Florida for New Year's

David and I spent New Year's in Florida with his dad, step-mom, grandparents, and sister's family. I had never been to Florida so I was very excited. We had such a wonderful time with David's family and enjoyed just being able to relax for the first time in a long while. We also did some fun things while we were there.

One day we went to the beach. Jackson absolutely loved the water...and being naked!

Here's Caroline, my newest niece, out on the beach with her grandad. She was pretty happy too even though she had a cold the whole time we were in Florida.

The beach we went to was neat because you could drive your cars right up onto the beach! Here's a picture of our three-car caravan!

Me and David's feet...together forever! :)

David also has some other family that lives in Florida so one night we went to visit them. I had never met them so I had a nice time meeting and talking with them. David's step-mom, Diane, brought over her enormous dogs. I tried to take some pictures to show you how gigantic they are. No wonder Jackson calls them cows!

Yes, they really are that big (for an even better scale notice Jackson underneith his belly!)

I don't really like dogs...especially when they're bigger than me!


Caroline riding on the "cow"

Our last morning in Florida we went for a boat tour around some of the nearby lakes. Caroline loved wearing her own life jacket...
and eating it too!!!

The following video is us going through a canal on our boat tour. The video is sideways. sorry!



After the boat tour we went to Downtown Disney which lies just outside of Disneyworld and consists of shops and restaurants. We mainly just walked around but I was glad I got to experience at least a small part of Florida Disney.


Inside Downtown Disney is a huge section just devoted to legos. Here are some pictures of the amazing things people had made completely out of legos!

(Yes, this dragon really is made of legos and really is in the water!)

I took this picture for my dad because every time my family goes to New York my dad always asks us if we can see King Kong on top of the Empire State Building.

We all went to dinner before we left for home. (Courtney's husband Cameron didn't fit in the picture...sorry!).

The restaurant we went to was a pizza place and their seating was named after baseball teams. As luck would have it, they made us sit at the Red Sox table! I was horrified!



And, fittingly, the Red Sox table sits right across from the (far superior) Yankee table.

As we were eating, we suddenly realized that Jackson had become very quiet while eating his pizza. We found him asleep with a piece of pizza still in his hand. So adorable!