Showing posts with label Family Trip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family Trip. Show all posts

Saturday, January 16, 2016

The Beckhams Go West {Day 21}

 In July of 2015 we set out on a grand vacation through the southwest. We traveled for 21 days and over 6,000 miles, visiting 5 states and 9 National Parks. We explored new places and met up with old friends. Overall, it was an amazing journey and everyone learned so much. I highly recommend the Foder's guide to National Parks of the West, we used it when planning our trip and it was a great resource. You can see all my posts about the trip by clicking here.

Day 21 - Homeward Bound

We said goodbye to our friends (and the chickens). After 21 days on the road, it was time to head home. Little did we know that a delay getting out of Phoenix would make us miss our connection in Denver. We ended up spending the night at a Marriott (hello, room service) and having to be back at the airport at 6am to try again. It was a long 2 days, to say the least. The best part of the entire thing is when we were sent through Chicago with a ridiculously long layover and our friends were able to come and pick us up for lunch. Thankfully, this was the biggest travel snafu we had during the whole trip, and we still made it home safe and sound, just a day later than planned.



Ready to go! They have no idea we're going to get stuck and have to say in those clothes for the next day and a half.

Waiting for the shuttle from the hotel at 5am.


The K-Crew saves us from a 4 hour layover in Chicago!


Saturday, July 19, 2014

The Dolphin Rescue Center...

One of the highlights of our trip was a visit to the Dolphin Rescue Center on Grassy Key.  All of us participated in an interactive dolphin program and everyone loved it.  







Thursday, July 17, 2014

Little Bahia Key...

We took the kayaks with us to the keys, and one day when we were feeling particularly adventurous decided to kayak out to Little Bahia Key.  It's a small limestone island right off the main State Park.  The waters were VERY rough on the way out, but we made it.  It was totally worth the effort because the kids had so much fun exploring the little island.






Tuesday, July 15, 2014

The Keys...

Our family vacation this year took us to the Keys!!!  We rented a cabin at Bahia Honda State Park (one of my most favorite places on earth) and stayed there for 10 whole days.  It was amazing.  The kids had so much fun snorkeling and kayaking.  

I think snorkeling may have been everyones favorite activity inside the park.  We snorkeled almost daily.  They would have spent all day out in the water if I didn't make them come in for meals.





Monday, February 3, 2014

The Gaylord Palms ICE!

One of the cool things about staying at the Gaylord Palms is that you can meet some of the Dreamworks characters.  The kids had a blast running around the hotel and taking pictures.





Saturday, February 1, 2014

The Gaylord Palms ICE!

A few days before Christmas we took the kids down to the Gaylord Palms ICE!  It was so much fun.  I think it might become a new holiday family tradition.






Monday, February 11, 2013

Our Last Day...

Before checking out of the Grand Floridian on Sunday we had breakfast at 1600 Park Fare.  It was so much fun to just roll out of bed and walk down to see the characters and get a bite to eat.






Saturday, February 9, 2013

The Main Street Barber Shop...

The highlight of Kiley's 2nd day at the Magic Kingdom was a visit to the Main Street Barber Shop.  She got piggies with pixie dust for the bargain basement price of $5.  It's one of the best kept secrets in the Magic Kingdom and I'm so glad we found time for her to go.




Friday, February 8, 2013

More Magic Kingdom...

Here are a few more favorites from our 2nd day at the Magic Kingdom.





Thursday, February 7, 2013

The Magic Kingdom Day 2...

We started off our 2nd day at the Magic Kingdom with breakfast at the Crystal Palace with Pooh and his friends.  The characters were great, and it wasn't very crowded at all.  Kiley's favorite part was that at the end of our meal they had a "friendship parade" and she got to walk around the restaurant with all of the characters.  





Tuesday, February 5, 2013

More Epcot...

Here are a few more favorites from Epcot. I absolutely love the pictures of Cole reaching for the jumping water.