Day 1

 We started our day with a trip to Aunt C's Office.  Here are the kids checking to make sure the Alligator that lives in the pond didn't come after us.

 Karly would not walk in the parking lot.  She really didn't want to be anywhere close to where the alligator could be

 Here is where we had to sign in so C could walk us around her building

 Kdub about came unglued when she saw that Aunt C's break room has lemonade on tap!  (I am pretty sure I would be a frequent there to the Diet Coke and probably put in a request for Diet Dr. Pepper if that were my building)

Karly could get used to this!

After we finished our tour of the office C took us to SeaWorld!

  JP & Kdub are ready to go

We got there just in time to catch the Shamu show One Ocean.  The kids loved the parts where other people got splashed :). 

Cousin AJ got to meet us at SeaWorld after school today.  Here we are checking out the momma and baby dolphins

 Touching the sting rays with cousin AJ

 "I am NOT touching those"

My animal lover did not want to stop hugging this dolphin

 Waiting in line to feed the dolphins

 If you can't tell JP liked to watch but wanted noting to do with touching the dead fish or the dolphins.  That is a lot of teeth coming at you.

 

 Next stop the sea otter show.

 The kids (and grown ups) got a lot of giggles out of this show.

The kids got me and Aunt C to ride the whale roller coaster with them. 

We're Going to Florida

We have been planning a surprise trip to Florida since we found out P's sister and family

were moving here. 

 Finishing up our packing after the kids went to bed the night before we leave. 

We picked the kids up from school on Wednesday and told them we heard about this fun hotel that has a nice indoor pool and we thought it would be fun to take them to have a sleepover.  They were so excited.

After swimming daddy treated the kids to a treat from the vending machine while I set up the sweet puzzle that told the kids what our vacation was really about.

The kids had no clue what we were up to.  So much so that they wanted to finish their snacks before they started working on the puzzle! 

Super tired but excited kids waiting to get on our first plane.

 

 Few everyone got a little nap on the second plane.  It was a very early morning for us, even with the overnight in the hotel by the airport.

JP saw this picture and said "wait, I didn't sleep on the plane"  :)

Kdub and I watched a little movie to make the time go by on the plane.

Headed to get our suitcases

JP was such a big helper.  He got his suitcase and Karly's off the baggage claim.

 Everyone was so excited to get to the D's house.  Aunt C even had some special gifts for the kids.

Sweet new Mickey camo hat

 Kdub loves her new Minnie