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August has been a jammed pack month, and we're only half way through! Mike's family came down for their annual visit, but this time was a little more special because we got to celebrate a very special birthday for both his parents with all 13 members of the family in Orlando!
We had a lot of park days and squished a lot in while they were here. We took the first half of the group who arrived to City Walk one of their first nights, and Mike and I ran into the park to bring out some butterbeers.
We also would pop over after work to meet up for dinner at Disney hotels, but one of the best treats we had of the week was the cookies and cream Halloween beignet! Super tasty and not overly sweet.
We did a SeaWorld day with half the fam as well. It's fun now that the kids are at an age where they can do the rides and coasters with Mike.
One of the highlights of this day was going back to the hotel they were staying at in the middle of the day for a break and a swim, and it just down poured on us while we were in the hot tub.
We went back in the evening for more rides and the fireworks.
The next day the fam did Hollywood Studios, but I was in some callbacks and wasn't able to go. They had a good time showing the two big Star Wars fans around though.
In the middle of the week, we had a little party at our house for the birthday celebrations and to just hang out and take a little park break. We had some delicious food and hung out playing games and swimming. We also celebrated with a traditional Mike ice cream cake!
The other favorite was a visit to Discovery Cove, which is the other park of SeaWorld where it is an all inclusive day trip.
We did not do the dolphin swim, but we had a great time snorkeling with the stingrays and fish, relaxing on the beach, and eating everything we could see.
But my favorite part of the day was enjoying the lazy river.
The aviary was also a big hit for some, but I was too nervous I was gonna get pooped on by a bird.
Later in the week, we also took the other half to City Walk for their turn at butterbeer, and some cheeky Voodoo donuts.
It was a great visit, and full of so many activities, we are definitely ready to catch up on some rest now. But! No rest for the wicked. Instead, we headed to Disney Springs to catch up with our friends Sarah and Drew from HK and their new little Navy Bean!!
We also had a catch up with our friends Madi and Alex for Madi's birthday, where apparently the only photo I thought to take was of the food, haha.
And I FINALLY got to facetime Amy who has been living on a cruise ship for half a year now.
We were both sad to have to miss our friend Vicki's wedding, but a huge congratulations to her and her new hubby!! Wish we could have been there!
Justin and Holli came for a very brief overnight and got to see our new house where we made some homemade pizzas and went to watch the Disney Springs drone show together.
On top of all of this, Ailey left for college this week!! I am so used to being the one to say goodbye, it was weird to have it be the other way around. I am so proud of this girl and know she is going to do great things though. UF is lucky to have you Ailey!
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