November 2014

Jacksonville, Florida

On the way to Jacksonville, Florida we drove thru Orlando.  This is the first time I have been to Orlando. 

 This is one of the buildings in Orlando.

This is downtown Orlando.

We stayed at the Residence Inn Marriott.  There was an outside pool but it was too cold to go swimming and it rained also.  They had free breakfast everyday and free dinner Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.  The room we stayed in had a stand up shower.  We usually give Aaron bath's but instead he got showers while we stayed here.

I do my husband's ironing on Tuesday's.  I get it all done on that day so I don't have to worry about it the rest of the week.  Also I don't want him to do it in the morning because getting the ironing board out might wake us up.  We try to sleep in when he is getting ready for work sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.  I love my sleep...

This is a photo of the outside of the hotel.  They had a tennis court too.

Aaron eating at the table in the kitchen of our room...

This was downtown Jacksonville...

More of downtown Jacksonville...

This if Florida Blue.  I decided to take a picture of it because it is our health insurance...  Also downtown Jacksonville...

We got two flat tires on the way home from Jacksonville.

My husband couldn't get the other tire off.

We just happened to pull in the parking lot of an auto shop.  They helped us get both tires off and air in the other tire.  We accidentally left his flat tire at the auto shop instead of putting it in the trunk.  That whole day I also had bad diarreah.  I found out later on that I was pregnant...  I had a miscarriage the first week of December.  I was 11 weeks pregnant.

November 3, 2014

On this trip to Valdosta, we ran out of gas.  My husband is just not used to driving my car and he sometimes runs low before finding the cheapest gas.  We just happened to roll up behind a truck that was already stopped on the highway.  The driver's engine was overheated so that is why he was pulled over.  He just happened to have the tools necessary to give us some gas.  We were very blessed.  We also left extra early that day too. So my husband luckly made it on time to work.

We stayed at the Fairfield Inn Marriott again.

 This is one of the exit's for Valdosta.

He was so tired that he fell asleep on the bed an took a nap.

October 30, 2014

We were back in Valdosta, Georgia again.  We stayed at the Fairfield Inn Marriott.  I thought the pool was in an odd location.  You have to walk across the parking lot to get to it.  What if you have to go to the bathroom?  Then you have to walk a lot way either back to your room or across the parking lot to the lobby restroom.  It doesn't seem like a lot unless you have kids.  We didn't use the pool anyways because it happened to be too cold that week.

I like the Farfield Inn Marriott hotel's because they have a free hot breakfast.  The Residence Inn's are even better because sometimes they have dinner on the week day nights.

 

 He had to touch it...

I love the fire glass fireplace.  It looks almost like a TV,,,

9-22-2014

This is our second week in Valdosta, Georgia.  We stayed at the same hotel as the first week,  We walked around and took pictures around the hotel.  Also the pool in this hotel is located in the middle of the hotel on the outside which I thought was pretty awesome.

This is one of my favorite faces that he makes...

 We had a balcony this time.

 We went out to eat at the Smoki'n Pig BBQ with my husband and some of his co-workers.  The food was delicious.

Our First Visit to Clearwater Beach Florida

We planned on going to the beach but it was a rainy day.  We went ahead with our plans.  It was about a 40 minute drive from our house.  We wanted to explore Florida since we had just moved here.  My husband really wanted to take me to the beach because he knows I really love it.
We didn't actually get to walk on the beach because of the weather but at least we got to drive across the bridge that goes over the ocean and see some beautiful scenery.

There is a lot more palm trees around this area.

September 15, 2014

My husband travels for work. This was the first time we went with him.  This is Valdosta, Georgia.  We stayed at the Courtyard Marriott.  It had a pool outside and we went swimming at least two times this first week while we were there. 

This is the lobby area of the Courtyard Marriott in Valdosta, Georgia.

We would bring my son's pack n' play for him to sleep in.  After a few trips of toting it around we decided to use the hotel's pack n' play or have him sleep on the extra bed if there was one in the room.

My son loves watching cartoons.  We don't have cable TV at home so naturally he loves to watch them at the hotel.  Although sometimes I feel he still watches too much.  Also we don't have the internet so I take the opportunity to get on my computer while we are at the hotel.

We love to go swimming.  We do have two pools at our apartment complex but we still go swimming when we travel to the hotels.  It is good exercise and who doesn't love to get a little tan?

I used to get ready after we went outsiden (putting on sunblock, floaties, etc...).  Now when we travel, I find it easier to at least put on sunblock before we go outside.

There was no one out by the pool on this beautiful day... except us.

We arrived in Tampa, Florida around the 6th of September.  

The very next weekend, we went to St. Petersburg, Florida.  We wanted to go see the beach and it was a beautiful day to do it.

I always wanted to go to the beach so I was pretty excited to go.  We didn't actually get to walk on the beach but we got to see and walk on the bridge going from St. Pete to Tampa.  The views we breathtaking...

You can see downtown Tampa from where we were standing.