Yearly photo shoot and park time

Florida randoms

little guy

suntanning

pre dinner light and warmth

First slide ride

hook and ring game.  I nailed it on the first try.  Epic.

toothy

standing

He climbed all the way up the stairs onto the playground.

sisters with a different skin tone

tiny metal hotel crib with homemade towel bumpers 

Indoor skydiving

I don't quite remember how we ever decided we wanted to do this, but Paige had been mentioning it for months as the #1 thing she wanted to do in Orlando.  Pretty sure she changed her tune after actually doing it. 

Rose

Paige

The girls were actually quite scared but Paige actually took her second turn without a word.  Rose didn't want to do her second turn so my "flight" was extended.  I actually found it slightly scary....and nauseating.  The instructor took me way up and we circled around...and around...and around.  blech.

Mike is eager to do it again in order to improve and become more of an expert, as he is want to do at these sorts of things.

We ordered the photos of the girls only, as ours looked weird.  The other photos of Rose had her super scared face and it was so sad.  What brave girls for trying something so crazy.  We also have a video.

Epcot

Although we were "slightly" Disney'd out by the end of week one, we still had days left on our pass and decided to use up another day.  I checked a crown calendar and although the week was marked as a red "danger" day at Disney, Epcot was supposed to be a less busy option.  We have never been in Florida the third week of February before, but that is when Spring Break kicks in and makes it get disgusting.  

Although we weren't too keen to do massive lineups, we forced the kids to tour through the world showcase where we did precisely 1 ride.  We were able to do a secret mission with an old cell phone though, which was fun for Paige.  It was nice to get exercise, and bask in the sun while avoiding the crowds that were in the main part of Epcot.  I missed going on Soaring though. 

Secret mission

In Mexico

old cell phone

My prerequisite for the day was that we had to have a pint of beer in Germany.  Boy was it a lot of beer on an empty stomach.

Sushi in Japan

Cousin time!

It was so sad to say goodbye to everyone :(

The St. Albert contingent went home at the end of the first week.  Not sure why we couldn't have just waited out the rest of the winter at the hotel....?

The 3 girls had a great time playing together, and it was so nice to have a family vacation for the first time.  It was hard to get used to not having the giant group around.  Not to mention sad that the 2 rooms surrounding ours weren't occupied by family anymore.

Thanks for coming everyone!

Some scenes from some wonderful weather!

We really did have beautiful weather.  I only remember being cold about 1 time.

Downtown Disney

A little shopping at Downtown Disney, followed by the required lunch at Earl of Sandwich...mmm sandwiches and beer.  Rose was in a real hiked up socks phase when we were in Orlando.  Notice the socks in the last photo.  Sometimes she would stop to adjust them approximately once every minute.