National Seashore and Dixie

Today we went to Dixie Crossroads in Titusville for lunch. SOOOOOO GOOD. This is a favorite family restaurant and a must when we are in Florida. Here the kids are feeding the fish after lunch.

This was our lunch 2 dozen rock shrimp 1/2 broiled and 1/2 fried. DELICIOUS. The corn fritters are excellent also.

At the restaurant I took Haley to the bathroom. She walked in and said "wow these are fancy"

She really likes the restrooms in Florida, because all the handicapped stalls have their own sinks. She would always tell me, when I come out you know I'm all done because I have my own sink. She was very disappointed with the bathrooms in Georgia, because they didn't have the sinks.

Then onto the national seashore to play at the beach. All of the kids loved it. The water is warm, the waves are small and the riptide is minimal. So they could just play and have a good time. Derek started off loving the sand but then decided he didn't like any of it. But by the time we were leaving he was screaming for daddy to take him into the water and get splashed by the waves just like everyone else.

I was impressed with Isaac he loved the beach and would run into the water as deep as he could and then run back away from the waves. At one point he looks at me and says "I'm really good at this"

A fit derek had at the beach before he decided he liked the water.

The results of said fit.

This is the part Derek loved.

Rock Springs

We started our actual Florida vacation, now that we are done with Disney. We went to Rock Springs. There is a cave where the water comes out of at 72 degress and flows down to the river. You can jump into the water and then float down into the swimming area. There was a shallow beach area where the kids got buried in the sand by Kevin and Aunt Lisa. Haley's favorite part was wrestling with daddy in the water.

Hollywood studios. Our last day at Disney

This was our last day at Disney. we went to Hollywood Studios which used to MGM. We started off by going to Tower of Terror. We had been doing rider switch on all the big kids rides which means Kevin and the kids wait in line, go on the ride, and when their done I get a pass from the attendant and get to go through the fast pass line with the older kids while kevin watches the baby. We were getting ready to go on the ride and Logan was nervous. I told him to go with daddy and I wouldn't make him go on it a second time with me. He then said "How come dadddy always gets to go first, I think you should get to go first so I can make sure I get to go with you." Such a sweet kid.

These pics are from the Honey I shrunk the kids playground. The kids had a blast here, but were hot tired and sweaty when they were done.


We saw several shows, Indian Jones, a stunt car show, the great movie ride. One time when we were in line for a ride they were playing the theme music to Pirates of the Carribean, and Logan starting singing it and kept doing it after it was over. The people in front of us were very impressed with his abilities.

Haley got to go on her first upside down roller coaster, Rockin Roller Coaster. She loved it. It's in the dark so she didn't know it was going to be upside down which i think it was better so she didn't freak out.

Unfortunately Isaac was too small for almost all the rides and he was not happy about it. He started to cry when he couldn't go on Star Tours. Luckily we had picked up fast passes for the Toy Story ride (we picked them up at 11, but couldn't return till 7:50) but it made him really happy and it was a great ride to end our Disney trip on. Unfortunately the car that Haley and Logan were in their guns wouldn't work so they couldn't play and score points, so the attendants let them ride again.

Haley and Logan spent the last of their money from Aunt Lisa. Haley bought pink Mickey Mouse earrings, and Logan bought some star wars action figures.

Disney was definetly Haleys favorite part of the trip. She keeps wanting to go back. gotta admit, I loved it too.

Animal Kingdom

Today we went to the animal Kingdom. It started out hot and miserable, so we decided to give up on the zoo and just do the rides. But first we found a lot of characters that Logan and Haley could get autographs from and get pictures. It was in an air conditioned building so we were fine waiting for them.

We went on the safari ride and it is really cool because you are so close to the animals and they aren't fenced off.

Haley, Kevin and Logan went on a Dinosaur ride so Isaac, Derek and I hung out. It was a pretty scary ride, but the kids decided to be brave and go on it a second time with me.

We also went on a Mt. Everst ride, and every one but Derek and I went on the river rapids ride. We also saw a Live Lion King show that Derek loved. He sang, yelled, clapped, and danced the entire show. The kids were amazed by the guy who twirled fire.

We again closed the park and didn't get home until past bedtimes.

Then to Chevy's for an awesome dinner of flautas. The kids got balloons, Isaac got an orange dinosaur.

Derek gets to sleep in the closet. Here he is one night with his little foot poking out.