Monday, September 5, 2011

Vacation Day 1


Lincoln is all smiles in Branson!
Brandon and I woke up bright and early Friday August 26, for different reasons. He had to go to work for a phone trial and last minute end of the month work, and I had to wake up to finish packing the family up for our flight to ORLANDO!!!

We were so excited about this day for many reasons. It was the start to our first ever family vacation, the boys were getting to see and fly on an airplane for the first time ever, Brandon and I were headed back to the same resort that we went to for our honeymoon, we were possibly taking the boys to Disney World, and most importantly... RELAXATION!!!
Lincoln and Momma hanging out before boarding the plane

Somewhere between Missouri and Georgia!

Anyway, Greyson was up and dressed before my feet hit the floor. He was so excited about the day. They had known about vacation and flying since the day I booked the trip. Soon there after the twins were up and before I realized it my dad was here with breakfast. I finished getting ready, making sure everything was taken care of and then Brandon came in and did a second check, changed into his travel clothes and then we loaded up the car. It was an exciting trip to Branson, and even more exciting as we pulled into the airport. The part that I thought would be the most stressful ( security and check in) only took us about 20 minutes. I was shocked! The airport wasn't that full, so we didn't even have to be that stressed about the boys looking around and asking a million questions like they do. We waited anxiously for our turn to board the plane. Once we were finally on board, we were hit with a little bit of disappointment. We were seated in the very back row. It doesn't bother Brandon or I where we sit, but on the very last row- there were no windows. No way for our boys to see what the world looks like from 30,000 feet up in the air. Luckily, the sweet flight attendant overheard us telling the boys maybe next time, and she took it upon herself to ask people to switch us seats. Five people were sweet enough to switch us seats so that the boys could see and experience their first flight. We were all elated.

Daniel and his puppy waiting to board

The flight went well. I had packed snacks since we would be landing in Atlanta for a layover a little bit after our normal lunch time. But that didn't hold the boys over and Brandon and myself were both starving. We navigated our way to a food place and grabbed a quick bite of lunch and then headed back to the gate for round 2. We switched up who sat where and crossed our fingers that the boys would take a short nap on the plane.

Greyson and Giraffey

We finally landed in Orlando, and after a little bit of a wait on the runway we were finally taxied to our gate. We made our way with the massive amount of people to get our luggage and then to the tram to take us to the rental car place. It seriously felt like we were in a massive school of fish. The boys did EXCELLENT. They were great listeners and great travelers. I couldn't have asked for better behaved kiddos.
After getting the rental van and getting on the highway, we made our 30 minute drive to Kissimmee to our AWESOME condo. When I called and booked the vacation, I was lucky enough to be able to book the same resort that Brandon and I stayed at for our honeymoon. This resort is awesome, and I was so excited to get to go back. We finally got checked in at the resort, got to our room, unpacked and rested for 45 minutes, and then headed out to grab a bite of dinner. This is where we all started to hit a wall. It was almost 7 pm in Orlando, which is WAY past dinner time for us. We were tired and hungry and it seemed like dinner was taking forever. The worse part is Brandon and I knew that we still needed to make a quick stop at the grocery store before going back to the room. Luckily the restaurant and the grocery store were both at the entrance to the condo, so we literally drove less than a mile from the room.
We finally got back, got our jammies on, and settled in to watch a little bit of tv. Heather and her family (Brandon's sister), were on there way from Southern Georgia to meet us and spend the day with us. We checked in to see where they were, and headed to bed. All in all is was a great way to start out our first vacation!
Brandon and Daniel
Greyson and his giraffe
Lincon got a window seat!

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