We were so fortunate to have a two week summer vacation this year. It was great! I hope to post lots of details and pictures soon, but I'm having problems getting pictures from my phone to computer. Here's the summary:
We left on July 4 (unfortunately missing the Marietta parade which ACCA participated in) and drove to Lakeland. We spent the night and spent about half of Saturday at Legoland. It was so fun! It was also ridiculously hot but hey, it was central Florida in July. What do you expect?
When we had our Lego fill, we headed south to Ft Lauderdale. We took it easy and had room service for dinner. On Sunday morning, we enjoyed breakfast and Wimbledon before heading to one of my favorite lunches:
Bubba Gumps! Love it! From there it was time to head to the port. We were so excited for a week's cruise on Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas. It was pretty spectacular. We cruised to Nassau, St Thomas/St John and St Maarten. These places were so beautiful! We went snorkeling, on a semi-sub, shopping and touring there. On our days at sea we enjoyed a carousel, shows (broadway style, ice skating and water theatre ones), mini golf, ping pong, movies, fun food treats, parades and face painting. The kids loved going to kids camp too. Lily even said her favorite part of the cruise was making new friends. We all had a blast! It is impossible to show the whole trip here, but here's a few pictures.
It was fantastic! When we docked back in Florida, we drove a few hours up to New Smyrna Beach for my family's annual vacation. My parents, Liz and my cousins were already there enjoying the sun. We joined right in and had a great week with family. On Wednesday, our cousins Emily and Kate drove over from Lakeland to spend the day with us too which was great. We don't get to spend nearly enough time with them since we live so far apart. Here's a fun picture from that relaxing week.
We had looked forward to these two weeks for awhile. I'll fill in more details later, but until then, know it was lots of fun!
