We missed the snow!

I have lived in Georgia since 1979, and I can probably count on one hand the amount of times that we have had "playable" snow! Two Fridays ago when we were on winter break from school, Georgia had one of the best snowfalls ever and guess where we were... in Florida!
So we missed the winter wonderland that is oh so rare to Georgia, but we had a really great family vacation.

We played in Downtown Disney...

(Racing cars at the Lego store.)


(Breaking cool rocks at the T-Rex Cafe.)


(Enjoying lunch at the Rainforest Cafe.)


(They also had some great entertainment throughout the day, even though it was so cold. And hey mom, we found you a band to play in!! :) They were really so good!)


(And what's a vacation without a great bubble bath!)


We had a Happy Valentine's Day...

(with chocolate chip, strawberry cream cheese, strawberry syrup, banana waffles!)




(We even had a fun dinner and treats too, but I guess we were too hungry for pictures!)

We swam with the manatee in Crystal River...



(Karlee getting anxious.)


(Kyler was the first one in.)


(After he got in a manatee swam right under him. He said, "Umm,that was a little scary!")


(Layne and Karlee were not so sure about the cold water, so they took their time getting in. Kenzie got in, then got right back out and had to psyche herself up to get back in the water again. It was funny!)


(Oh, did I say "we" swam with the manatee - no, no - Kavan and I manned the boat)


(and ate our lunch! There were so many manatee swimming around we were just fine staying dry!)


(After about an hour, Kyler and Karlee decided they were pretty cold and needed to try to get warm!)


(Layne and Kenzie were not done and went back out to play! They had such a great time! You can see some of the manatee with them in this picture! They even found one that really wanted to play and be rubbed on the tummy and fins!)


And We explored Epcot...



(We accomplished a Kim Possible mission in Norway!)


(Loved Mexico - and the food smelled so good! We tried to taste some different foods from the different countries - I liked China (pot stickers) and Morocco best - and I think the kids liked these chocolate wafer type cookies from Germany the best!)



(The girls loved China - wonder why?)


(I got picked to play "Edna" in Romeo and Edna - kind of embarrassing, but funny!)



(Loved the fish ponds in Japan.)


(Found Mary Poppins in the United Kingdom where Layne enjoyed some fish and chips.)


(And this was the last and one of the coolest rides of the day! We were lucky enough to get one of the last fast passes offered for this ride - as it had over a 2 hour wait for most of the day - so at 8:05pm we were able to get in line and it was AWESOME, and it was done just in time to see the fireworks!)


We had a great time together, and if you ask Kavan what was the best he'll tell you, "...flying to Mars!" Rides, imagination, good food, and lots of great fun! :)