Vacation in Orlando

We are on our way back from Orlando, where we went to play a little golf and visit some theme parks with our grandkids from Chicago. A bonus was that our daughter Chris was in Orlando for a conference (and brought her daughter) and Jocelyn was able to fly in for a couple of days. That put all our extended family except my mom and Chris's husband Tim in Florida at the same time. Sarah's mom Jane and her friend Audrey were also able to drive down from New York, so a good portion of the family was able to visit at the same time.

It was a lot of fun accompanying Rob and Sarah and their kids to the parks. All the grandkids were amazingly well behaved. Except for Friday (when Rob and I played golf) the lines were short and we were able to see almost everything we planned. The weather was unseasonably warm, but the new Texans seemed to mind it less than the Chicago part of the clan.

Here are some pictures from the parks:





All the older grandkids are crazy about Star Wars, so at MGM we had to do all things Star Wars. The Jedi Training Academy was a must, where all three kids hoped to be selected for training. As luck would have it the Jedi master selected our granddaughter to be one of his padawans (students). The boys hid their disappointment well and were proud of their little sister. Here is our granddaughter undergoing training (note the mouse ears) and dueling Darth Vader:



Our youngest granddaughters got a chance to get reacquainted. It's a shame they are so close in age and so far apart geographically. They are both beyond cute. That's Rob and Sarah's girl on the left and Chris and Tim's daughter on the right.



We're on our way home now (actually in Baton Rouge just off the LSU campus). Next week it will be back to the retirement grind.