Hello Sunshine

During summer break we took a quick trip to Florida.  We spent two days in Orlando and two in Daytona Beach. It is so nice to have the Allegiant direct flight into Sanford, FL.  It's an easy 2 hour flight.  We rented a car and drove into Orlando.  We stayed at a resort with a nice pool and lazy river and just hung out our first evening there.  

Our first full day there we rented a cabana by the pool and spent most of the day down there.  The kids loved the lazy river.  In the evening my friend Lisa and her family came by for a visit.  We swam some more and had dinner by the pool. 

All of the kids

Lisa and I with the two little kids

 It was a fun and relaxing day (as relaxing as it can be with three kids by the pool).  

The next morning we had reservations for a character breakfast at the Disney Yacht Club.  The kids enjoyed it, but didn't really get into it.  Nora was all talk and then got a little scared in the beginning when they came close.  By the end she wanted to give them all hugs.

We met Donald Duck

This was her cheese face when no character was around

She still wasn't sure about the characters here and just watched Minnie Mouse in the background

I think Hannah enjoyed it the most


Still no Nora in the picture

She finally warmed up to Goofy and got in the picture


After breakfast we headed to Daytona Beach and spent the afternoon on the beach.  We bought a ball and some sand toys and enjoyed the beach.

The view from our room.  The Lifeguard Championships were going on during our stay.  It was very interesting to watch.

The sun wore everybody out, so we went for an early dinner on the beach and then back to the room.

Nothing better than this view with a Margarita in hand.

The view from our side of the table

And then me and Nora on the other side

This restaurant was great, because we got to sit on the patio while the kids played in the sand.

We spent the next day back at the pool and beach.  Evan made some friends with some teenage boys by the pool and they played with a ball for a long time.  He loved it.  

We went for a little walk along the beach and stopped for a picture at Bubba Gump.

We were all a little hot at this point, so we decided to drive to Public for lunch to get a sub.  We had a little picnic in our hotel room.  We spent the rest of the afternoon back at the beach and watched some of the Lifeguard competitions.

We enjoyed dinner so much the night before that we went to the same place again.  Nice view of the beach, cold beer, good food and the kids were entertained on the beach.  The only negative was that they had to shower again after dinner, because they were rolling in the sand.Ha!

As you can see Nora was covered in sand from head to toe.

Evan wasn't really into the picture taking, so this is all we got

It was a beautiful walk back on the beach and we all discussed how we can make it work and stay an extra few days.......we had to get up very early the next morning to head to the airport

Lots of pictures on our last night on the beach

And ONE family picture

It was a quick, but very fun trip.  We can't wait to go back.