Orlando Trip Aug 2010

We were so blessed this weekend to get to make a LAST minute trip to Orlando to see my precious sister and brother-in-law and their sweet children, Landin and Noah. Because of Noah's illness, we haven't been able to be around him (germs and all), but we couldn't wait any longer and made the trip and had a blast. Julia and Landin are like sisters- they adore each other. And Marky and Noah are only 6-months apart and enjoy so many of the same things. Here is Noah showing Marky all the many lego sets he has built during his many hospital stays and incubation periods.

Noah even let Tucker look at his legos...for a minute. :) We called Tucker the master of disaster.

The kids played so well together, and really enjoyed the Mouse Trap game we brought.

The boys, of course, worked on Legos (which Marky never gets to do b/c they are too small to have in a house with a baby). He was so excited.

The big treat was the big sleepover at night. We put air mattresses in both Noah and Landin's room and let the kids sleep in there. The boys went straight to sleep. The silly girls talked all night and then around 10:00 we found them in the bath tub with each others toothbrushes. They were just too excited to sleep.

After wearing ourselves out at a Star Wars convention and Disney on Saturday (see post below- AWESOME), we spent Sunday going to church and hanging by the pool.

Tucker found this little pathway and walked back and forth.

My sweety-pie.

The main point of the trip was to feel like a family again and to have real, normal family memories. And I think the mission was accomplished. The boys enjoyed beating up punching bag Uncle Marc/Daddy.

After we left I asked Marky if he was okay and if he understood why Noah looked different than the last time he had seen them and why he didn't feel well. I said, "did that scare you to see him sick?" and he said, "Not at all, a true cousin always loves."

Amen.