February 8-16 we were able to get away and enjoy a week in Florida. This was the first time Grandma and the kids would get to fly. It was fun to experience this as a family but unfortunately our trip was clouded with sickness throughout the entire week. We decided if we had to be sick we would rather be sick in Florida:)
We were giving a huge gift by a couple from our church. They gifted us a weeks stay in their timeshare, Cypress Point Resort. We had three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a kitchen, laundry room, living room and a screened in porch. We felt spoiled. It was so nice for Grandma Deeren to have her own space. This is a picture of our living room/dining room.
On Wednesday we went to the Magic Kingdom. We started out the day in the pouring rain, had sunshine for a couple hours and it turned cold (about 55 to 60 degrees) about 4pm and stayed that way the whole evening. The forecast the night before was predicting rain in the morning but the sun would come out and the high was 74. They didn't say it would hit 74 and suddenly turn 60 or cooler. Shawny was quite sick with a fever but really, we did enjoy it:)
I think the highlight of our day at Disney was taking Grandma Deeren on a roller coaster. She had misunderstood me, thinking we were taking a train ride. She had no idea it was a roller coaster!!! She had never been on a roller coaster before and had no intentions of starting that day. She was a hoot!!!! I was surprised she was up for such a adventurous ride but was impressed she would try it at her age. I had no idea she didn't know what she was getting herself into. I don't think she will ever trust us again. I held her tight and she did fine.
On Friday we headed over to Clearwater for the day. The weather was in the upper 70's. We took a ride on the Dolphin Encounters day cruse. We watched 2 dolphins play in the wake of our boat for at least 20 minutes. They would jump over and over again. They looked like they were having more fun. What a cool experience. We also walked the gulf coast, picked up sea shells and watched the sun set. It was wonderful!!! I can't wait till summer. We get similar sunsets here, overlooking Lake Michigan.
Again, Shawny was miserable. Poor little guy. Sierra had a ton of fun picking up sea shells.
We were giving a huge gift by a couple from our church. They gifted us a weeks stay in their timeshare, Cypress Point Resort. We had three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a kitchen, laundry room, living room and a screened in porch. We felt spoiled. It was so nice for Grandma Deeren to have her own space. This is a picture of our living room/dining room.On Wednesday we went to the Magic Kingdom. We started out the day in the pouring rain, had sunshine for a couple hours and it turned cold (about 55 to 60 degrees) about 4pm and stayed that way the whole evening. The forecast the night before was predicting rain in the morning but the sun would come out and the high was 74. They didn't say it would hit 74 and suddenly turn 60 or cooler. Shawny was quite sick with a fever but really, we did enjoy it:)
I think the highlight of our day at Disney was taking Grandma Deeren on a roller coaster. She had misunderstood me, thinking we were taking a train ride. She had no idea it was a roller coaster!!! She had never been on a roller coaster before and had no intentions of starting that day. She was a hoot!!!! I was surprised she was up for such a adventurous ride but was impressed she would try it at her age. I had no idea she didn't know what she was getting herself into. I don't think she will ever trust us again. I held her tight and she did fine.
On Friday we headed over to Clearwater for the day. The weather was in the upper 70's. We took a ride on the Dolphin Encounters day cruse. We watched 2 dolphins play in the wake of our boat for at least 20 minutes. They would jump over and over again. They looked like they were having more fun. What a cool experience. We also walked the gulf coast, picked up sea shells and watched the sun set. It was wonderful!!! I can't wait till summer. We get similar sunsets here, overlooking Lake Michigan.Again, Shawny was miserable. Poor little guy. Sierra had a ton of fun picking up sea shells. We have decided we need a redo. It was nice to get away but maybe next time we can try it well and with warmer weather. By the way, we did bring sunshine home with us on Saturday. It's not our fault if Michigan can't keep it:)
