Disney Springs and the pool

Tuesday morning we went to Disney Springs to look around. Bryan can say that he has been to Disney World, he just doesn’t have to say that he went to any of the parks. 😂

After getting our temperatures checked and going through a line to get in, we, of course, made a bee-line to the Lego store. It’s a must and we had fun looking around. I found a Lego grand piano kit that was really cool but I think I would lose patience. 




We got chocolate at Ghirardelli and then split up. Bryan, Courtney and I went shopping for shirts for Courtney. 

I loved playing with tinker toys when I was a kid and they had a statue of them!! I was so excited.


In the afternoon we went to the community pool. They had told us that the heater was broken but that it had been fixed and the pool was now heated. But the pool was freezing! We still got in but it was so very cold!! 

Then we spent the evening watching movies and hanging out. It was a great day.

Fun Spot

Monday morning we went to Fun Spot to play.  We were doing the birthday party deal so we were celebrating Charlie's birthday.  We could get in for less, get pizza, and have a great time together. We had a great time.  There were a few rollercoasters, bumper cars, bumper boats, go-carts, and so much more.  

Courtney had a great time with her cousins, getting them to go on rides with her that they weren't sure they wanted to ride but then loved...or pretended to love.  She played in the arcade and had a great time.  It was so cute to watch the little ones ride the same ride for hours and love it.  It was a fun day.

Courtney raced Carter and Ally on the slide.  

They had a little gatorland that we were able to go to while at Fun Spot.  The gators STINK!  But we got to watch feeding time, which wasn't as impressive as I thought it would be.

It was a full day of fun and there weren't too many people so the lines weren't super long.  It did take a while because they had to sanitize between each rider so that took a while and it was hilarious to watch these teenage workers sigh each time they had to sanitize.  Hilarious!  They loved their jobs!

IMG Videos

Here are a couple of videos from the IMG Tournament.  I only took 2.

Orlando

After Courtney's game was over, she loaded in the van with the other players, went back to their townhome, packed up, and we picked her up so we could drive to Orlando.  She was thrilled with the van we had rented because it had USB charging ports at each seat so she was able to charge her phone.  The simple things in life.

We drove to Orlando and met up with Lisa's and Jeff's families.  We all stayed in the same townhome that had a pool in the backyard (a really tiny one), a community pool (that was unheated), and a playground.  It was a great layout for a place for 3 families to share but it wasn't exactly what we thought it would be.  However, we had a great time catching up with their families and watching Bryan's siblings with their children.  

We had fun chatting and watching movies that night.  Family is fun!

Game 3 and Orlando

Courtney’s Sunday game was changed from 2:30 pm to 8 am.  The girls were more awake and ready to play than they had been on Saturday. They played well and got to an early road of 1-0 but the other team rallied after halftime and brought the score to 2-1. Our team list but they played well and held their own in a tough tournament.

The sign in front of the Academy:

Our cute #14 soccer player:

7 Elite! Courtney is front row, 3rd from right.




These girls played hard and should be very proud of themselves. They held their own against some hard teams. The was so glad Courtney got this opportunity.

Saturday

Bryan and I slept in Saturday morning because we had gotten in so late Friday night.  I had done some research and found a cute breakfast place that had great reviews.  We decided to try it and see what we thought.  It was good food, but I wouldn't say it was out of this world.  When we were eating it started to rain outside and continued to rain until the soccer game began.

Bryan and I decided we wanted to get groceries so we wouldn't have to go out to eat all the time.  We found a grocery store, got food that could be made in the small kitchen in the Airbnb, and then went back to unload them.  We then went to Courtney's game.

It was a tough game, the girls played hard, it was super physical, but in the end, they lost 3-0.

We were going to have a beach day ourselves but, with all the rain, we decided to just walk along the beach and look at the water.

When we were getting ready to leave, a couple sitting on the beach pointed out some dolphins that were playing in the water near the beach. It was a mom and her baby. It was so cool to watch them play in the water. 

Shopping and Game 2

Courtney and her team spent the morning shopping before their game in the afternoon. It rained all morning but by the time for the game, it was just windy and sprinkling a little bit.

It was a very physical game and our team lost, 3-0. They played well but just couldn’t seem to score.

After the game, Courtney went back with her team, and Bryan and I went back to our Airbnb.