The Hicks Clan: Florida Week 2 May 1- May 8

Our second week in Florida welcomed Gabe's Brother Mike and Sister-in-law Carol. Friday, May 1, the Bakers flew out and the other Hicks flew in. Once Mike and Carol arrived we went to eat at Cici's pizza and played miniature golf. Michelle shot 3 holes in one. It was pretty amazing.

Saturday, we went to Sea World. We had so much fun seeing the whales, the dolphins, the shows, and riding the rides. Charles loved Journey to Atlantis. I think he ended up riding it 10 times.

Mike, Charles, Carol, and Gabe on Journey to Atlantis the first time.

I think this is why Charles loved this ride

This is what we saw a lot of the time in Florida while Mike and Carol were there. Uncle Mike had a shadow wherever he went.

The kids with one of the whale trainers from the Believe show. Uncle Mike and Aunt Carol

We rode all of the rides in the kids section. This is the crab ride that the kids have talked about since the last trip to Florida with Gabe and his family.

This is Gabe and Mike with the kids trying to become educated while we were at Sea World

Okay, here is the story behind the picture below. While everyone else was riding Journey to Atlantis, Michelle was waiting patiently and discovered this aquarium under our feet. There were two sting rays in this aquarium with the fish. Michelle would say, "Here sting ray" and they would swim up and rub their bellies against the glass. At first we thought it was a fluke thing. But, every time she called them they would swim along the glass for her. When someone else tried, the rays would not respond. It was so cool!

On Sunday, we returned to Sea World. We took in some of the shows we missed the day before. Of course we rode Journey to Atlantis again. It was a lot of fun.

The kids with two of the dolphin trainers. All of us at the entrance to Sea World after a fun filled day!!

On Monday, we began our journey through Universal Studios. We began with Islands of Adventure. Charles loved the Spiderman ride and all of the wet rides. Michelle was not tall enough for hardly anything. She was a trooper to sit in the stoller or wait for everyone else most of the day.

The three boys on Popeye.

This is how drenched they got on the wet ride!

Michelle was so good to not complain while everyone rode and she could not. The part that was the hardest was she wanted to get wet so bad. We walked by this store and out front they had these oil cans that spit water on people. Michelle decided to take advantage of it and try to get wet again and again. It was so cute and so fun to watch.

Our family outside of Jurassic Park.

It took all day, but we finally made it over to Seussville where there were rides and things for Michelle to do. This is Michelle and I on One Fish, Two Fish.

Charles and Michelle in "If I ran the zoo".

Tuesday, we went back to Downtown Disney and the T-rex Cafe. Mike and Carol were really excited about this adventure too.

After a day of shopping and swimming, Mike and Carol went to Blue Man Group. We hung out at the condo and enjoyed being lazy.

Wednesday, we tackled Universal Studios. Charles loved Men in Black, but hated JAWS. Both kids loved ET. Again, there was not a whole lot for Michelle to do. She did get to see more characters than the day at Islands of Adventure.

The kids with Donkey from Shrek Curious George and Ted Scooby and Shaggy

Mom and Michelle as elephants

After another day of waiting patiently, Michelle found some things she could do. One was this Curious George Park. It was a water area where the kids could get wet. I did not realized they would get soaked. This is Michelle after getting soaked. To see how, look further.