Florida

Hey, so much excitement and I haven't even blogged about our Florida Vacation!! Since we HAD to be in Florida anyway, we decided to tack on a few extra days and get in some vacation time! Since we drove down we did make the most of our 17ish hours in the van! The kiddos didn't seem to get too stir crazy thanks to the dvd player, ipods and the Nintendo DS. Yeah, we did actually play some "real" games and had a lot of fun on the walkie talkies too. Man, I remember vacationing as a kid and all I had was a coloring book and a box of crayons! :)

We made it to Macon, Georgia on Christmas Day. We stayed at Macon Wesleyan Church...actually camped out in the sanctuary for the night! Mark Atkinson is the pastor there...he is also a very good friend of ours! Mark (my youth pastor) and Ronda took an interest in us when we were teens and played a very important role in our lives.

My Bed...it was actually pretty comfy!

Mark, Anthony and Chi Atkinson...David and Daniel Hill (Wesley is also hidden in the picture)

Jaye, Tiffany (Atkinson) Hilty and Jess

We made it to Orlando on the 26th just in enough time for some pizza and to crash in the comfy hotel bed!!

View from our hotel window

Before our work began on the 27th we went to the Ripleys Museum. Check it out here, it was really cool.

After the convention was over on the 31st, the teens left to go home...We left to go to Cocoa Beach!!

Kent, Angie and Meredith Santee

We spent New Years Eve eating and playing games in Pastor Steve and Cheri's suite. How beautiful to watch all the fireworks over Orlando when midnight approached. You could even see the ones from Magic Kingdom. They actually did a countdown to midnight...the fireworks were numbers counting from 10 to 1...I was really impressed!

Okay, enough for now...I'll blog later about Walt Disney World "where all your dreams come true"...especially if you have a credit card in your pocket!! :)