Orlando part 1

Oh how I love vacation time.  There's nothing better then having my family together 24/7.  We were so spoiled by flying out to Florida for 10 wonderful, fun packed days.  The reason for choosing Florida was because Daron had a work conference.  When I heard he was going to Orlando, a smile crossed my face, and Daron knew what I was thinking :)  He would not be going by himself, he would be bringing 5 other people with him!

When we started planning our trip we decided that the first 4 days when Daron would be at conferences, that I would have the boys and just stay at our nice Hilton hotel and try to handle the boys by myself.  When Daron's parents heard about it, they offered to come with us and help out with the boys.  Wow!  We were so excited to share this vacation with Grandpa and Grandma Bergstrom.  Austin and Josh loved the bonding time they had with their grandparents.

We started out by the long flight to Baltimore and then connecting to Orlando.  The boys did incredibly well.  I was super nervous bringing Josh on a long flight, but he did really well.
Daron and Joshie ready for take off!

Austin loved the set up of movies, treats, drinks, flying high in marshmallows...what's not to love?

We arrived at our dream hotel, the Orlando Hilton.  Daron's work sure goes all out when they send him on business trips, this time I was able to enjoy it as well!  The hotel had an awesome lazy river, water slide, warm pools, hot tubs, all the wonderful outdoor amenities.  Plus, the flowers and trees were absolutely beautiful!



Josh's first swimming adventure!  He loved it!


 Cute kids ready for bed.  We sure wore them out!

The first few days while Daron was in conference, Shirley, Gaylyn, the boys and I were able to do a few fun things.
We found the Orlando temple, which was beautiful!  Austin loved seeing all the little lizards.
 

Love this picture of Austin and Grandpa!

After an hour of trying to find a park, we found an incredible one!  Great picnic and toy time.  The weather though, was so so hot!  It was about 90 degrees, with 75% humidity if not more.  It took quite  a few days to get used to.

We took a drive to downtown Orlando.  It was so interesting.  The downtown area was quite small.  It was really well kept and a pretty little city.  We drove on the outskirts were we saw some really poor areas.

While we were doing all this, Daron was able to go to his conferences, and then at night he was absolutely SPOILED!  His boss always takes him and the other England employees to nice restaurants. The conference also took the participants to Universal Studios.  Daron was able to go to the Harry Potter world and ride the rides.  I was jealous.  He said it was really cool. 

On Wednesday, after Daron finished his conference we were able to do one last swim in our dream pools, and then head to our next hotel.  Our next hotel was the Buena Visa Suites.  It was definitely not a Hilton (because we were paying for this one :), but it was so, so nice.  They had awesome FREE breakfast every morning, which included a variety of foods like bacon, eggs, pancakes, donuts, fruits, juices.  Yes, it was a wonderful way to start the day.

More to come... :)