Family Vacations

I never know how I get to this point. I have such good intentions, I plan to blog on a regular basis and the next thing you know, a month has gone by and I haven't done anything. So, here goes yet another recap-a-thon. Everyone ready? Okay, here goes!

Over the last month we have had the opportunity to have two, count them, two family vacations. Now granted, these may be the last two family vacations that we ever have, but we made it happen.

First vacation - New Orleans for Memorial Day. We actually went for a wedding, but it seemed that the wedding just got in the way. Sam and I arrived in New Orleans on Saturday morning expecting to be picked up from his parents. No go on that one. They were still in Baton Rouge, or close to it and wouldn't be getting us anytime soon. A quick call to Myra and we were picked up within 10 minutes. We toured the French Quarter, gambled at Harrah's, ate really good food and headed back to NYC. Who is "we" you may ask? Well, "we" consisted of Marie, Stewart, Brenda, Eran, Yoni, Yael, and of course - Sam and I. We were able to take lots of great pictures and take a first ever family photo - first with the Levine family since the early 1990's.



Next stop on the family train - Disney World. We arrived in Orlando once again expecting to be picked up by the family. Upon arriving, we were told that the family was at least 2 hours away! Lucky for us the Orlando airport had a bunch of shops and a bar. When the caravan arrived, it took at least another 30 minutes to figure out where we were gonna sit. It's really hard to travel with 11 people! That's right, eleven! We were joined on this trip by Aunt Carol, her son Brian and his friend Kelby.





So, just a recap - 11 people with 11 different opinions and plans for the time that we had in Orlando. We went to several of the theme parks, went deep sea fishing and even took a day to just relax at the condo. We experienced daily family meltdowns, lots of fighting, lots of rain, but it was all worth it. We got to see Mickey and were able to relax a little. We even got away for 24 hours in Miami with Jesse.



So that's a start, right? A little bit of what we've been doing since the last post. I promise (not an empty promise, I think) that I will try to be better in the future. Maybe I'll begin chronicling what we're eating every day. Won't that be fun?!