Orlando/Reunion/Kissimee

We loved our few days in Reunion, GPS told us it was Kissimee, but its basically by Orlando, so there ya have it :) 
In true FL, Hurricane season, we had many random storms and after being in the desert for 6 months we LOVED the rain! 

The family resemblance from us three is strong right!?

We needed a midweek break from the hectic pace! ( In AZ, the time zone helped us! We could wake up at 6, and that was really 8 Chicago time, and we would be done by 1 AZ time! But East coast timing throws us off, we have 9-4 days, and sometimes 9-6, sooo by evening we needed to get out. Disney Springs was our special treat and we all loved it! Yes it poured. Yes it was dead. Yes the food was worth the calories and the cost. 

Gotta love teen vibes! Harrison has been waiting for this meal to be released. We go on opening day. He tells me to tell the girl "Cactus Jack sent me". I do. The girls like um what? Harrison and I die laughing. There is no toy included with this meal like social media hyped. It was yummy but it was a learning experience... don't believe the hype my son! Social media's posts are not reality 99.99999 % of the time! 

Happiest Anniversaries to my amazing in laws!! 42 years!! 

Happy 1st Day of School to this guy! 2nd grade! And his bestie Amelia is in his class. Yay! 

Someone was enjoying her beauty rest.

1st day outfit! 

The decor at the condo tho... Hannah's dream come true. ( And mine too. I got seriously inspired.) 

And Hudson was a good sport ;) 

Harrison loved his space too!! 

But guys. Cmon. These larger than life grass hoppers were EVERYWHERE. Literally. Thankfully not on the 3rd floor, but we came at bug season apparently which meant Matt carried yes, carried Hannah from car to elevator each and every time we left the house. Imagine the plagues in Egypt!? Imagine these IN YOUR HOUSE AND BED !? Let my people go woulda happened pretty much instantly. 

Next stop... Madeira 

Virtual Learning = Traveling Heberts Part 1

Soooo.... we are on our way back to IL  ( our AZ home is still there, we cleaned it well if anyone needs a little getaway LMK! its vacant til we go again!) & had two wonderful offers... that we simply said Yes to! 

We had an offer to spend time at our friends gorgeous Orlando condo, and my mom's Madeira Condo is vacant all month, and so we packed up last minute, used the long Labor Day weekend as our driving days, yes it's a long haul from AZ, but we did it! Left Friday after work, and arrived in Orlando Monday afternoon! Here is that journey! 

Thankful for the kindness of our new friends- you guys we haven't actually met them! Its literally only by Gods grace that we got connected! And they selflessly opened up their literally GORGEOUS new place to our circus!? Wow. Blown away. So cool. So thankful. 

Our drive begins. We love road trips. Day 1- 2 normally go great. By day 3 we are all a little less impressed BUT lets see how this trip goes!! 

So thankful they love car naps!

We haven't ever driven from AZ-FL before, so the southern views were new to us! Loved it! ( Except the crazy high off ramps in Texas!)

Oh Hudson. Melter of our hearts. 

Little Lulu. Still fits in her infant car seat. Loves "singing" and guys, we aren't taking that paci away until we have to! She loves it and so do we ;) 

All the love, baby Lulu 

Texas! The oil setups were incredible! Homeschool Lesson #1 - where does our gas come from. 

We had great plans to spend the night in New Orleans, until we saw how small the streets were and our truck barely even fit, and the crowd was ummm a little diverse, so we thought it would be best to drive around, snap some pic and keep movin'! This is on our bucket list for a kid free date tho! 

We try not to drive at night, but we ended up having to, since we weren't staying in N.O. 

We found a beautiful and huge room in Mobile. 

Sometimes you needa find a room that gives everyone some SPACE can I get an Amen?! We found the perfect spot. 

Harrison was impressed. He got the comfy couch with his own gaming TV.

Hudson and Hannah got their own space, with their own bathroom too! Hannah is currently singing the shower. You may see her on AGT, she has some pipes! 

And all the praise hands. Here is our beautiful space. 

And Lulu has plenty of space to run and twirl and goof around in. 

And yes it was 10pm at night but coffee still needed to brew :) Yum.

Hotel lobby kinda things.

On the road again! USS Alabama drive by style. 

Mondays views. YAY.

Another day, another nap, and lets talk about the two in the way back. Hannah will get a sister crown in Heaven. 

We made it to Orlando, work begins for CPS tomorrow, it's also Hannah and Hudson's 1st day of School, and we are in a new to us condo, trying to make 5 school spaces work. We got this!?!?! Yes. Yes we do. 

XO