My (Kids') Life: First Family Vacation!

We embarked on our first official family vacation this August and the kids had a blast. We weren't quite sure how it would go with three toddlers in tow, but overall it was a success and it will be a new family tradition to head down there once a year. We traveled down in my car (so one can imagine how tight of a fit it was), but the kids did great. They watched a lot of Dora and Mickey Mouse and eventually slept the rest of the way down.

The kids kept plenty busy down there...feeding the ducks, boating, swimming in the pool, fishing, tubing, jumping on Mike and Jackie's trampoline and exploring the resort. They weren't big fans of taking naps on vacation, but we can't complain since they did pretty well with being a little sleep deprived. We shared a cabin with Brendan and Leigh, so they got the full Povah experience, which means getting woken up at 6:45 am and watching them constantly getting into everything they could put their hands on. We couldn't have done the trip without them, as they were a great help. We also spent time with Papa and Gwen and even got to ride on Gwen's brother's boat, which was beautiful and HUGE. We all went to Captain Ron's one afternoon which has a beach, bounce house and a pirate ship. Aubrey was not a huge fan of the pirates, but the boys liked them. The last day we were there we got the kids to try out tubing and they LOVED it. We had a hard time getting them off the darn thing once we were tired of riding around at a whopping 5 miles an hour. Here's a few pics from the trip...