Sunny Florida!

January 20-25 we went to Florida to visit our friends Steve and Judy Maehl. We flew down with Jason, Steve's brother. Andy, Steve and Jason are all best friends and have been for years now. Two years ago Steve and Judy moved to Orlando and this January was our second time going to visit.

The first day that we arrived we had a nice day dinner, gave the kids baths and played games.

The next day we went to Epcot for the morning and then Magic Kingdom for the rest of the day. Steve and Judy have a friend that is a chef at one of the restaurants in Epcot and he was kind enough to give us free passes! We all love Disney World and all that it has to offer. I think that Andy and I have just as much, if not more, fun then the kids do! Neither of us are a fan of fair rides so we always thought that we would not like Disney but that is Not the case. If you ever have the chance to go you should.

The secomd day we all slept in and then Judy and I went out to Ikea and the mall to shop for awhile. Then we meet up with the boys and the kids to go to another mall. The boys went to see Avatar in 3d while Judey and I took the kids to a play area that is all inflatable. After the boys got out of the movie we all went out to dinner. It was a fun and slightly relaxing day.

The next day we got up and got all the kids packed up to head to the beach! We all stayed in a 4 bedroom condo and a very nice exclusive resort in Palm Coats Beach. Steve is a travel agent and gets amazing deals on places so we were able to stay at a place that we would not other wise be able to. The resort was amazing. Every thing was private including the beach. You acually can not even get into the front desk or on the property with out a reservation. On our way to the resort we stoped at a strawberry pach and pick fresh berries for breakfast! They were amazing. After we got to the resort we went to the beach for a few minutes, to was very windy and cold, and then went swimming. We ended the day with making dinner in the room and playing games.

The fourth day we check out of the resort and headed to St. Augustine. This is the oldest town in the U.S. It was amazing to see and learn all the history of the town. We took a trolly tour of the historic distric that lasted most of the day with the time that we got off the take some more tours. This town really is amazing. You should to some ready about it. We ended the day with a very late lunch on the beach and then drove back to Orlando.

The next day we had to pack up and head to the air port for our long trip home. Owen had gotten sick just before we headed to Florida and Beau got his cold while we were on vacation. The poor little guy had a fever of 102.4 with an ear infection on the way home. He did really well flying even with his ears hurting.

We miss our dear friend so much but really do enjoy our trips to Florida to spend our much missed tiem with them.