around in their costumes trick and treating. On the second day, we did a character dinner with Winnie the Pooh and Friends. At first, Makenna was super freaked out but by the end, she was holding on to the characters leg as they were trying to walk away. Too cute! :)

Florida, Baby!!-The Beach

After landing in Florida, we hit the ground running..heading straight to Cocoa Beach. Hello, warm water! It was SO amazing! The kids loved it....super fun to watch them try to body surf. Everyone got in the water and enjoyed it...even when it started raining.

Florida, Baby!!!

So, after years of talking and planning, we decided to head to Disney World in Florida last week. It was an amazing trip! We didn't tell the kids until the night before we left. :) We had them put a puzzle together that had all the Disney characters, then sent them on a treasure hunt...ending with an envelope in the lap of Minnie, Buzz Light Year and Woody. The letter said to pack their bags, we were heading to Florida in the morning! At first there was silence...then realization hit and the screaming began. Everyone was super excited! We had a fabulous trip! There are SO many pictures, so I'll just post a little at a time....