Florida - Day 1

We just returned home from Florida, where we spent most of last week.  We got to visit with friends, enjoy a big family Thanksgiving, and even spent a few days at Disney. We had LOTS of fun and I have TONS of pictures to share, but I'm going to break them up into a few different posts so keep checking back.

We got to Orlando late on Tuesday night and although both girls were asleep when we arrived, they woke up as soon as we got to the hotel.  Handley was thrilled with the idea of sleeping in a hotel, riding the elevator, and using the turnstile door.

Wednesday we went to visit our good friends, the Mills.  Their girls are very close in age to ours and even though we don't live near each other, whenever we get together they pick right up where they left off.  We took a ride on their boat up the St. John's River to a place called Blue Springs.  There was a playground there and we enjoyed a picnic lunch.  After that we walked along the springs observation decks looking at the beautiful scenery.  Blue Springs is a manatee refuge and we were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of one (and of a few alligators too).