Mom and Jack Visit

Last Thursday my mom and Jack came in from Dallas to spend a couple days with us! It was so nice to spend time with family! On Thursday night we went to dinner at a place mom loves in Orlando called Fish Bones. We hadn't eaten there before but it was a wonderful dinner and everybody loved their meals. They have this huge wood fire grill in the front where they cook the fish and meat and it smelled amazing.

On Friday they dropped me off at work and got to see my office and then headed over to the Kennedy Space Center and Cocoa Beach for the day. They found this place along the way to ride on one of those airboats. I didn't know what that was, but she explained it to me! They got to ride on it in the swamps and saw some gators and other wildlife. They did say it was really fun so maybe it's something we should try out too. Then they went to the Kennedy Space Center which we also have not been to. They enjoyed it and that is definitely one place I want to go while we are here. Then they went to Cocoa beach for a little bit and came home. By time they got back to the house Friday night they were exhausted so we just ordered pizza and hung out at home.

On Saturday we got up and got ready to watch the OU/ tx game. I must say it was quite painful to watch them at the fair and not be there. I think we vowed to never miss this game again. I really missed everything about OU/ tx weekend, especailly the corny dogs! After the game we went to this place called Wonderworks. It's another place in Orlando that we hadn't been to yet and it was interesting. It's sort of like a big fun house with different things to do. It's hard to explain, check it out here...http://www.wonderworksonline.com/html/

After that we went to dinner at Bahama Breeze! Talk about blast from the past. The food was actually a bit better than I remembered. After that we were all pretty exhausted and went home since we knew Sunday was going to be a big day!

Sunday we went to our first Disney park since moving to Orlando...it only took us 8 months. But it helps when your parents buy the tickets for you to get in ;-) We went to Epcot and they are having an International Food and Wine Festival right now which was really fun. The weather was really nice too. I broke out my northface for the first time since we've moved. It was a bit windy at times but at least it wasn't inthe 90's! They had a bunch of tents from all different countries and you could sample food, wine, and beer from those countries. Everything we had was really good! We also got to ride some of the rides at Epcot. There is actually a big "ride" inside the silver ball thing. Not the best ride but it was interesting. We also rode the new "Sum of All Fears Ride." You get to create your own rollar coaster and then ride it on this simulater ride. Luckily we didn't really have to wait in line too long because it wasn't too exciting. We ate dinner at Season's 52 that night and had yet another wonderful meal there.

On Monday they decided to get up and go to the west coast beaches which are much prettier. They went to Clearwater for the day and really enjoyed getting to see the white sands! Their flight left on Tuesday and the time went by way too fast. It was such a wonderful visit and I am so glad we got to spend 5 days with them. We can't thank them enough for everything while they were here. We hope they had fun. AW certainly enjoyed getting to play ball with them all the time!

Love,

a and k