We have so much fun every year planning and preparing for our summer family vacation!!!
In 2013, we took the kids back to Florida - it is definitely one of our favorites these days. We can fly the whole family there for pretty reasonable - and there is just SO much for the kids to see and do. This year we kept ALL our plans a secret from the kids until we arrived.
We spent our first half of vacation on the beach in Clearwater, FL (with a trip to Legoland in Winterhaven and a trip to the Tampa Bay Bucs Football Stadium) and then wrapped up the second half on Disney at our all time favorite resort - The Beach Club. We had stayed at The Yacht Club before and had an amazing time - and The Beach Club is the other half of the resort and they all share the same pool - which is BY far the amazing part. It has a sand bottom and actual current in parts of it so you can just float. Not to mention the awesome pirate ship slide that we all enjoy every night until closing time (10:30pm). And, did I mention the movies on the 'beach' and bonfire with roasted marshmallows? Oh, and the fireworks at Epcot that you can see from the beach! Need I say more?
On our way!
Tampa Bay Stadium Tour
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| Locker room visit |
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| A view from the pirate ship that shoots off fireworks when the Bucs score |
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| Dad and Dylan tossed around a football on the field - good catch Dylan! |
Legoland
The kids loved Legoland - especially the roller coasters and miniature cities. The roller coasters were just their size because the park was designed for 4-10 year olds. Dylan had me take about 50 pictures (I'm not kidding) of him and Avery in the miniature cities - so I picked a select few to post here.
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| Ms. Avery learning to drive |
Clearwater Beach
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| Winter the Dolphin from Dolphin Tale the movie - we saw the real one too! :) |
DISNEY!!
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| We all had breakfast in Cinderella's Royal Castle. We were sent a personal invitation from Cinderella herself right to our hotel room - along with a brand new dress for Avery to wear to the breakfast 'ball'! :) |
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| Avery's 'royal' invitation |
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| Since everything about our trip was a surprise to the kids - it didn't click that we were at Disney until they saw the 'mickey towel' in the room when we arrived. We somehow managed to distract them when we passed under the huge 'Welcome to Disney World' signs on the way to the hotel. LOL |
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| This is actually a picture from the airport when we left - but I love the expression on her face. Such a cutie pie! |
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