A slippery start

Our holiday began with a slippery start... two days of freezing rain meant that school was cancelled and we made a decision to go into the city the night before our flight. The roads were okay, but we were surprised to see miles of semi trucks held up on the highway on our way into the city. We're thinking that the road was closed because of an accident. It ended up being a good decision to go in for the night. Everyone had a good sleep, and we had time to eat a good breakfast before a long day of flying. We had a 3 hour layover in Chicago, which was not too long. We deplaned outside and needed to walk all the way across that enormous airport to get to our gate, so 3 hours meant just enough time to eat supper, get to our gate and pick up a few snacks for the flight to Orlando.

When we landed in Orlando, it was so nice to feel heat and humidity the second we stepped outside! Grandma and Grandpa showed up just as we were heading toward the baggage area. The kids were so excited to see them (and so were we)! We picked up our van, and then drove to the house we rented.

Renting a house for our stay was a very smart decision! We had a four bedroom house, with a pool, hot-tub, and games room for our stay. Grandma and Grandpa stayed with us, which was nice, and there was lots of space for everyone to unwind, and to sleep comfortably. Our pool was almost hot-tub warm, which made for awesome swimming during cooler evenings and early mornings!