Vacation Time!

Finally! The computer problem has been resolved (they sent us a new one-yeah!) and I can finally post about our wonderful vacation a few weeks ago. We were gone for 2 weeks! The longest vacation we ever have had, and we had so much fun! We started off in Orlando and stayed at the Gaylord Palms, which was fabulous! First day in Orlando, we hit Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. It was quite a task to get tickets to this place but after getting scammed and someone have mercy on us, we got to go in!

Let me just say that this place is right up Paxton's alley! It is all about bigger, faster and scarier! Tons of roller coasters, some that he wasn't quite tall enough to ride, and tons of adventure! He loved the Jurassic Park T-Rex ride, Men In Black ride, Spider Man ride, Jaws, I could go on and on! Lorelei did love the E.T. ride because E.T. said her name during the ride!

It was hotter than hot but they had a nice child swap area in each ride where one of us could sit with Lorelei and wait and then ride it again with Paxton when the other parent got off, cool deal! It wasn't Disney or anything but we had a great time. Josh and I really enjoyed riding some of the mega roller coasters and of course the Harry Potter world was very impressive. The ride inside Hogwarts castle made me quite nauseas but it was still pretty cool. So here are the pictures from day 1 and day 5 of our trip to Universal and Islands of Adventure. Many more vacations pictures to come!

You can see their hot little faces and we had only been in the park 30 minutes at this point!

Superheros Everywhere!

Lorelei was a GREAT sport hanging out and waiting for the majority of the rides that she wasn't tall enough for yet!

This guy was uber excited to be here!

I am melting!

The Pteredon Flyers, a great ride which only allowed children between 36-52 inches to ride with a parent. If you were taller and not riding with a child in this height range you could not get on. It was actually a pretty adventurous ride, but very short!

So the flip side of not getting to ride, you get your picture taken ALOT by the parent left with the camera!

The end of the T-REX ride!

Yes, that was me and Paxton getting soaked in that picture and here we are to prove it!

Harry Potter World

The Hogsworth Castle.

Seuss Landing was a lot of fun for both kiddos but Lorelei especially loved it!

After all those rides, I couldn't even get on the Seuss Go Round, but Lorelei enjoyed it.

Not a fan of the Grinch here.

Who is this guy again?

Thing 1 and Thing 2

The Cat in the Hat, a very cute ride as well!

The Dr. Seuss playground

After Islands of Adventure we headed over to Universal Studios

First we stopped for a yummy meal at the Hard Rock Cafe!

I would not dare ride this but Josh did, look at that straight up, too much for this old gal'! However Josh said it was awesome but not as good as the Incredible Hulk roller coaster, which I DID ride and had a massive headache afterwards, but it was awesome!

JAWS!

Scooby Doo and Shaggy!

A really awesome stunt show with bicycles, motor bikes, roller blades, etc. Unfortunately Paxton and Josh were standing in line for another ride and missed this but Lorelei and I sure enjoyed it. Overall it was fun to go and there is so much more that I have not mentioned. I think it will be a great place to go back to in a few years when the kids are bigger and older!