Whilrwind!

Another vacation has come and gone. We all sure had a great time this year, especially having the whole family there for the full two weeks. Well, I guess not everybody. Ryan had to do some continuing education in Orlando the first week. But had he not signed up for that, he would not have even been in the same country. So as it happened, his class lasted from 7:30am to 1:00pm and he drove to the beach once his class was out. The girls and I got to spend a couple of days in Orlando with him too. We all caravanned over to Downtown Disney Thursday early evening and ate at Bongos. The food was good but the music was even better! The girls and I stayed with Ryan through Saturday. That was the only time we gotted rained on the entire trip! And man did it pour! On Friday while Ryan was in class we hit the 'quiet' pool and the playground.

Once we got back to our hotel room, the maid was cleaning it so we just sat down by the fountain outside our room.

And played on the hammocks

Then the rain cut loose! It rained most of the rest of the afternoon but by the evening, the girls were able to play at the big pool with the waterslide. They went down the slide for almost 3 hours straight!

Saturday we got to visit with some of our family. We met Grandma and Grandpa Chambers, Aunt Teri, Cathy, Jack, and Cameron at the Rainforest Cafe. We had a great time visiting with them and Cameron is such a cutie! And she's so well behaved and sweet! Ryan figured out that it had been 13 years since he had last seen his cousin Cathy. He doesn't want to let that same amount of time slip by again. My guess is we'll try to visit with them during our annual Florida vacations from here on out. After our lunch the four of us headed back to Daytona to drop Ryan's rental car off. Mom and Dad came and picked us up and we headed to the condo at the beach. We had such an awesome time with our family...even being all bunched together like we were. Alexis got pretty depressed on our last day on the beach, but once I reminded her that she shouldn't ruin her last day by worrying about leaving, she was much better. There's so much more to tell about our fun on the beach, but my mommy duties are calling:)