Our Vacation Staycation

Is it only called a staycation if you stay home?  Because we didn't exactly stay home, we drove an hour and a half up the freeway to a small little known, back woods town, known as Orlando, but we didn't leave the state, so I'm not sure if that qualifies as a staycation or not?  Anyway, we left on Friday morning and headed to the Reunion Resort in Orlando.  The resort is amazing, 4 star caliber, complete with bell hops, dress codes, plushy bath robes, and soaps that smell so sweet you take 4 bars home with you, along with a roll of toilet paper, and maybe a towel or two.  Can you tell we don't stay in places like this often? 

Anyway, the trip was amazing, stressful at times because traveling with 2 little kids is always a little stressful, but all in all we had a fantastic time.  I'll post about it through-out the week.  The Hubs has "the draft" for one of his many Fantasy Football leagues tonight, so he's called dibs on the computer tonight, so I won't be getting much done in the way of editing pictures or creating posts.  Oh well, I'm exhausted and could use a night of just vegging out.

But, I will share with you the high points and low points of our trip.  Low points first because you should always end a post on a good note, right?

Here goes - Lowpoint - it turns out that I have only one:
We are packing our suitcases and getting ready to head home.  I'm packing shoes in my suitcase and I turn around and WHACK!  Something strikes me square on the shin.  Now, I'm not one to brag, but I have fabulous shins with almost no fat on them, there is nothing to cushion the blow.  Camdyn was swinging her Little Mermaid suitcase filled to the brim with toys around in circles in the middle of the living room.  I caught the hard plastic bottom of the suitcase (you know where the wheels are attached) with full force right on my shin bone.  I go down like Nancy Kerrigan after getting clubbed with a tire iron.  I scream in pain, and writhe around the living room floor trying not to cry.  It hurt.  My foot went numb.  It still hurts.  Thankfully there is no video of this.  The mere spectacle was enough to make Camdyn cry.  She felt horrible, but then told me that I shouldn't have walked in her way.  Oye. 

So, being that was my low point and it only affected me, I guess you could say we had a pretty great trip.

Now the high lights!
1)  Watching Camdyn's eyes light up when we pulled in to Dinosaur World
2)  Riding the shuttle bus at the resort.  Why do kids like buses so much? 
3)  Sharing a beer with the hubs on our patio while the rain fell
4)  Finding out my photo for "ORANGE" was selected as one of the Paper Mama's favorites.  That seriously made my day.  Thanks for telling me Liz.  Go Here to check out the winner, the top 5, the Favs, and the Honorable Mentions.  Thanks for selecting my photo Chelsey!
5)  Watching my kids enjoy the water park and cloudy skies which made it even more enjoyable.
6)  Meeting one of my favorite bloggy mommas IRL.  That's right!  We hooked up with LeeAnn from The Life of Rylie and Bryce Too.  Since LeeAnn has her stuff together on a Monday morning and I do not, please visit her blog and read about what we did.  She's pretty much every bit as awesome as her blog is, and I'm glad that our first "meet up" was a good one!  Plus, our kids just look so cute together.  Oh yeah, and if you don't follow her, you should, cause she is just that awesome.
7)  The Disney Store - because watching Camdyn's eyes light up over Princesses gets me every time
8)  Watching Chloe Belle go down the water slide with her Daddy over and over again, and watching Camdyn go down the adult water slide all by herself.  It turns out my kids are frickin' fearless!
9)  Silence in the car
10)  Getting home and feeling like "Whew.  We did it.  It's good to be home!" 

I can't wait to share more details and pictures with you later!

Happy Monday, Y'all!