Saturday, July 23, 2011

Harry and my getaway

Harry and I took an opportunity to get away this past week. We sent Harrison off to Scout camp, Hannah and one of the dogs to Nana and Grandpop's, and the other dog to the kennel. We headed straight for our "happy place"--Orlando. We knew it would be sunny and predictable down there. So, we decided it was the perfect place to go. After Harry got released and recalled to the Bishopric on Sunday, we felt we deserved a vacation.
We got there on Monday afternoon and checked into the Bonnet Creek Resort Hilton. It's on Disney property, but not part of the "magic." It was really nice; and we immediately changed and headed to their pool--the first pool I've been to all summer. We lounged at the pool for a few hours and then headed to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory (Yum!). Their portions there are HUGE! We took home leftovers and put them in our cooler for the next day.
Tuesday, we checked out of the Hilton and headed to Earl of Sandwich for breakfast at Downtown Disney. After breakfast, we checked into "our place" at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa. We LOVE being Disney Vacation Club owners! Our room wasn't ready yet. So, Harry and I decided to head to the Orlando Temple and do a session. The temple was GORGEOUS! Of course, we didn't expect it not to be, but it was so peaceful and beautiful there--very relaxing. After the temple, our room was ready. So, we headed to the grocery store and picked up a few things for meals at the condo. We had our leftovers for a late lunch and decided to go out for a late dinner to Beaches and Cream at Disney's Beach Club Resort. We each had our favorite burger and fries and we split a No Way Jose' sundae--talk about yummy!! When we finished, we headed down to the beach just in time to catch the Illuminations fireworks. It was the perfect ending to a perfect day.
Wednesday, we got up late, ate breakfast, and headed to the pool. We spent almost the entire day just relaxing and chilling by the pool. I was reading my kindle and Harry was listening to an audiobook. We grilled some lemon-garlic chicken for dinner and watched some TV. It was so nice to be able to watch whatever we wanted and also eat whatever we wanted for dinner without the kids having any input :).
Thursday morning, we got up and packed to go home :(. We had breakfast at Boma at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge. So good!! They have a house juice there called Frunch. It's guava, orange, pineapple, passion fruit and a bunch of other juices all mixed together. After breakfast, we rolled to the car and drove home. It was such a nice getaway. I'm glad we were able to do it. Now, everyone's home and it's business as usual starting tomorrow.
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Thursday, July 7, 2011

What have we been up to lately?

Well, it's been a while since I posted last (try 10 months!). So, instead of trying to play catch up, I'll just let you know what has been going on recently.
The first week of June, the kids and I headed to Ohio to see my grandmother and sister. Two days into our trip, Grandma and I drove Hannah over to Woodward, Pennsylvania to Camp Woodward for gymnastics camp for the week. We drove the 5 1/2 hours to camp and then turned around and drove back to Grandma's house. It made for a very long day; and the drive is scenic, but lacks places to stop along the way. So, you're pretty much stuck in the car the entire time. So, while Hannah was at camp flipping and flying, Harrison stayed with my sister and played video games; and I got some much needed alone time with my grandma. Harrison and I made a trip to Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio and rode a lot of really fun rides. There were a few that I just couldn't make myself go on, but for the most part we rode everything together. It was a fun time. A few days after our Cedar Point trip, it was time to go pick up Hannah. So, Grandma and I got in the car (again) and drove to State College, PA where we spent the night (Hannah had to be picked up at 9:00 am on Saturday morning). We picked her up the next morning and drove back to Ohio. We thought that she would be very talkative and tell us all about camp; but instead, she slept the entire way back and we only got snippets of what happened at camp. She must have worked hard and had a good time :). The kids and I drove home on Monday and made pretty good time. All in all, a pretty good trip. We got to eat good food, see family, and have some fun.
On July 4th, we had fun. For the first time in about 3 years, Hannah wasn't in the local parade. So, we decided to sleep in and do nothing for a majority of the day. Then, around 5:30, we headed to the golf course to set up camp for the fireworks. We had fun talking with friends and eating sub sandwiches and homemade cookies. Things were going splendidly until about 8:30 pm when the skies began to turn black and look like they were going to swallow us all whole. Luckily, things held off until most of the way through the fireworks display. We had the fireworks in front of us and lightning and thunder behind us. We all abandoned ship 3/4 of the way through the fireworks to head to the car. It was just in time, too. The skies opened up on us halfway home. Overall, a great Independence Day.
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