Our last full day in Florida was on Saturday. We decided to take it easy and avoid the weekend crowd at the theme parks. Instead we enjoyed a nice morning session at the Orlando Temple.
Stan & Jenny
Jody & Cace
Then we headed off to the East Coast (about 90 minutes away) to Satellite Beach to visit my cousin Matthew and his family, as well as visit the ocean.
Sadly, not all of us made it to our destination. Jody, Cace & Anna were driving in a different car (since we wouldn't all fit legally into one car). When inputting the address into the GPS, they accidentally hit "yes" when it asked if they wanted to avoid toll roads. So they never made it to the freeway and were stuck in stop and go traffic. After we had made it about halfway, Jody called to say they hadn't even left Orlando and weren't coming--we were only going to be able to spend a couple hours there anyway, so at that point, it wouldn't have been worth it.
So we continued on without them and enjoyed a wonderful lunch at Matthew's house. His wife, Amanda, made some divine soup with homemade whole wheat bread, as well as pumpkin bread. She sent the leftovers home with Sara, who promised her free entrance into Disney anytime she wanted. Now we know Sara's weakness. :-)
Then we went to the beach and played around for a bit.
The water wasn't actually that cold, but the breeze was too brisk to take a swim.
If you can't read this one it says "Anna, Jody & Cace (should have been) here."
Stan trying to jump some waves.
Cousin Matthew and his family: Amanda, Daren & Joseph.
I love the power and majesty of the ocean, it truly is one of God's magnificent creations.
Later that night Stan and I went to see Cirque du Soleil's "La Nouba" at Downtown Disney. It was so incredible (and strange).
Of course we had to make one more stop at Ghiradelli's.
Yum! Strawberry Cheesecake & Butter Pecan!
And that's pretty much it. It was a long, exhausting but very entertaining and exciting week. I was definitely missing Miriam those last few days and was quite anxious to get back to her. Although it was reaffirmed to me once again how much of a Daddy's girl she is as she screamed when I tried to take her from Stan the night we got back. Oh well, at least she chooses me when he's not around.
Thanks for joining us on our vacation tour. Until next time (which won't be for awhile),
later dude!
(as Crush would say)
Stan & Jenny
Jody & Cace
Then we headed off to the East Coast (about 90 minutes away) to Satellite Beach to visit my cousin Matthew and his family, as well as visit the ocean.
Sadly, not all of us made it to our destination. Jody, Cace & Anna were driving in a different car (since we wouldn't all fit legally into one car). When inputting the address into the GPS, they accidentally hit "yes" when it asked if they wanted to avoid toll roads. So they never made it to the freeway and were stuck in stop and go traffic. After we had made it about halfway, Jody called to say they hadn't even left Orlando and weren't coming--we were only going to be able to spend a couple hours there anyway, so at that point, it wouldn't have been worth it.
So we continued on without them and enjoyed a wonderful lunch at Matthew's house. His wife, Amanda, made some divine soup with homemade whole wheat bread, as well as pumpkin bread. She sent the leftovers home with Sara, who promised her free entrance into Disney anytime she wanted. Now we know Sara's weakness. :-)
Then we went to the beach and played around for a bit.
The water wasn't actually that cold, but the breeze was too brisk to take a swim.
If you can't read this one it says "Anna, Jody & Cace (should have been) here."
Stan trying to jump some waves.
Cousin Matthew and his family: Amanda, Daren & Joseph.
I love the power and majesty of the ocean, it truly is one of God's magnificent creations.
Later that night Stan and I went to see Cirque du Soleil's "La Nouba" at Downtown Disney. It was so incredible (and strange).
Of course we had to make one more stop at Ghiradelli's.
Yum! Strawberry Cheesecake & Butter Pecan!
And that's pretty much it. It was a long, exhausting but very entertaining and exciting week. I was definitely missing Miriam those last few days and was quite anxious to get back to her. Although it was reaffirmed to me once again how much of a Daddy's girl she is as she screamed when I tried to take her from Stan the night we got back. Oh well, at least she chooses me when he's not around.
Thanks for joining us on our vacation tour. Until next time (which won't be for awhile),
later dude!
(as Crush would say)
No comments:
Post a Comment