Epic Fail

So, I committed the biggest blogger crime. Ever. I went on an amazing family vacation that of course was chalked full of blog-worthy photos and what did I do? Left my camera's battery charger at home. Yup. Epic fail. I couldn't believe it! We thought about buying another charger. They were $67 for an off brand one. We didn't buy another charger. Was I sad? Yup. Did it make me want to just stop blogging because 'what's the point of keeping a family blog if you miss major family events?'....yup. But after licking my wounds and stroking my empty camera, I pulled myself up by my yoga pants and decided to fill you all in on the fun vacation that we had that was documented by like eight random photos that I took before my cannon failed me.

So here we go guys.

We took a WONDERFUL family trip to Florida two weeks ago! Our best friends, Brandon and Laney were going to Florida to one of the Wyndham Resorts on a time share from their parents and invited us to tag along! Stay in a gorgeous, FREE resort? Count us in! They flew down because of their little rascal, Nolan, who would not have survived the drive. Did we fly with them? Nope. We decided to brave the 25+ hour drive down there. Call us crazy, but as you can see, we are all still alive and well!

We packed the car full of all of our junk, tons of snacks, drinks (5 hour energy bottles), books, the DVD player, and the GPS and off we went! Now I have to admit that before we left, I had mental flashes of me killing Bill and chucking his body off an overpass.....stapling Sawyer lips shut....Bill and Sawyer 'accidentally' forgetting me at a truck stop......but ya' know what?

WE HAD A GREAT DRIVE TOGETHER!

It really was! We played tons of 'I Spy' and other weird made-up games, told stories and just hung out! It was really fun! And I'm very proud to say that we are a family that can road trip together! Go us! :)

We did shave some time off the trip which was nice (Mostly because I drive like a bat outta hell) and it was wonderful to finally arrive and get started with the vacation! We had a great view of the canal and the million dollar homes that lined it on one side and the beautiful beach on the other, the resort was beautiful and the weather was fantastic! Sawyer loved sitting out on the deck to eat his breakfast and watch all the boats go by!

On our first day we decided to hit the Everglades! (You guys better soak up these pictures, because that's all we got folks!) And yes, it was like 104 degrees and with the hummidity, I pretty much had an Afro....

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Sawyer and I hanging out with the gators!

Who's kid is This??

We took an AWESOME air boat ride, with our very witty driver....he had us laughing from the start of the engine! It was so great for all of us (especially the kids) to be able to see such amazing wildlife right up close! We saw tons of birds, turtles, reptiles and of course-alligators!

The alligators would swim up SO close to the side of the boat that I was sure that Bill was going to get his arm gnawed off. I think it was the roar of the engine or the gale force winds, but little Nolan fell sound asleep for the entire ride! So cute!

After the boat ride we headed to the animal show that included baby alligators, all different kinds of reptiles,a skunk (I don't know where she really fit in.....?) and alligator wrestling! Sawyer and I also got to go up and hold one of the alligators which was surprisingly heavy! But do we have a great picture of that? Nope. (Can you tell I'm still a little bitter?)

We had a wonderful rest of the trip, swimming in the pools, lounging on the beaches, hitting the fabulous outlets malls, eating ridiculously delicious food and spending a day out on a boat that we had rented. It was so much fun*

Thanks Brandon, Laney and Nolan for letting us tag along! We love you guys!