Sunday, May 04, 2008

THE SUNSHINE STATE!

We left Salt Lake City airport at 1pm on monday April 14th and arrived in Orlando at 11pm. Our luggage somehow got sent to chicago so we waited only about 45 minutes for it to arrive again. We stayed that night in the Marriot right by the airpot (which I got for SUPER cheap on priceline and now I believe I'm a bit of a hotel snob after staying there!) Heres some pics and I will explain our first week as we go. Don't get too jealous, it was humid there but hey I think its worth it!

Our first stop was seaworld. Kirsten loves animals so I knew this would be a perfect place for her. She loved watching the walrus/otter show, seeing the dolphins, and was a little frightened of the sharks and alligators but once she found out the sharks were behind glass she was fine. You pay for one day of addmission and get a full year free (too bad we live in Utah) so we only did half a day there and headed back the next week. We saw the Shamu show (where I cried twice! First it was the saluting our soldiers that got me, and then just the amazing experiece of shamu and spending such a wonderful time with my little girl) I know total baby!


Kirsten got her face painted like the girls in the whale/dolphin show. She's an exotic princess she says :)

Love Shamu!! Sooo amazing!

Watchin the Seal/walrus/otter show in moms glasses!

Kirsten and the seals!

Enjoyin lunch in the somewhat cold sunshine

11 comments:

ERK, MRK, & GRK said...

Looks like so much fun! I totally cried the first time I saw the show too, it's all good :) You look so good!

Harmony said...

Glad you're back online and had a great trip. Looking forward to more posts.

Marianne Hales Harding said...

So glad to see you are doing well! Your little girls is adorable as always.

Dawn said...

Kirsten is getting so big! She's gorgeous! You sound so happy and I'm so glad for you, you deserve all the happiness ever! :)

The Adamson Chipmunks said...

So much fun! My kids still do the "Shamu, Shamu" chant! I LOVE her face painting! So cute! I miss seeing you around--we need to do a girl's night soon!

Natalie said...

She is so cute and is getting so grown up!

Anonymous said...

Welcome Home! Glad that you guys had a fun trip! Looks like Kirsten had a blast! What a fun mom!

Sarie said...

Seriously. Please tell me you are posting more than this.. like disneyworld, northern florida and the beach? And Piper's sunburn:) We miss you guys already. And Sorry I didn't mention your name! how rude of me to not blog that my good friend Maren and Kirsten graced us with their presence for a few days!!!! Come back!

Sarie said...

by the way, I need your email. email me at smyliejean at yahoo dot com.

Moody Family said...

looks like fun! totally jealous!

lonnyanddeanne said...

Looks like a fun trip! Glad you guys are back- we will be in utah on the 19th and can hopefully see you both. Love you!