Ormond Beach, Florida Anniversary Trip

On Friday, June 21, 2013, Kevin and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary.  Last summer we decided that we wanted to go somewhere and do something special, just the two of us, to celebrate.  We started planning and looking into places to go.  We decided on Florida, because we didn't want to go too far away from Madalyn.  A lady that works with my mom has awesome connections with getting hotels and things and was able to book us this great hotel right on the beach for half the cost.  We left on Wednesday, June 19th and we came home Sunday, June 23rd. We really enjoyed our time together.  It was so nice not to have the stress of work and it was nice to be able to just sit on the beach instead of chasing after a two year old for a change.  However, by Saturday night we were both missing our little girl and ready to come home to see her.

My parents, her "Nana" and "G-dad aka "G" to Madalyn" came down and took care of Madalyn and Wingo at our house while we were gone.  Madalyn was great while we were gone and my parents really enjoyed keeping her. One day Madalyn was suppose to be taking a nap and they went into check on her and somehow, she was still in her crib, but she had pulled all her clothes out of the dirty clothes basket and wipes out of the wipe container and they were on the floor. When my parents asked Madalyn why she did this, her response was "Puppy did it." (Which she was talking about her stuffed puppy.)

 

 

Ormond Beach is located right outside of Daytona, Florida.  We really enjoyed our trip and it was a wonderful way to spend our fifth wedding anniversary.  Here's to many, many more years together!

 

 

Our Hotel: The Tropic Sun Towers



 

This was our tower, Phase II. We were on the 4th floor, corner room on the left.

 

Inside our Condo

 

The view from our condo

 

 

The Beach

 

 

 

The pelicans were constantly flying over head and Thursday morning we saw a pod of dolphins go up the beach.

 

However, we never got in the ocean more than to just get our feet wet because the water was ice cold.

 

Here's something you don't see on every beach.  People drive on the beach and park their cars and then unload from there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eating Out

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had a little friend join us for dinner.

 

 

Friday, we went to the Kennedy Space Center. Neither Kevin or myself had ever been before.

 

 

 

 

 

The rocket garden

 

Rocket Launch Room

 

This is the part of the spaceship that the astronauts re-enter the Earth in.

 

Moon Buggy

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is one of the launch pads that they have. This launch pad will be used in 2017 when they launch the next rocket.  They are currently making some updates and changes on it.

 

The gray doors will roll all the way up for a rocket to roll out.

 

Apollo 11

 

 

 

 

 

After we left the space center we did some exploring to try and find some Florida wildlife.  We were very successful in finding this boat landing with about 6 to 7 manatees; that we could see, there may have been more.  They were really playing around, but it was hard to capture them on camera. They were so quick when they came to the surface. I got a few short movies of them.  It was a really neat sight to see.

 

 

Some air bubbles, the darker spot in the water is the manatee.

 

The manatee quickly came up for some air. They just barely get their nose out of the water and go back down.

 

Our last morning

A beautiful sunrise to send us on our way home.

 

 

 And back at home, here's our little Miss Hollywood with her favorite puppy.