The Drive

See we made it, everyone's smiling and happy!

We decided in order for us to be able to afford a trip to FL and be able to do the things that we wanted to do on vacation that we needed to drive......well we've never driven before so we were all pretty concerned about how long we'd be in the car.  I think due to the fact that we were so concerned we were all pretty shocked when it was pretty enjoyable.  I think if it were something we did all the time it would've been miserable but I actually had a great time and think we'll definitely do it again.

Sarah in Tennessee, so beautiful!

 

Beautiful Tennessee

Early in the morning on Day 2 in the car, a lot of naps.

Scooby Doo building, is it supposed to look like Scooby Doo

 or am I crazy?

Another first for the kids, Chick-fil-A.  Thankfully they love it just as much as I do.  We stopped there on the way home too.

Thank God for games, snacks, and ipod/iphones

I can't say enough how great the kids were.  I know they're older and should be good but honestly I was worried that they would get a little crazy.  On the way there we didn't hear one time, "are we there yet?" 

Definitely not every year for spring break but I can see us doing more car traveling in our future. 

Vacation Pictures

A couple vacation pictures. I've been needing to blog but haven't been motivated to do it.  I'm hoping to do a day to day blog about our week in Fl.  Mainly so I can remember what we did each day.  

Stay tuned.....

On our way there!  I've always wanted to stop at the FL welcome center for FREE JUICE!!

The girls at Epcot!

Our first night in Hudson at Sams Beach Club.

Jacobs favorite day, living it up springbreak style in Clearwater Beach.

We love the convertible

Island Livin

Snow

 I can't take it anymore.

I want it to stop.

It's not pretty, its not fun.

I'm sick of having wet feet and cold hands.

I took this picture while at a complete stop in the middle of a busy road.  Some idiot had pulled out in front of a bunch of cars and everyone came to a complete stop.  

We easily have 2 ft of snow in our front yard.  You can't even see around the drifts while pulling out of the driveway.  

I was holding onto hope that it was all done that maybe we wouldn't get anymore, then today happened.  It's still snowing.  They say we may get 4-7 inches. 

 

 This picture was taken two or three snowstorms ago.  Back when we could see the deck.  

Poor Tucker can barely walk out off the deck to go to the bathroom.  Luckily he does like it.  He comes in full of snow.  

Yes I hate this winter.  Nicole officially is calling this bull crap.  Time to end it.  Time for some sun.

Its only the middle of February, good Lord.

 

I'm counting down the days till this is my view.  Mom and Terry better be ready for us.  We may never leave.  I just want some sun, some beach, and some warm days. 

Wish us luck.   

Please don't make me go to work tomorrow....

I am so tired I can't believe I am not already in bed.

Just waiting on the load of laundry in the washer to finish so I can put it in the dryer and then go to bed.

I've uploaded all our photos already, including the ones from our photo pass.

I'm really happy with them.

I do look forward to taking the time to edit them, crop them, add some fun borders and get them ordered. 

I've added a few of my favorites.

 

 

This one is of our first day in Tampa.

We had gone to the Tampa Bay Brewing Company and walked around Ybor a little bit.

We were all so happy to be there.

 

This one is from our afternoon at Pine Island.

I said if we lived where mom does, we would go here all the time. 

Small little park with a lot of waterfront.

I bet it does get packed when its officially warm in FL.

We were warm enough to swim but there weren't many people in the water. 

 

And this one is from last night, on the Magical Express to the airport.

So very sad to be leaving....until next time Mickey!!

 

 

If you've read any of the past weeks post I apologize for the spelling, punctuation and any other grammar errors.  I was blogging from my phone and most nights I was just too tired to go back and make corrections.  A few of you are picky about your grammar so I just wanted to throw that out there.  Not that I would even know if you cared since NOBODY ever comments on any of my blogs...

why is that????  haha

Day 2 Hudson

We had a great relaxing morning. Terry bought us yummy donuts from his favorite donut shop, daddy-os.
Terry Jeremy Sarah and Jacob went to the flea market here in town.
Mom and I got ready while they were gone and when they got back we headed out.
Off to see the manatees.
Mom was sure if we went to Jenkins park we would see them. That's where she's seen them before. So we pull up and the gate is closed. Chained closed, who knows why!!! Haha she was so mad.
So we went to the Upper Deck. Drinks and nachos but NO manatees.
We left there and went to pine island. Cute little park! Kids put on suits and swam. Mom and I waded and looked for shells. We did find crabs.
Left there and terry took us the back way home. He stopped at a fishermans pier. Guys were catching fish and all of a sudden Sarah screams "grandma there's a manatee". Supposedly one swam right by us. I'm doubtful. Haha
We made one more stop at bay port inn. There was a good band, more good drinks, and a gator. A real one, in the wild. Just hanging out, kids thought that was super cool.
We left there and came home. Ate dinner, had some yummy shrimp probably too many. Then we got ready for our big day tomorrow.
Finally Disney!!!

Day 1, Hudson

Oh what a day!
Jacob woke us at 458 am cause he was ready to go.
The flight was bumpy. Bumpier then I have ever been on. I was ok with it, Sarah was a little nervous. The lady in front of us was crying eesshhh.
It was great to see mom. We both cried. Her accident made me a little happier than normal to see her.
We went to Ybor to eat at Tampa Bay brewing company. It was so good. My calzone was the size of a football. Jeremy had a beer sampler with about 10 beers on it. I wanted to go there since Jeremy likes craft beers so much. I think he enjoyed it.
We walked around Ybor a little more. Not really a town for kids lol
We drove to moms house. It was equally as good to see terry. He looks good, healthy. We sat and visited for awhile, checked out moms beautiful landscaping.
Then off to Sams beach club. Finally oysters for me, yum. It was cloudy so not a great sunset. Rained a little bit. Took some pictures, got tshirts, saw a dead duck.
Everyone's ready for bed!! Great day!