The Sunshine State

For part of our Family's Christmas this year, we decided that going on a trip and making memories together was something we wanted to focus on instead of getting the kids a bunch of toys that they would get sick of with in a few hours. On Christmas morning the kids found their own luggage under the tree, as well as, some other treasures that I made for them- Disney Shirts, Autograph books and their own Minnie and Mickey Mouse. The kids were so excited and started to count down until our trip. Mark and I were also excited too! We were looking forward to going back to were we honeymooned 8 years ago! Our trip truly couldn't come fast enough!!!

After two weeks of waiting the day finally came!!

On Sunday January 15th, we woke up and headed to the airport bright and early (around 4:30 am). We had to be there two hours early to check in. The kids did great and enjoyed rolling their luggage through the terminal. We got lots of compliments on how cute they were with their luggage, I wish that I would've taken a picture but was a little drowsy and was more focused on getting all our crap  stuff checked in! :)

The kids were so excited to fly and they were troopers and did great on the flights. Me, however, I didn't fare so well for I have never really liked flying and tend to get incredibly motion sick. On our flight into Denver, we hit some pretty bad turbulence and I got really sick!! In fact, I threw up a couple of times(thank goodness for those barf bags). I was sitting next to Kaleb during the whole thing and while I was throwing up he said, "Mom, this is so cool!" He loved the turbulence and the bouncing to and fro. I laugh now at the whole experience but I really was not feeling well. After we landed in Denver, Colorado Mark went over and bought me some Dramamine. I felt better instantly and our flight from Denver to Florida was much better!

On Sunday night after we arrived in Florida, we needed some food and some odds and ends so we headed to Wal-Mart, then we just went back to our room to relax the rest of the night. The kids and Mark and I were exhausted!

On Monday we spent time at Sea World, Tuesday and Wednesday at the Magic Kingdom and Thursday at the Animal Kingdom. On Friday our flight wasn't til 5 so we took it easy and slept in and then headed to enjoy the pools, water slides and the sunshine at our hotel. It was so nice to be able to sit in the sun and bask in the warmth. I love Florida and love the warm weather, the palm trees, how green everything is!! It truly is a beautiful state! We really had a wonderful time spending time together as a family!! I hope the kids remember our trip for years to come!

* In stead of doing one long post about our trip I am going to break it up into different posts!