Sunshine and Happiness

Got back on Sunday from Orlando.....such a great time with family, enjoying sunshine and warmer weather (although it was 90 here today on April 1st!).  I always wish that all of our family could live within a couple of hours of each other - love it if everyone lived in the same place....so it's always sad to go home knowing it will most likely be 6 months or so before we see any of them again.

Here are the most important things to know about our trip.....

1.  "How many more hours?" or a similar phrase was heard 32 times on the trip down.
2.  The iPhone is an ESSENTIAL for Jonica during a road trip of more than 3 hours.
3.  The boys are not into negotiating hotel prices after being in a car for almost 12 hours.
4.  Seeing Nana and PaPa is super exciting:

5.  Being able to leave the door open at Nana's is totally confusing to 5 and 7 year olds......they kept going to the door and shutting it (they have a screened in porch so we could leave the door open to let air in).

6.  Never say "I'm not riding Space Mountain ever again" cause you'll probably end up riding it twice because it all of a sudden makes your husband sick to ride it and your children have declared that it's their favorite ride and they HAVE to ride again.

7.  Ice cream was eaten EVERYDAY.....and it was so yummy!
8.  We had freshly squeezed orange juice every morning thanks to our very thoughtful family.
9.  Trying on crazy hats in Downtown Disney with Aunt (they've started calling Aunt Beth just "Aunt") was so much fun.  First sleepover at Aunt Beth's and Uncle Rick's, too - they were very excited about this - kept asking if B and I were going to leave, wanting to make sure they were going to get to stay without us.

10.  Stepped foot in the Lego Store at Downtown Disney at least 20 times......it's so hard to decide what to spend your money on!

11.  Very fun impromptu game of kickball on Nana and Papa's front lawn....B&J vs. Uncle Rick and the boys....must say sorry to PaPa for all of the leaves he's probably raking again this week after the ball kept flying through the trees!

12.  Jim, Susan, Christian and McKenzie brought over an Easter basket full of buckets, shovels, a kite, Pez, all kinds of goodies for the beach and just to have fun - so sweet of them to do that!  The boys were very excited to fly the kite at the beach!

13.  Got to hang out at the beach.  Made a sandcastle.  Had a picnic.  Buried the boys in the sand.  Flew the kite.  Collected precious seashells.  Fun time.

14.  I really thought Brian might lose his lunch when Ethan declared that he was a Gators fan during the week.  But it was when he asked to go see the stadium where the Gators play that I was sure he was being written out of the will!

So much fun, so little time.  Can't wait to go back!