{"id":1806,"date":"2011-08-03T11:06:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T15:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handsful.com\/?p=1806"},"modified":"2011-08-03T11:06:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T15:06:00","slug":"orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/archives\/1806","title":{"rendered":"Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being in St. Augustine means we&#8217;re only about a 2 hour drive from Dylan&#8217;s Luoyang buddy, Hope.  She lives in Orlando.  <\/p>\n<p>So, what else could we do but drive to Orlando!  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6005427156\/\" title=\"DSC_4206 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6129\/6005427156_1eabff6c52.jpg\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" alt=\"DSC_4206\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We met Hope and her sweet Mama, Amy, at the Rainforest Cafe in Downtown Disney for lunch.  The kids loved it, moving jungle animals everywhere (they were happier once they were told they weren&#8217;t real), rain sprinkling down from the ceiling (but magically not landing on anyone), and thunderstorms that occurred every 30 minutes.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6004883069\/\" title=\"DSC_4213 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6017\/6004883069_2dc66d05d2.jpg\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" alt=\"DSC_4213\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lainey scored a cool frog cup.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6005429908\/\" title=\"DSC_4220 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6012\/6005429908_5dbd34e2ef.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"DSC_4220\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After lunch, both of them ended up on Amy&#8217;s lap.  <\/p>\n<p>We hung out and talked and talked, while Dylan and Hope shook salt onto the table and blew it off.  Maybe not the best parenting decision, but they thought it was a hoot.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6005431100\/\" title=\"DSC_4230 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6028\/6005431100_dfd8796e76.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"DSC_4230\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Time to get out into the heat&#8230;I mean sunshine.  Hope grabbed Lainey&#8217;s hand, and Dylan &#8220;helped&#8221; Amy push the stroller.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6004888389\/\" title=\"DSC_4233 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6139\/6004888389_938f23a140.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"DSC_4233\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We stopped them every few feet to take pictures.  They didn&#8217;t mind too much. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6004889681\/\" title=\"DSC_4237 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6027\/6004889681_b7f16e5f8f.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"DSC_4237\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6004890961\/\" title=\"DSC_4239 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6029\/6004890961_ea83bc844c.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"DSC_4239\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6005437850\/\" title=\"DSC_4240 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6121\/6005437850_9624a44008.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"DSC_4240\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s just in his nature&#8230;he&#8217;s a kisser.  Not sure what this means for his teenage years.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6005439320\/\" title=\"DSC_4241 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6030\/6005439320_0361508a78.jpg\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" alt=\"DSC_4241\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6005442088\/\" title=\"DSC_4245 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6008\/6005442088_2baaa402db.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"DSC_4245\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6004898007\/\" title=\"DSC_4246 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6149\/6004898007_c9e81b2c73.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"DSC_4246\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All aboard&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6005444624\/\" title=\"DSC_4250 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6133\/6005444624_27b72e0e97.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"DSC_4250\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6004900639\/\" title=\"DSC_4256 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6011\/6004900639_b5d460d749.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"DSC_4256\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Time to play&#8230;shopping was a welcome relief from the heat.  Did I mention we were in Orlando?  In August?  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6004903975\/\" title=\"DSC_4268 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6145\/6004903975_36e498ef16.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"DSC_4268\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Merry go round&#8230;Amy made a joke about Dylan riding on a white horse.  She&#8217;s already referring to me as the mother in law.  I see nothing wrong with arranged marriage!?  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6004902185\/\" title=\"DSC_4257 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6140\/6004902185_932b677b9b.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"DSC_4257\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6004905893\/\" title=\"DSC_4270 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6127\/6004905893_d33697753d.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"DSC_4270\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hope seems on board with the whole idea, too.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6004908579\/\" title=\"DSC_4275 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6021\/6004908579_3dae37b3ce.jpg\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" alt=\"DSC_4275\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They had a blast playing in the photo booth.  We skipped the $5 per picture and just let them push the buttons.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6005455258\/\" title=\"DSC_4277 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6029\/6005455258_997f0ae7a2.jpg\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" alt=\"DSC_4277\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Randy goofed around, too.  His brother would appreciate this picture, he just loves snakes.  Heh.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6004911265\/\" title=\"DSC_4278 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6128\/6004911265_037f91dbc7.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"DSC_4278\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Goofy&#8217;s candy store had a &#8220;goofy&#8221; mirror.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6004912625\/\" title=\"DSC_4279 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6142\/6004912625_265fa86569.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"DSC_4279\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>High top!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6005459784\/\" title=\"DSC_4280 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6148\/6005459784_c20b8c63f3.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"DSC_4280\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amy liked the image of her looking tall and lean!  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6004917185\/\" title=\"DSC_4282 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6139\/6004917185_9bbd376a90.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"481\" alt=\"DSC_4282\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Time to go and say our goodbyes.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/70803758@N00\/6005461392\/\" title=\"DSC_4281 by marleyec1998, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6132\/6005461392_594ca81456.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"DSC_4281\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We look forward to our next get-together&#8230;already talking about meeting at the CCAI reunion next summer.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being in St. Augustine means we&#8217;re only about a 2 hour drive from Dylan&#8217;s Luoyang buddy, Hope. She lives in Orlando. So, what else could we do but drive to Orlando! We met Hope and her sweet Mama, Amy, at the Rainforest Cafe in Downtown Disney for lunch. The kids loved it, moving jungle animals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trips-vacations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}