Tuesday, May 25, 2010

FLORIDA

My brother Jonathan graduated from the University of Florida Law School on May 14. To help him celebrate and to have a little family vacation, we all headed to Florida (a HUGE thanks to my family- especially my parents who made it possible for us to go). We spent the first day in Disneyworld Magic Kingdom. The 2nd day in Animal Kingdom- and later Downtown Disney- for shopping and dinner. We had so much fun, the kids loved it- and with as many bodies as there were- things actually ran quite smoothly.



all the Princesses (it appears that a few of us had the same "leggings" outfit idea-I guess great minds think alike!)




Collins FAVORITE- meeting Buzz Lightyear


It's serious business killing those aliens....



What kind of photographer would cut off Turks head!?! Seriously!

The third day was Jonathan's graduation up in Gainsville. We originally thought that he could only get tickets for my parents and Bree-so they drove up to the ceremony and we spent the day at Smyrna Beach. It later came out that we all could have gone- but Jonathan didn't want to make us sit at his graduation- so he kept that to himself- talk about selflessness!


The kids LOVED the beach- especially Collin. He loved it when the waves would crash into him. He would have either Mike or one of his uncles take him out as far as they could go.

Funny/not so funny story- Later that night at dinner- Bree and Jonathan informed us that Smyrna Beach is actually the #2 beach for shark attacks......and that most attacks take place in 3 feet of water.....AWESOME









With the weight of the water- Collin couldn't keep his trunks up!



The last launch of the shuttle Atlantis happened to be the same day- and our beach was close by. Mike and Ryan tried to drive and get closer- but the rest of us stayed back. Even though we weren't as close- it was still awesome to see it all happen. When it launched, I was actually nursing Owen- so I missed the really good shots- but these'll just have to do!




Later that night we all went to dinner to celebrate -



The last day we spent taking family pictures (in a later post) and then before our flights took off we all went the the largest McDonalds in the world. It didn't just have the normal food- it also had this gourmet stuff as well. It was 2 levels and had a ton of stuff to do.....






It was a pretty quick trip-and it went so fast- but I love the fun we had the memories we made-

Congratulations- Jonathan- we are so proud of you- we know you will always be successful- you just have it in you-

This has been a big year for people in our family graduating.......Jonathan with his law degree,Ryan with his masters, Marissa getting her bachelors and Cassie graduating highschool! Congratulations guys- we love you!

Next year- it's our turn :)Hallelujah! and Steph and Cameron getting their bachelors!)

2 comments:

SummerV said...

It's fun to see what you've been up to. I've been checking your blog to see when you got back and what you did all that time away. The kids are adorable. I am so glad you had such a fun trip! You look great!

Bree said...

Love the sand picture at the top totally want to copy cat you! Don't worry I won't... until you take yours off anyway ;)

You got some great pics it made me super sad to see that post and be reminded how much fun we had and that it really is over. Who knows when we will ever do something like that again.

Good thing Steph's head is there in the family picture at dinner or we would have all got a nice crotch (sp?) shot of Addi.

So sad it is over :(