The Aftermath.

 Ellie, Sara, Faith, Emily, Gracie, Jake.  These are our new friends in Louisiana...

 Gracie, Faith, Zoe.  This is my cousin's daughter.

 MICKEY!

 That's my new house.

 These evil step-ladies were so much fun!!

 Jack. Sparrow.  I wanted to jump over people and get to him

 My family.  That silly thing in the middle is my brother. ;)

 Ellie-belle

 Faith on the boogie board

 Surfer Gracie.  Sweet!

 Chloe's  10th Birthday celebration.

 Proof that I was indeed on this vacation.

Making the castle.  Or town.  Or whatever it is that they made.

We had a blast on vacation!  We were able to stay in Louisiana with some new friends, and our kids hit it off fabulously!  It was a sweet time of fellowship both coming and going.  We arrived in Orlando at our condo Saturday afternoon after being in the car for a lifetime and relaxed with swimming and pizza...it was a great start to vacation, even though our hips were sore and our rears were numb from the car ride!  My cousin, who lives in New Jersey, and whom I have not seen in five years, happened to be on vacation in Orlando at the same time we were.  She and her sweet family came over Saturday night and hung out with us for a couple hours.  It was so neat to see the way the Lord worked that reunion out!  Sunday morning, we got up and went to First Baptist Orlando to worship and were thoroughly blessed!  It was a fantastic service complete with some great contemporary music that made my heart rejoice!  I didn't realize how much I missed that style of worship!  Monday, we hit Disney World running.  After 13 hours and loads of fun, we left the park.  I think we were all pleasantly exhausted and made memories that will last forever.  After that eventful day, we spent Tuesday hanging out at the pool and playing some mini golf.  We also got to go visit the Vera Bradley outlet store.  Be still my heart.  Wednesday took us to Cocoa Beach and our favorite part of vacation!  We played in the waves, the sand, and had no agenda.  It was marvelous.  Really, if I'm honest, I didn't play in the waves much at all.  That water was cold!  I laid on the sand and read a book.  ;) Cam rented some surf boards on Thursday, and he and Gracie tried that out.  Gracie was a natural.  She made it look easy and so fun!  It was awesome to see her surfing like that!!  Faith enjoyed boogie boarding and jumping waves, but Ellie wasn't going in the water.  She preferred the sand where the waves didn't come near her.  So, she sat in the sand in her life jacket.  Ha!!