We're back! And oh, what a time we had. Pat and I keep joking with each other because between the kids and us I think we mention Florida/Orlando/Disney at least 25 times a day. We had such a wonderful time. After being away a week and a half it was definitely hard to make the adjustment back. I still have beach sand spilling out from piles of dirty clothes in my living room. I took almost a thousand pictures.

The kids were READY to go from the beginning. They delighted in the fact that their friends were in school and they were missing out!

Ready to leave for the airport, and SIS SPORTING A NEW 'DO! Shortest her hair has been since she was 2!


In the tram at the airport. The kids were great on the flights. Studs had a little bit of a hard time with his ears the first flight to Atlanta, but we chewed and yawned and were able to relieve it.


Arriving at the Orlando airport. The kids got so ridiculously excited about seeing just the statues that they had in the airport, we couldn't imagine how they were going to act the next day!




We stayed at the Marriott Grande Vista right across from Sea World, just 5 minutes from the Disney parks. What a place!


It was huge, with rooms and condo-like homes like we stayed in. It had a ton of stuff to do on site. NUMEROUS pools, fountains, kid's pools, a Pizza Hut, a candy store, etc... The kids loved their playplace that they had.


We went with Pat's parents and his brother, his wife, and 2 kids. Our place was great because we had a large common area and kitchen. Our room and bathroom off of the common area was large and we also had 2 more wings off of the common area where everyone else had their own spaces. There was a ton of room and it was ideal.


Our favorite was the screened in porch where we spent every night relaxing and enjoying the weather and scenery.


This was the pool, fountains, and hot tub that we used b/c it was right downstairs. We also used the main pool area which was 3 times the size of this!






Awww. Paradise. I was not prepared for the weather and did not pack well. I thought it would be cool so I brought lots of jackets, long sleeves, and jeans. Um, wrong. It hit 80 degrees every single day. We swam every day. We went to the beach. I had no idea it would be so wonderful and luckily we had a washer/dryer in our room so we were able to wash our bathing suits and warm weather clothes!


Sooooo much more to come! : )