Thursday, October 13, 2011

Family Vacation to Orlando Day 1 & 2

 

We went on our first Family Vacation September 17th-25th to Orlando, FL!!  It was much needed time away from day to day life and a perfect way to spend quality time together!  Grammy and Grampy Whetsel also joined in on the fun!

The kids did better than we thought they would do on the car ride down.  We do not have a DVD player in the van so when they found out that they were going to be watching their favorite shows for hours on end they could have cared less if we ever stopped at all.

First hours in the car in the wee hours of the morning (we left at 4am)!

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Our picnic lunch…we drove out of our way to find a park for the kids to play at for a little while!  When we left we realized we must have taken the long way because it took no time at all to get back to the interstate!  It was still fun and a great way to burn off some energy.

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Its Carter’s turn to drive!

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We spent our first night in Valdosta, Ga and the kids loved exploring the hotel room.

Sitting in cabinets

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And playing in the closet

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The next morning after breakfast they were having a blast going in and out of the doors.  I am sure the hotel staff was happy that we were leaving!

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DAYTONA BEACH

Our first stop on day 2 was the beach!

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First time with our toes in the sand

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Cater loved the ocean and was not afraid at all. He enjoyed playing in the sand just as much.

Lila wanted nothing to do with the water but she enjoyed picking up all of shells along the shore. 

Madelyn warmed up to the water pretty quickly and also loved the sand and shells.

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“Listen here Grampy” I need to pick up these shells pronto.

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Ewww…sand?!??!

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Making sand castles with daddy

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Only to be demolished!

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Grammy, Grampy and the girls

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The girls enjoyed looking for seashells and collecting as many as they could fit into their buckets.

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Carter enjoying the ocean

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Collecting more shells and fun in the sand

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MMMMM….sand is so tasty!!

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I just love this picture!

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A sweet moment between sisters

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Mommy and Madelyn

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Madelyn enjoying the oceans waves

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Carter loving it!!!

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While Lila watch from shore

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We really enjoyed our first time together at the beach!

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We then headed to our final destination…Marriott's Harbour Lake in Orlando FL!!

Our awesome 2 bedroom villa

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Carter thought it was pretty comfortable

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The girls checking out the bedrooms

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Of course this was the first thing that he figured out how to do

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They were so excited about the BIG bed

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And then it was time to get some shut eye for an excited day tomorrow!

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