Florida - Day 1

(3:30am - buzz, buzz, buzz) and so our trip begins. A bright and early start to our day. Grabbed our bags and headed to the airport. Luckily we got up early enough and everything went well. The flight was good, and we landed in Florida around 10:30 am. After picking up our rental car, we cruised over to our condo.

Since the room wasn't ready we had some lunch, and walked around Downtown Disney. Both of the kids had some spending money, and they were ready to spend it the minute we got off the plane. We had to break the news to them that we were going to wait until Thursday to purchase anything, to make sure they had time to select the right items. Zack wanted to buy everything at the huge Lego store!

The kids made some cars to race... Zack won! (but he was still mad that he couldn't buy his Legos...)

After a trip to the grocery store for some food, we were finally settled in. Our condo was very clean, with granite countertops. One king size bed, and bunkbeds for the kids. A nice size for our family.

Our condo was on the 9th floor. The building had a workout room, and a large pool with several small pools and a hot tub.

The view of Lake Bryan was really nice.

By 7pm I was ready for bed... too bad no one else really was! Alan was finishing up his 20 mile (!!) run. The kids really liked the bunk beds - and Zack only fell out once, thankfully when he was on the bottom bunk.

I was glad the day was over, I was exhausted!!

Freeze Daddy's

I think it is so awesome that we have an ice cream stand right near our house!  well, it's not TOO close - we need to ride our bikes for a mile to get there, but close enough that the kids can actually ride there.  It's been a long time since we could actually ride over there because they have been working on the bridge.  For the longest time there was no road, and no bridge, so we just couldn't get there easily.  But now, our passage is open again and the new bridge is even better for the kids to ride over. 

Take me out to the Mud Hens...

One thing I definitely miss about working in the corporate world are the nice perks I used to get.  Granted, I get some nice free stuff at Centaur, but we certainly don't get event tickets like sporting events and parties.  But, all is not lost.  I am very honored to be the recipient of tickets from my generous customer Payak Dubbs Insurance.  Tonight we got tickets to the Mud Hens.  They were great seats!

 We didn't stay for the whole game, but we did last a pretty long time and the kids really liked it. 

Dinner at El Camino Real

We met Grandma and Grandpa for dinner over at El Camino Real.  The kids were definately more interested in the water fountain out on the patio than they were with the actual dinner :)