Florida Vacation, Part 1

After our fun vacation in Oklahoma, we headed to Orlando, Florida to hang out with my mom and dad. We had a fantastic time!!

We stayed at a fabulous resort hotel right in the center of Orlando, literally just a few miles from all the locations we wanted to visit.

I was really excited about having the opportunity to relax by the pool and read my books! I finished two books on this trip. :-)

The hotel had lots of activities going on throughout the day at the poolside, including Bingo, pool races and events for the kids, and scavenger hunts. It was all really entertaining to watch, especially when they had a group of adults come up and play the newly wed game! One day, they hired a caricaturist to draw pictures all day long, so Travis and I asked him to do one for us! It came out pretty good, I think. :-)

We also spent an entire day at Epcot center, a place I vaguely remember from my childhood trip there many years ago.

We took Travis to see the Blue Man Group for the first time at Universal Studios. They never disappoint, and we really enjoyed the show.

Travis and my dad also had the opportunity to go drive race cars at the Richard Petty Driving Experience at Disney World! Each got to drive his own car, and while following a lead car, they were able to do eight laps around the race track, going about 120 mph.

My dad and I also enjoyed some time at the pool together, catering to the needs of the hot pregnant lady. (In case you can't read his shirt, it says "Great Dads Get Promoted to Grandpa!" He's really excited about his first grandchild!)

Another morning, we went out on Lake Toho to do some fishing. Our guide was really fun and knew all the right places to go to catch fish. Each of us caught at least one fish!

This was the giant 8-pound bass that I caught. I really didn't want to hold it...

But after some convincing, they got me to hold it for a few minutes. Everything was fine...

Until it WIGGLED!!!! I thought I was going to drop it out of the boat!!

We had a tasty fish dinner that night!! And, after dinner each night, we played poker to practice for the big poker game that the hotel was having. Travis ended up being the winner of that game, and we got a nice gift certificate that we used for breakfast the next morning.

Stay tuned for part 2....