Florida {Days 1-4}

Well hello!  Long time no see!  I have been MIA from here for about 2 months.  The last couple of months have been crazy busy.  I left my job and have started a new one. I was at my new job for just a couple of days and then we left for Florida.  There is probably SO much I could recap on, but for now I am going to focus on our trip to Disney!  You guys, we had the BEST time!  We were gone for two weeks, so my recap isn't going to be done in one post, because that would just be ridiculously long.  I also won't do a single post for each day...because again that would just take forever to do.  I'll do a few days at a time.  And if you get bored with it, well...then I guess too bad! ha! 

So here we go!  I'll warn you now...these are picture heavy posts!

We left on Friday April 12th.  We left our house shortly after 8:00 am.  We decided to drive rather than fly.  It's quite a drive from Maine to Florida.  We have done this drive two other times, and honestly it's not too bad.  The girls are both great car riders.

My parents also went with us.  They drove my car, and we drove my moms car.  There is much more room in my moms vehicle, so she offered it to us. 

Driving through Hartford, CT.

The first day we drove from Maine to Pennsylvania.  That was about 10 hours in the car.  We stopped for the night in Harrisburg, PA.  We were back on the road Saturday morning a little after 7:00 am.

 The girls traveled SO good.  Emma worked on homework and read a book and Alyx watched some movies we downloaded and colored.

 

 When we got to Virginia is when the when we noticed a huge difference in the weather!  It was SO warm and the trees had beautiful flowers on them.  Such a big difference from the snow and yucky weather we left in Maine.

 

 

 By the time we got to South Carolina, we were all ready to call it a day.  We found a hotel and a Cracker Barrel and had dinner.  The next morning we were on the road by 8:00 am, and we were off to Florida finally!!

Can you see how excited Alyx was!!!

Florida!  We finally made it!!

We checked into our resort.  Since it was Spring break for New England and Easter was the following week, the resort exchanges were slim to pick from.  We stayed at Mystic Dunes.  It was really nice, but we all came to the conclusion that we much prefer the Marriott Resorts.  Our second week we stayed at a Marriott property.

We got settled in, grabbed dinner, went to the BUSIEST Wal-Mart I have ever seen in my entire life, and then the girls finally were able to get in the pool!



Monday we took it easy.  When we plan our Disney vacations, we don't buy our tickets in advance, or pick out our fast passes like a lot of people do.  We take each day, day by day.  We pretty much decide each morning what our plans are for that day. That way, if the girls are exhausted one day, and in cranky moods, we can take the day to relax.  And Monday we did just that.  We spent the entire morning in the pool.

It was so nice to wake up, make coffee and enjoy it outside on the patio.

The girls couldn't wait to get outside and into the pool =)

Brian and I enjoyed some beverages poolside.



That evening we went to Disney's Boardwalk.  We love it there.  It's a fun atmosphere and since we hadn't been to a Disney park yet, it got us into the Disney spirit!

We ordered a pizza and sat out on the Boardwalk over looking the water.

Even the pizza boxes in Disney are cute!

After we ate we walked all around the Boardwalk.

We went into the Yacht & Beach Club Resort and the Easter Eggs were amazing.  They were

all made out of Chocolate.



Disney has some seriously talented employees. 

One of our favorite things at the Boardwalk is watching the entertainers.  They are so much fun to watch.  They have everything from hula-hoop dancers, to magicians. 

Emma was chosen to be a part of this magic show =)

We ended the night with some cotton candy and a milkshake!

There is days 1-4!  Tomorrow I'll be back with more =)