DELAWARE

I forgot to post this early and I am sure most people know by now,  but since this is a scrapbook of sorts for our family I wanted to make sure it got posted.  It's official - Justin matched for his Pediatric Residency at the Alfred duPont Children's Hospital in Wilmington, DE.  We are so very excited!  My poor kids are going to freeze this next winter!  But what an amazing part of the country to live for a period of time and be able to explore and enjoy the history of this country.  There is still a beach fairly close by (if you consider an hour and a half close) so this summer we will definitely explore.  We will be moving at the end of May following graduation and a week long vacation at the beach!  We are so very excited to be close to some of our family - Reiko, Bryan and Ari live in the D.C. area (so do my cousin Becky and her family as well as Justin's cousin Brinton and his wife) and Justin's cousin Margaret lives in Philly.  Here's to a NEW adventure and being one step closer to finishing school!

Alfred duPont Children's Hospital

DISNEYWORLD

This past week my brother and his wife as well as my sister and her daughter came to visit!  It was so much FUN!  We LOVED having them here.  We spent time at the beach, went to Disneyworld, and went to the Braves spring training game!  The kids had a BLAST and so did the adults!

My mother's uncle Dean lives in Orlando and totally set us up with the BEST tickets and all-star treatment!  We were able to park up close, rented strollers for free, and he got us park-hopper tickets for both days we spent there.  He was so generous and we are so grateful to have been able to meet up with him!

First day was spent at the Animal Kingdom

 In the Africa section they had some awesome musicians! They even let the kiddos play along

We were able to go on this awesome Safari Tour

 The second day was spent at the Magic Kingdom!  It too was a BLAST!  But sadly my camera died after the first ride and meeting with Ariel!

Family BEACH day

The first order of business when my family arrived was to take them to the BEACH!  Reiko and Ari came in the night before, but we literally picked Unc and Auntie Tina up from the airport and took them to our favorite place here in South Florida!

Beach Days

Justin had a pretty relaxed rotation during the month of February so we made the  most of his days off and headed to the beach!  We have to soak up this sun as much as we can!

The seagulls have been really bad every time we go so we hired our own personal bird chaser

One outing Taija insisted on bringing her 'surf board'

Mika's 1st time in the water