Florida Days

Sandcastle extraordinaire!

We have had the delight and privilege of going to Florida a number of times over the years with our family. We go in March and meet up with lots of family and friends from Canada. The week we spend in Kissimmee is Jeff's favorite week of the whole year! Last year Gosling #5 was due during Florida week so we were not able to go. So, this March was looked forward to even more eagerly than normal.

Celtic boys

 We heard about an auto train that we could take from Washington D.C. to Orlando. We bought tickets and talked excitedly about our first train ride. Three weeks before our day of departure, Jeff started to rethink the train. It would be a long trip, 10 hours of driving, 17 hours on the train and then another hour to our resort. Jeff has always wanted to drive to Florida, just to see what it would be like. He was able to get a full refund on the train tickets and for about a day, we talked about driving.

Jeff's hobby from about October til the night before we leave is to check flight prices online. He found direct flights for a great price and asked me if I would be willing to fly. I just laughed and said that what ever way he chose to get us to Florida, I would go with him. So we flew. Three hours. Nice. The kids all traveled very well.

Buddies

Our week was fantastic ( and lovely :-))! We spent loads of time with my parents and aunt and uncle. The kids each had at least one cousin their own age there. The weather was perfect. We swam, played in the sand, soaked up the sun, and relaxed. It went way too fast!

Done!!

Silly baby

Em and JJ

Opa and Oma

Summer

We even went to a Disney park! We never have before, and didn't really plan to this year either. But that is a story for another post.