The World's: Sea & Disney

Five of our vacation days were spent in Orlando so we could go to Sea World and Disney World. Cousin Scotty and Owen liked the stuffed reindeer in the hotel lobby...

Owen is always consulting maps to plan our trips...

Stroller purchase the first day but never again...such as a rip, as you can't bring them into any of the exhibits so we pushed it from stroller parking lot to stroller parking lot..lame...

Sharks!

Wha?

Aunt Debbie and cousin Faith...

This was Woody's favorite show...the walrus and sea lion show...

Hey, do you like spiderman?

This is what Faith & Owen looked like when we went to Sea World two years ago:)

My dad's favorite part of the trip was carrying sleeping Maya around Sea World...

Maya still sings the 'shamu, shamu' song...

Wielding their glow in the dark swords...

@ Legoland...this is a bionicle...

a family w/ dogs...

a giant sea monster...

Maya has some serious force...

Entering D'world...just us four...

My first time on teacups...not as nauseating as I thought they'd be. We also went on the race cars and those too were a lot more fun then I thought they'd be...

Owen's (& Maya's) first roller coaster. They loved it!

We went on it about 5 times in a row...

Maya's favorite was Dumbo...

Owen's was Buzz Lightyear (thank goodness we got the FastPass for this one...kind of not great (fun) for adults)

Owen got a chocolate on the way out and Maya got a massive princess lollipop...

back @ the hotel...

Maya spent a lot of time running down the hallway....

A1A

Just a short drive away from my parents house, up A1A:), is the beautiful central Florida Atlantic coastline. Ahhh, seeing these pictures makes me smile, especially b/c there are several inches of accumulated snow outside my window right now.

The first day we went with my dad...

Next time we met my good friend from Oregon, Sheila, who has since relocated to southern Florida:( We met them in the lobby of their hotel which Ben and Owen turned into a battleground and shot "blasters" @ each other while Sheila and her husband Fernando finished breakfast. Thankfully, we were the only people in the restaurant...

Baby Stella in the background; Maya looking dazzling in the foreground:)

We all got some good running in. Ben is very fast.

Sheila taking a photo of her fam...

Maya would scream in delight as she ran...

Building a sandcastle and moat...

The day before we left we went one more time so Woody could enjoy the coast too...Owen and cousin Faith...

We miss you sunshine and warm air...hope to see you soon...

Home sweet home...

The first item on my to-do list for 2010 is to find a hypnotist. I (still) h-a-t-e flying and am over h-a-t-ing it and I hear hypnotism is an effective strategy. Owen thinks taking off is the coolest thing ever and Maya is somewhat indifferent...I'd take either position.

Anyway, I have over 400 photos from our trip to sunny Florida but I thought I'd start at the end and work my way backwards.

Chilling on the plane from LAX to PDX:

Woody got the row behind us...

The cheerful flight attendants were passing out candy canes to celebrate our Christmas Day flight...

We only had room for one photo on our memory card when we got back home Christmas afternoon.

We had the BEST trip with my side of the family and it was hard to say good bye but we're so happy to be home now:)

two years ago today (12/10/07)

We're heading to Florida tonight; on a red-eye in a few hours.
This is what OM looked like last time they were @ G'pa Hinson's house for Christmas. OMG!
OM are in the tub, I'm downing my second beer to relax and Woody is happy, pacifier-man trying to keep us all calm and excited. He's coming next week.
I'll be blog-free for the next couple of weeks...to all our peeps:
Happy Holidays. We ♥ you!