Thursday: left around 8:30pm for Florida....caravaned down with Dan, who drove Erin and her crew
Friday: got to Mimi's around 1pm....just before a lovely Florida storm hit. After the storm blew over, we went swimming in Mimi's neighborhood pool. Trey and I went down the waterslide 3 times! He loved it!
Saturday: we went canoeing (for the second time) down the Little Manatee River. It was 110 degrees that day! HOT HOT HOT! We did not see any manatees this time, but saw lots of turtles and a 6 ft alligator. Daniel wouldn't let me take the camera...so no pics of this adventure! :(
Sunday: we headed out early to go to Mt. Dora, FL on the way to Orlando. It was kind of like Brown Co. Indiana if you have ever been there. Would have been more enjoyable if it hadn't been so hot (a lot like Saturday). Once we got to Orlando, we went to the hotel and checked in. Our room overlooked the lazy river the hotel had, which was so much fun! The kids loved the pools....they had 3, not including the lazy river!
Monday: we were on our way to Magic Kingdom for Lily's birthday! They were so nice to us....gave Lily a cute button that said Happy Birthday, Lily! She loved having everyone wish her a happy birthday all day. The kids had a blast.....it was around 105 degrees, but we rode the AC rides every so often, so that helped cool us off. We were able to ride a shuttle over to the park, so we came back to the hotel for lunch and birthday, then went back late afternoon. It was a really great day!
Tuesday: we were going to go to Hollywood Studios, but there was a big storm over night and looked like rain all day, we decided to put it off until another day later in the week. We swam at the hotel until time to check out and then went back to Mimi's house. Poppy left from the airport to head back here and then Carol, Katie, the kids, and I went to IKEA while Daniel played golf. I haven't been to an IKEA store in a long time and I could have bought soooo much! I loved it....I did pick up a few things....I couldn't resist, even though we have one fairly close by.
Wednesday: we headed to the beach today and Ellenton to do some outlet shopping. Meghan and I got cute khaki mini skirts (yes it is weird that my almost 12 year old and I can shop in the same store) from the Gap. I got Meg some jeans for $6 at Aeropostale...can't beat that! The beach was really windy, so again, no pictures....Daniel didn't want sand in the camera. :( I had really been hoping to get some cute beach shots....oh well.'
Thursday: we headed back to Disney to go to Hollywood Studios. I stayed with Trey while Katie, Carol, Daniel, Meg, and Lily rode the Tower of Terror. I got a call from Carol saying they were stuck on the top floor and had been for a little while and Lily was freaking out. She was crying and I told her all she could do was wait it out. Come to find out, I think Mimi was more afraid than Lily! Lily came off the ride with a big smile and she said "I didn't even scream!". It was cute! The weather wasn't as hot, but the lines were much longer (smaller park). We rode a lot and watched the Beauty and the Beast show, which I loved! The HSM 3 show was good as were some of the parades with so many of the characters. Trey loved this! He also loved Playhouse Disney....especially Little Einsteins! Who knew....we don't even have cable!...lol.
Friday: we just hung out until we drove BACK to Orlando again to see Aunt Jane and Uncle Jack, along with Mindy, Jim, and their crew. This was one of my favorite days! I just loved hanging out with Mindy and Jim and watching our kids play. Darius and Anthony have gotten so big, as had Mya and Henson. I wish we lived closer to each other!
Saturday: Lily, Trey and I went with Carol and Katie to look at some model homes around the area. Can I just say WOW?! I so want to have one of those houses! We went thru one that was selling for $1 million....yes $1 MILLION. It. Was. Gorgeous! Huge too....4500 sq. ft. I would get lost in a house that big! Not to mention, I would hate to clean it! Afterwards, we picked up Erin and Rori and headed to the mall. Meghan was playing golf with her daddy, Uncle Jimmy, Ethan, and Finley. She was having fun "driving"! We went out to eat to celebrate Katie's upcoming bday and then left around8:30pm. We made better time coming home and got in around 11am Sunday morning.
I have more pictures that I will post later.....enjoy!
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