Vacation 2010

After 10 days, 3000 driving miles, 6 states and so many memories we are finally home. If you know me, home is my favorite place to be. Our trip was excellent and we were so excited to get started and I have to admit I didn't get all that homesick! After loading up the van we headed out about 6 a.m. to drive for many hours to my sil in NC. We got there late that night (the traffic there is nuts!) and unloaded, took baths and went to bed. We stayed there for 3 days and on Sunday went to their church they just took pastoral leadership over. A great spirit there!

Our kids had church of their own on Saturday night.

After church it was time to go on the road again. Savannah, Ga here we come. Only for a night though, Embassy Suites are very nice, then back up and on the road again. Destination: Orlando. My husband had business there so that is why we went. We stayed at the Gaylord Palms for 3 days. They have a very kid friendly pool there. I don't know why more hotels don't do that. They also had a very nice putt-putt course. Highly recommended hotel stay. The second night we went to downtown Disney for my nephews birthday dinner.
We ate at a Prehistoric restaurant in the ice room. If you don't know, Disney is all about what ever you want. Jersey's dinner came late so when the waitress asked if there is anything else you want, Jerusa said she was still hungry. They brought another chicken dinner out for free! Oh Boy! haha
After dinner it was back to the heat of the outside. Too hot to go to any parks. Have you ever been to Disney in July? Don't! The asphalt burns your feet off. But we had to hit the Lego store, this was my boys mandatory request(kinda an oxymoron huh). Easy enough! They spent all their dough here.

After this hotel we went to Innisbrook Resort for a few days so the golfing and relaxing could get done.
Us girls also went and had a pedicure! A first for my girls and my niece. It was wonderful! I could get used to that.

Then it was time to say our goodbyes. My sil and her family(which also has 5 kids btw) had to get back home. We went to Tampa for a night to enjoy a Yankee game. Or so we thought until we looked on stubhub and saw that they were all sold out!! This can't be. We have been there several times and there is never anyone there. So now, we have to try to scalp 7 tickets! We got dressed, parked and said a prayer. After over an hour of trying my husband and the boys tromp up to the ticket booth. The lady says "I'm sorry, we are sold out". The lady next to her says "Wait a minute, 7 tickets just came available". SOLD! In we go and we had a great time. The crowd was so amped and the extras there were great for the kids. They have several batting stations, a painted field to play on, places to by a personalized bat, jersey, get a baseball card made of you and it's all air conditioned. This was a highlight of our trip.