Dee's Destinations and Detours: Our Kids are Here!

South Beach Grill

I haven't blogged in the last week, but we continue to love Florida. The weather has been a little gloomier and we hadn't planned any day trips, so it was a time of relaxation and getting caught up on office work. One afternoon, we were all getting a little restless so Betty suggested going out for a drink. Well, it ended up being a mini- pub crawl, going to 3 really fun bars. We had a great time!

Sunset Grill

On Friday, Ashley, Chad and Lindsey were arriving in Orlando at 10:00 PM, so Gordy and I decided to go early in the morning and take in Epcot. We had a great time, riding the rides, and enjoying the scenery; but it felt like something was missing-- it was our first time ever at an amusement park without kids!!!

Gordy enjoyed a bratz with sauerkraut in Germany

We actually stayed 9 hours!

Off to the Orlando airport to pick up the kids.

Lindsey & Ashley- (Ashley is hiding behind the pole)

Our first full day with Ashley, Lindsey, and Chad, involved going to DeLeon State for make-it-yourself pancakes at the Sugar Mill. We take all our visitors here. It's Gordy's & my fourth visit here - and we still love it. The kids really enjoyed them too.

Gordy can't believe he's here again!

Walking the grounds, enjoying the scenery.

Then off to Blue Spring State Park to see the Manatees! We never get tired of seeing them. We also got to see an alligator, turtle, and armadillo.

One of 244 manatees at the park today!

On the way home, we stopped at Finn's for a drink.

Then on to Golden Lion for awesome fish and chips.

It was a fun first day. We really enjoy having the kids here.

Today was also a great day. The weather was warm and sunny. Ashley went out for a run, then Chad, Ashley, Lindsey and I went for a walk on the beach. Ran into Betty, Jen, Brian, Reed, Emma & Jillian there.