FLORIDA – PART 2

The day after we arrived in Orlando, we woke up early and went to IHOP (there wasn’t one ever around here at the time and so it was a big treat).

The twins after a big IHOP breakfast

 

Then it was off to find something to do.  We weren’t sure what, but we had decided we didn’t want to do the parks or the beach the day after all that driving.  We found a little area outside of Universal Studios that had a few rides.  One was a HUGE swing ride that was so high I would have NEVER gotten on it.  But Brittani and Cody wanted to so off they went.

 

 

 

After that we stumbled upon some alligators and the girls LOVED them.  They seriously wouldn’t let us leave! 

 

 

 

After we DRUG them away from the alligators, we headed home for a quick dip and a little sun tanning at the community pool. 

 

We then got ready and drove (5 MINUTES) to Downtown Disney.  LOVED DOWNTOWN DISNEY.  It was free to get in and there were tons of little shops and restaurants.  We ate dinner at the T-Rex place (exactly like the Rainforest Cafe’ but with dinosaurs).  The kids ALL LOVED IT!  It was kinda pricey, but well worth it if you have little ones that LOVE dinosaurs like we do!  I must have forgotten the camera because I have NO pictures of this :(   .  But I did get a picture of this cool writing in the sky.  We watched him sky write the entire thing as we drove.  So cool!

LONG TIME NO SEE AND FLORIDA VACATION DAY ONE!

Ok so I know it’s been a VERY LONG TIME since I’ve posted and I could come up with tons of excuses as to why, but just suffice to say that I’ve been a little busy with things as of late.

So what have we been up to?  Well for starters our trip to Florida that we won from the TUESDAY BLOG PARTY (I could NEVER thank the townhome owner enough).  OH MY GOSH did we have a BLAST!!  The townhome was BEUATIFUL and 5 minutes from DISNEY!  I swear it was one of THE BEST vacations I’ve ever been on.  The only thing that would have made it better is if it was longer!  (Isn’t that the way it always is though??)

So anyway.. about our trip.  We decided to drive down because for one, I’m still afraid to fly and for two, it would have been too expensive to take all the kids on a plane.  So it was a long drive from PA but we did it ALL in ONE day.  Sooo much better than taking 2 days from our vacation to be in the car.  All the kids did great!  Even the girls!  Well ok.. the girls did have a few breakdowns but a stop at Wal-mart for a couple Dora videos and all was well again.  :)

 

There were plenty of beautiful views along the way though!

 

My mom and dad (who left a day earlier than us to drive down) arrived at the townhouse about an hour before us and when we finally arrived, we ordered some dinner, then all went to bed.  We were EXHAUSTED!

 

STAY TUNED FOR DAY TWO!!

AND THE WINNER IS.....

'Shaken, not stirred' from Honest to Blog

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CONGRATULATIONS!!

And a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone

who entered the Tuesday Blog Party!

TUESDAY BLOG PARTY!

From now until May 12th, I am holding this give-away to help benefit the Tuesday Fiona Whitt Foundation.

Tuesday was the beautiful twin daughter of my dear friend Jessica Kate who bravely fought and sadly lost her 8 month battle with stage 4 neuroblastoma in January of this year. My friends and I from Jess' multiples group have decided to put together an annual blog party to help raise funds to fight pediatric cancer, specifically neuroblastoma, as it is the least funded of ALL cancers yet one of the most fatal. :(

I am auctioning off YOUR CHOICE of ONE of these beautiful items!!

Ladies' black PEDIATRIC CANCER AWARENESS shirt (sizes S - XL)

OR

TUESDAY CERAMIC MUG

OR

TUESDAY TRAVEL MUG

All you have to do to enter to win this auction is simply leave me a comment letting me know you are interested in winning one of these awesome items and then, be sure to donate $1 to the Tuesday Fiona Whitt Foundation. You will not be entered into this auction unless you donate the $1.



Also, head on over to the Tuesday Blog Party to see what other fantastic items are being auctioned off by clicking the image below.



There are lots of great auctions going on and all it costs is one dollar to enter each one.

If you would like to make one donation, instead of many individual donations, please feel free to donate however is easiest for you. If you end up donating $10, but only find 5 auctions you are interested in, you can use those additional dollars as additional entries :)

Thank you so much for supporting a great cause and remember to have fun!

Good luck!

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Check out this giveaway for an awesome stroller!
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BRITTANI’S FIRST VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT

Brittani has been playing volleyball for the school since 7th grade, but this year we put her in a league.  She loves it and even though they didn’t do well at the tournament, she still had a great time and got lots of experience. 

    

SUPERBOWL 2009

I’m sure you all know this by now but I’m gonna say it anyway…

THE STEELERS WON THE

SUPERBOWL!!

Anyway.. we didn’t really do anything special.  Jeff had Stephanie over and we made a bunch of appetizers and goodies to eat.  Totally disturbed the neighborhood with our screaming though!