The next morning we woke up and headed back to the beach! Another perfect day, the pics say it all! 
After the day at the beach we headed in for dinner then off for shopping! We found T-shirt’s and ice cream🍦
After ice cream we headed back to the beach for a night time turtle trek! We were so excited to discover 6 turtle nests!🐢
It was the perfect night!!!!! Can’t wait to go to bed and experience another day tomorrow!
We set out early after two full days at Universal for a small island on the gulf coast of Florida, Marco Island!
We all needed a pit stop so of course we chose Starbucks! We had a pretty uneventful drive down and ended up at our hotel around 4 and headed straight to the beach!
It was beautiful!
The water was warm, the sand was sandy, the kids were happy, the adults were relaxed! There isn’t much to say about it, it was great!
The sunset on a beautiful day! The kids stayed up late and watched movies the adults went and walked the beach together, the beach was so relaxing!
Day 2 started out great we had breakfast at the hotel and decided to leave a little earlier than the day before to make sure we got to ride The Hulk!
We walked into the park and saw Hulk only had a 15 minute wait, so we headed straight there. Lar wasn’t y’all enough and Bree was worried about her neck 😉 so she didn’t go. I happily stayed with them, I probably would have ridden if the kiddos hadn’t needed me! 😜
I introduced them to my favorite part about universal, Starbucks!
Right there next to Hulk was Storm Force, Bree and Larsen really wanted to ride so we did it! 
Off to our next stop, Forbidden journey!! So we walked around the park bypassing toon town, King Kong, and Jurassic Park! Our goal was to hit those later. Today was well thought out!
Alan got a few pics before their 3D journey began…little did they know this ride was super exciting it flipped them over, on their backs, back, forward! The kids loved it and it was indoors with air conditioning!
I sat outside and roasted! Thankfully I found a small spot of shade! While I sat I watched a small roller coaster next to us and thought when they get off I’m doing that one!! And I did!! In the front row!!! I was excited to ride something with them!
We almost took up the whole train! Ry was brave and rode all by herself!
We were hot, hungry and tired so I decided a pick me up was needed! A cupcake!!! We ALL shared one!
It was so good and exactly what we needed to continue on! We headed through Poseidon’s kingdom to Cat in the hat world!
Larsen wanted to hear them read the book so they walked on that ride and then over to One Fish Two fish!
Only three wanted to ride it so they did!
By this time it was already in the 90’s with high humidity! So a water ride was in order!
Bluto’s Bilge Ray ride!
You will get soaked they said…they did not lie! Thankfully we were able to store our shoes and socks in a dry place and enjoy the roller coaster type ride it was awesome! Never done a river ride so exciting!
And just like they promised, we were soaked! 💦
After this ride we were starving, soaked and hungry so we decided to head to City Walk for lunch then home for a little R&R.
The kids enjoyed some down time at the hotel and then we cooked dinner before we headed back for round two!
Unfortunately as we were waking into the park it started to sprinkle…it wasn’t long before it was pouring and booming! Thunder and lightning and a torrential downpour!
We ran into the first store which thankfully was huge and started shopping around. We looked and shopped for almost an hour and it was still raining. On the map we could see two of the rides we wanted to ride were indoor and continuing to run during the storm so we decided maybe we should just suck it up, and get wet as we headed toward the ride.
Jason has to rest his leg while shopping, he actually saw the building we were in get struck by lightning while he sat!
And that’s just what they did! I however again hung at Starbucks covered from the rain watching everyone run trying not to slip or get wet…which was impossible!
Spider-Man! Larsen was very excited to have made it to this ride. Jason however couldn’t keep up and his poor leg was swollen and not doing well so he came back and hung out at Starbucks until we were ready to leave the park. 
I managed to find a poncho Alan had thrown in my bag and headed to meet them after they finished Spider-Man but while I was walking the lightning over hulk was awesome! I was so glad to get a pic! 
They were all already wet so they wanted to head back to forbidden journey. It was also running in the rain…because it was on the other side of the park. By the time we got there it was a 5 minute wait and the rain had stopped!
They liked it so much they went again! And when they came out the castle was lit up and we got to see fireworks!
We had 4 minutes before the park closed so we quickly headed to King Kong our last ride on the list!
We made it!!
Such a great day! It was time to head back and find Jason at Starbucks and head home.
But first! Chocolate emporium!
we got chocolate covered bacon and Oreos and a chocolate truffle red velvet shot!
We made it back to Jason, two full days at Universal complete!
The beach is calling our name, we are headed further south for three days of sun, sand, and water! ☀️🏖😁
Today started our first day of family vacation! We have had a very busy summer, Alan has been super busy at work and I’ve had friends visiting almost all summer so it was nice to be able to go on vacation together!!
We left late Friday afternoon and headed to Florida! We arrived around midnight and went straight to bed!
In the morning we headed off to Universal Studios! 
We met our friends the Moser’s in Orlando and are spending our vacation with them!
☀️Universal Studios Florida🎥
Our first stop was the Minion ride! I do not like motion rides…I don’t really like rides period so I headed to my favorite attraction, Starbucks! I ordered my drink and waited for them to finish!
Next stop the mummy ride! This is the 2nd most intense ride at the park! There was no wait, and everyone walked on so quickly that they have no pictures!
I however did get a pic with a mummy!
Next it’s off to the Gringotts ride! The kids loved the cool 3D goggles they got to wear!
I met them at the exit so it looked like I rode too! 
Next we had lunch with some of the messiest burgers ever!! 
Next, it was time for my first ride! The twirl and hurl!!! I conquered it with a little help from Larsen! 
Then we were off to do some shopping and goofing around! 
We then raced to Fast and Furious! 🏎 Star and I didn’t want to ride so we met Vin Diesel!!! 😱😍
We raced to Men in Black afterward, it had just reopened and it was time to shoot some aliens! The kids were super excited for this ride. This is my family in the elevator to ride the ride…mommy did not go! 
All ready with their blasters!
Next up a ride for Mommy! Woody woodpeckers coaster!!! (A kid coaster 😜) Just my type of ride!
We were all ready for a break so we headed for a show!
Our last stop of the day was the transformers ride! Larsen was done for the day so he hung out with Aunt Sam…we had cake pops on the pier! It was the perfect end to the day!
We were wore out! What a great day!!
Dinner was at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. 🦐 it was amazingly delicious! Everyone was starving! Then it was home for showers and bed, another day tomorrow!!
Oh, I almost forgot we got famous donuts for dessert! 🍩
