Washington DC

On our way back home from Florida we stopped by John's again. We met up for dinner and then he gave us a tour of DC. Liz had never seen some of the sites and was excited to see them even by night, of course I had no problems following around photographing  these monuments. It was great to have a larger camera.

Lincoln Memorial

Washington Monument

State Building

Washing monument reflection

Air force memorial

Guided tour of Orlando

Chris gave us a tour of Full Sail - did you know they gave their students bicycles.

The entrance to Full Sail Studios

Spanish Moss

Regal Cinema 

Siesta Keys

Siesta Keys Florida - such a beautiful beach. While we were there people were para-sailing. It was such a beautiful day. 

Southern seagulls are beautiful

Such blue blue water

There was a storm coming in on both sides of the beach we were on, you could see the rain pouring from the clouds. However it went around us and we were unaffected by the rain.

This is my brothers Yacht... maybe someday =)

Siesta Keys FL - having fun at the beach

Siesta Keys is a beautiful place to visit - the sands are soft, flour like. And it gets hot beating down sun on white flour like beaches. But beautiful!

Here Bryant's feet are sticking out of the sand after being buried. 

They start digging a place for him to lay. He stands by not sure what to think.

Finished at last! He may look like he is not enjoying this, however he remained in his hole for at least 15 minutes refusing to get out.

Here Josh and Chris are setting up a tent to shield those who remain at the spot on the beach from the sun

Stephanie and Aria take advantage of the shade while having a snack.

Joshua enjoying the blue blue water and the temperature. it's not like this back home. Your missing the sub temperature of the Atlantic ocean mixed in with the seaweed and disgusting things that are at the bottom of the ocean. you don't know what's there because you can see past the top of the water.

 Liz enjoying the warm water. Here you can stand up and if the wind blows you don't freeze.

Downtown Disney

The Lego Store - of course this was the place to visit with our small clan. Joshua has been building with legos since he was 4 and I am sure Dave has had his share of building experiences. It was awesome to see the creations that were on display.

Planet Hollywood... a 2 hour wait. It was busy! and loud. The food was pretty good though and there was a lot to take in. Maybe I would have enjoyed it more if I was there at a different time of year.

Downtown Disney was slamming even for a Wednesday night. There were people everywhere and when there are children with you the stress level is high. You are completely focused on their safety. I love the picture below with Aria leaning on her cousin Josh. Too cute!

Mini golf in Florida... Man it was hot!!

 

Relaxing with the family