Thursday, June 26, 2008

Our trip to Orlando

Every summer, Robb's boss takes the office staff and their spouses to Orlando for the big roofing convention. This past weekend was the convention, so we all headed 2 hours north for a very nice weekend away. We always stay at the Peabody Hotel, since it is right across from the convention center. It is a fabulously luxurious hotel, so we always look forward to staying there. The weekend started with a wonderful steak dinner on Friday night. On Saturday, the guys headed to the convention and the ladies (babies in tow!) went for a little shopping. We all met back at the hotel in the afternoon for a little time of just relaxing and getting ready for a fun evening. We went to the Pirate's Dinner Adventure (it's called something like that!) and had a really great time. I had to leave during the dinner, though, because Payton got very scared. It was really loud in there and they had these big booming canons (fake, of course, but very loud and startling!) So, I sat out in the pre-show area and then in the car for about 45 minutes, but it was fine. She was very, very happy when we got out of there, so I enjoyed the "mommy" time with her anyway! After dinner, everyone split up and did different things. Robb had a few things he wanted to shop for, and since I always love to shop, we headed out to a different outlet mall. Sunday, we slept in and hung out in our room until it was time to head for home. We didn't really take many pictures of the weekend, but here are a few...


Payton loved the big cushy bed (so did her mommy and daddy...especially with yummy room service!!!)


At the Peabody hotel, the ducks parade in (pretty fun to watch!) at precisely 11:00 every morning. Then, they stay in this huge fountain in the center of the hotel until evening, when they parade back out. We stayed around to watch them on Sunday morning and took a few pictures.





Payton actually did like watching the ducks, but from the looks of this picture, her daddy was quite fascinated as well!!!

It was a great weekend to get away and enjoy a little R & R!!!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

GREAT pictures, Robyn! The last is my favorite! I think it shows how PRECIOUS Payton is! You can tell she has a HAPPY Daddy! ~Ruthanne

The Arender's said...

This looks like a lot of fun. I wanted to tell you we are not going to be in Ochelata for July
4th. My parents actually get to come here for a change. Yeah! Are you going?

Erin said...

She has her daddy's eyes! So cute!