Saturday, May 12, 2007

Florida








We just returned on Monday from a very nice trip to Florida...well, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina & (finally!) North Carolina. We went out there to meet many of Morgan's family members to enjoy a few days in the sunshine at Disneyworld. Many of you know that I was petrified about having to fly all that way with Porter and Seth, and I am very happy to report that it was completely non-horrific. In fact- they did absolutely wonderful! You would've been so proud! Anyway, we had such a nice time- they had several new rides since we were there last, including a couple of awesome roller coasters- so that was fun! Anyway, it really couldn't have been a more pleasant time... Unless of course you count the fact that we had a minor set back in the form of lost luggage. So there we were at the baggage claim- here comes Seths car seat- here's our pack & play, then arrives Porters suitcase....anything else? Nope. We sat there for an hour thinking that surely the bag that contained Morgan, Seth & my every piece of luggage could not be lost- but it was. I have to admit though- both Morgan and I were very calm about it. I had managed to bring along my make-up case, our toothbrushes, and our phone chargers in our carry-ons, so really we were only lacking clothes, and shampoo etc. It showed up the next day while we were at disneyworld. We were in Orlando for 4 days, and on the fifth day we drove up the coast through the aforementioned states to arrive finally in North Carolina. We went there to visit sites (pictured sites include the Atlantic Beach on the outer banks, and Duke chapel at Duke University)and to see some old friends from my mission days. The nicest part of the trip was that Morgan's parents had some geneaologying (that's a word- right??) to do right on the N.C. & South Carolina borders, so they drove up- did their business and then drove up to Raleigh and flew home with us!! They will never know how nice that made it for us. They sat with Porter- we had Seth and the rest is history.

2 comments:

noelle said...

i had no idea you guys were going on a trip to the east coast! it looks like you guys had a really fun trip! i can't wait until anna is big enough for us to take her to disney-related places. and well done on the well-behavedness on the flight (although i could have easily guessed that seth would comport himself admirably); i'm sure after emily's horrific experience flying back after christmas you were petrified.

Marci said...

Yes, I have to admit that her experience was definitely what fueled my imagination- with good reason too- she had calm before that storm with no reason to expect anything to go as wrong as it did...