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Second Day in Florida


Today was so much fun!!! We started out the morning with Judy treating Aunt Pat and I to a spa pampering. We had pedicures and got acrylic nails put on. This experience was a first for Aunt Pat who loved every minute of it. She even had her eyebrows waxed and dyed! Way to get girly with me Aunt Pat. :o)

After Aunt Pat and I got back from the spa we had leftovers and headed off on some exploring around town. Our first stop was the Gaylord Palms where Rachael stayed when she was at her Nationals competition down here. All I can say is WOW!!! This is an incredible hotel and I am so amazed at how beautiful it is. Mark, Pat, and I had our jaws dropped throughout the whole self tour that we took. Rachael was definitely spoiled!!!

Next we drove through Celebrations the Disney town. We stopped in at the most quaint posh hotel located on the lake right in the middle of the town. After taking some pictures and wandering around for a little bit we found the most comfortable old timer rocking chairs sitting on the patio. We had the funniest man who works at the hotel come up and ask to see our camera. What transpired next was completely hilarious. He said to us "wow, this is a nice camera, can I take your pictures?" Then he started clicking away, all the while saying things like "nice", "beautiful", and "oh, that was a good one" I felt like a model or something and it was so funny. Mark, Aunt Pat, and I laughed and laughed.

Afterwards we drove over to Downtown Disney and walked through all of the shops. By this time is was pouring down rain but for anybody that has been to Florida you can understand how wonderful it felt. When it rains there it is like raining bath water. We walked around and got drenched and loved every minute of it. We bought a present for each of the kids and of course had to sit down and try out the motorcycles at the Harley shop.

We finished up the night back over at Judy's house for the rehearsal dinner where we had a delicious traditional Irish dinner followed by ice cream and strawberries.

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The Kohler Family said…
Wow..sounds like you guys are having a great time!
5/26/2008 11:05 AM
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