Back to school, Back to school...

Well Phil is officially a Freshman in high school now and Jeff is the big man on campus in 8th grade.  Where oh where did the time go!?

Quick vacation

Well, Phil decided spur of the moment last Wednesday that we were going to take a quick trip to Orlando this past weekend since we both had Friday off.  He used his Delta miles and Marriott points so a lot of the costs were wiped out (thankfully).  We stayed at a gorgeous resort which ended up being a timeshare property.  Luckily we weren't harassed to join in any of their "meetings".

On Friday our flight arrived a little after 10am and we headed straight to Universal's Island of Adventure.  It was HOT to say the least.  We got back to the hotel around 6pm and crashed (which is why you see the pizza hut box in one of the pics below).

Saturday we went to Gatorland where we saw Gators of all sizes (and colors - did you know there are albino gators!?).  There were parrots, emu's, etc.  We paid a bit extra and all got to FEED the alligators (you'll see another picture of those gators below).  We actually got to go inside the fence, right by the water!  That was very cool.  When we got back to the hotel, Jeff and I went to one of the 3 resort pools (picture below) while the Phil's hung out in the room.  I swam for a little bit then sat pool side with none other than a frozen margarita (but of course!).  Then we all got cleaned up and went to High Tide Harry's Seafood restaurant for dinner..YUM!

Sunday we spent the day at SeaWorld.  I have to say that this was my favorite day.  It was still hot as hell but the lines were manageable (when there were lines) and the Shamu show was fantastic.  It was a little nostalgic for me thinking of my parents bringing Robby and I there and now it's come full circle for me bringing my kids there.  Honestly got a little choked up during the show.

Well, we could have spent MUCH more time at SeaWorld but our plane was scheduled out at 7:30 so we had to eat, drop off the rental car, and get to the airport.  Unfortunately, when we got there we had massive thunderstorms so our flight was delayed...hence the "fun times" pic. 

Phil says that during the next trip we'll definitely swim with the dolphins and do the behind the scenes stuff...oh, and go to the water parks!

Well, here are the pics!

This last pic was taken from our screened porched at sunrise..beautiful huh?