V~A~C~A~T~I~O~N~

Before leaving for our much needed vacation, we had some fun and fellowship from Chris and Eva from our small group. They treated us to a great meal at Carrabbas (spelling?) and then we had a fun night of Euchre (an Indiana card game). It was a really fun night! 

That Sunday morning we began the 16 hour drive south to Florida. We went with Erich and Moe and Andy and Megan- our friends from Wyoming and from now. :)  Erich and Moe picked us up early and we started the journey (hence the tired faces below)

We stopped in Louisville and picked up Andy, Megan, and Hadley. They moved to Louisville a month ago and are getting settled quickly. Here is a picture of their apartment. They have a really nice place. 

Sunday we drove to Macon, GA and stopped over for the night. It was a good break for us and we had fun the whole way there!

The hills of Tennessee

Hadley, along for the ride. She was amazing!! She was such a good baby the whole way there and back. She just munched on her graham crackers, talked to herself, made eyes at us, and slept here and there. We miss her so much already!

My sister helped us get really cheap rooms in Macon (thanks Whit!). We ordered pizza and played games and laughed like we'd never been apart!

Monday we left to complete the final 6 hours to Orlando. When you cross the line into Florida they have a fun rest area where they serve fresh squeezed orange juice- so of course we had to stop:

This was a van we drove next to- creative eh? Ha!

A goldfish swimming into Hadley's sleepy mouth

We stayed at a time share in Orlando- here is a view of a rainbow from our condo

Jon- finally relaxing

Erich and Moe fixed our first meal- let's just say we ate extremely well the whole week!

Our first dip in the pool!!

Putt Putt

The boys making friends in the pool

Jon captured this one- we were all really focused on Mario Kart

We also had the opportunity to go and visit some of our friends who moved to Orlando a few weeks ago. Ashley and Derek and their housemates had us over for dinner and games. It was a great time of fellowship. We miss you guys!

The following day we went to Cocoa Beach which was one of my favorite days! I love the beach! Our first site of the ocean:

Some boogie boarding action

Oooo- my baywatch babe

The boys waiting to catch a wave- it turned out to be a pretty choppy day so we had some really great waves. We saw a ton of sting rays coming out of the waves and Moe even saw something with a fin swimming near by us. I'm glad I didn't know this until after we had left!!!!!

The crew:

We also went to Downtown Disney- the three princesses of the group

Jon and Hadley dancing

Then we went to Universal City Walk

More dancing!

Thursday we went to Wet N Wild- I don't have a lot of pictures from this day but we had a great time! 

We played a ton of games during the week. It was such a blast! Here are a few of the crazy things that went on- interpret as you'd like:

Friday Jon and I had to attend the 90 minute time share presentation. It was no fun but we stuck to our guns and didn't buy! We spent the rest of our day enjoying the resort before we had to leave.

No- I did not paste Jon's head into this picture- it must have been the water that distorted it but it's pretty funny:

Friday night we went to Bahama Breeze which was a delicious and a perfect way to end our trip

A picture of downtown Atlanta from our drive home

Sleepy kids

The end. What a blessing this trip was for all of us! We hope you enjoyed the pictures. Love, J&H

P.S. We leave Indiana on Wednesday so we'll have an update on our new place in Nebraska soon!! We would appreciate your prayers for our travel!