The Reavis Family: 2009

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Florida Vacation

The Reavis family and the Taylor family left very early in the morning on the 12th of Feb and headed to Florida. It was a glorious time to go to sunny FL during the dreary Feb IL winter. We had a great time and we hated to come home. In true form of Brenda, I am going to give you my top favorites of the trip, instead of writing a long drawn out research paper. So for the 3 of you who will read this.....here you go....

10: In my great wisdom I packed an overnight bag for the 2 day trip down, in it I packed 2 sweatshirts and turtlenecks. Smart choice on my part since the 2nd day we were in 70 degree weather! I bought a camo t-shirt at a gas station in Alabama that says "Homegrown" it's awesome.

9: On our 3rd day there I rolled down the van window and said to a woman "hey moron, we had the right of way" in a parking lot who pulled in front of us. and yes she heard me, and this was at Downtown Disney where you drive under a sign on the way in that says "Where all your dreams come true" and everyone that works there always tells you "have a magical day".

8: We had dinner at the really cool place called T-Rex in Downtown Disney, it is of course ridiculously expensive, but it is really cool. I highly recommend it if you go there. http://www.squidoo.com/downtown-disney-t-rex-cafe

7: We had a great time in Clearwater/Tampa at the beach and visiting places where we used to live. We also got to have dinner with some old friends. It was a great day!

6: Chris & Mike got to go to the Daytona 500. They had a great time, even though it ended a few laps early it was still a great experience. And plenty of scrappers in attendance!!

5: At Hollywood Studios during the block party they dancers pulled Caden & Noah out in the street to dance, they of course promptly returned to the steps where they were sitting at first chance. The dancers then pulled out Kerri & I. We of course were awesome. I am waiting for the call to ask me to come and be a permanent part of the show. Chris & Mike got it all on video which I am sure they would be glad to show anyone who asks :)

4: We drove 45 minutes to Plant City from Orlando to get strawberry shortcake because my dad wanted strawberry shortcake. I am glad he did. It was sooo good. Once we had it, we turned around though and went back to Orlando, long drive for strawberries..

3: We had a great week with our family and I didn't have to kill anyone and no one killed me... all in all, it worked out well..

2: My dad had the pool heated so the kids could swim. By the middle of the week it was like a big hot tub. Kalie and Sydni said "it's so hot it burns my face when I go under water". But...we could go swimming even at night when it was only 50 - 60.

1: It was a great vacation! We always ask the kids what was their favorite part of vacation....of course they said things like "going to the beach", "going to Disney", and then they asked me what was my favorite part, I told them that my favorite part was the whole thing... I just had a great time the whole week. Thanks mom & dad!!

My "homegrown" shirt bought somewhere in Alabama. Chris says it is false, I am "citygrown" and I have no business wearing it :) and Tanner for some reason is horrified whenever I where anything camo out in public. Therefore I will of course wear it often :)

Really big rocket ship in Alabama that we stopped on the way to take our picture by.

Chris & Mike go to the Daytona 500

cool picture!

Bucs stadium

Welcome to Tampa!!

Oh the beach!! the best place on earth!!

hot chicks at the beach...

Phillipe Park, Kalie and I used to go there all the time when we lived there....ohhh the life of leisure we had.....

Hollywood Studios

Toy Story Ride at Hollywood Studios

Muppet fountain

Cars guys - Caden tried to take his autograph book up there to get their autographs. I had to explain to him that they probably couldn't give him an autograph since they don't have arms. He was very disappointed.

Block party at Hollywood Studios. Kerri & I were pulled out into the street for the dance party. We were awesome. I was especially good with the YMCA song.

Caden & Noah refused to dance in the street, they would only dance on the steps.

Tanner will kill me if he sees this picture posted online. We did not attend the American Idol show, BUT.....Kalie did try out.....however, she did not make it past the tryouts. Some lady approached us during the block party and asked if anyone wanted to try out, I pushed Kalie forward and said she would, so Kalie did. It was fun.