Vacation

Ah, yes...vacation. Very few things in life create such an emotional conflict as vacation. It's vacation for which you plan then have everything turn to chaos, when you get to both enjoy and want to strangle your children, when you and your spouse are at each other's throats one moment and hugging the next, and when you're glad you're not at work but sometimes wish you were.

We recently returned from a vacation to Orlando, FL. While there, we visited Disney's Magic Kingdom, MGM, Epcot, and Animal Kingdom, as well as Sea World. All in all, the kids were great and held up well considering the long drive. I only had to threaten their lives once the entire trip.

Suzanne and I enjoyed watching our kids enjoy themselves. Because her parents went along with us, we were able to take Nathanael. He had a blast and was a real trooper. I think Caleb enjoyed the rides...Mission Space and Test Track at Epcot, the river rapids at Animal Kingdom, Star Tours at MGM, and Splash Mountain (his favorite), Big Thunder Mountain, and Space Mountain at Magic Kingdom. Miriam had fun on the rides, too (especially Peter Pan, It's a Small World, and Winnie the Pooh), and she even rode and liked Test Track at Epcot! I think she liked the characters the most. Nathanael's favorite ride was Dumbo (he liked to go up and down in rapid succession!). He also likes to flirt with pretty ladies (young or old). We all got tickled at how he's able to distinguish attractive females from those who aren't.

We've posted pictures from our trip - click the "Family Photo Album" link to the right of this page to see them. We hope you enjoy them almost as much as we did making them!


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