First Days in Florida

Emma

Micah

Story time with Emily

Lily testing out the freezing "hot-tub"- this was just moments before I fell in!

Aliza- the newest member of our Lifelines team!

Splashing in the "hot-tub"- still waiting for it to heat up!

This time it's stories with Kelly!

Everyday the kids would run around the patio (this was an early morning run)!

My little Lily on a beautiful Florida morning

We are back from Florida and we have lots to share! It was a great trip!

Our travel down there started a little rough when our ride was late and we almost (but not quite) missed our flight! Thankfully Lily did wonderful on the plane and even had her own seat (in between us) for over half of the flight. Hard to believe, but we had a direct flight from Bangor to Orlando (this was absolutly amazing)!

Our first couple of days in Florida were pretty busy. Our Lifelines leadership team all stayed in one house (which was wonderful)- so there were 8 adults and 6 children! The first couple of days we were pretty much in meetings all day and the kids were getting adjusted to "childcare" (which was our Lifelines intern, Emily, from UVA and rotating parents).

While the weather was pretty warm the first couple of days (mid to high 70's) the pool at our house was not! Until we got it heated (on about day 3) there wasn't much swimming- except for when I was trying to take a picture, bumped into the wall, and fell into the hot-tub (which was not hot, but freezing cold)! Thankfully I had enough common sense as I was falling to hold my camera up high and saved it from an early death in the hot tub!

Despite the cold pool we absolutly loved the warm weather. I forgot how wonderful it was to be able to walk outside (or even around the house) barefoot!

Here are some random pictures of the kids the first couple of days. Enjoy!