Florida Fun... Part One

As I mentioned in my last post, we just returned from a really fun family vacation with my mom in Florida. We were so fortunate to be able to stay at a beautiful resort. (Thank you mom!) The best parts of the resort were the fantastic pool areas. They included lovely, large swimming pools, fountains to run through, water slides, a lazy river, sandy beach areas, hammocks.... LOTS of fun! The boys absolutely loved getting to swim so much.

This is a CPA in post-tax-season vacation mode for sure!

On Sunday we went to Mass at Mary, Queen of the Universe Church, which is a National Shrine. It's an amazingly beautiful church, including side chapels, a rosary garden, several awesome statues, and a gift shop. The liturgy was wonderful. There were THOUSANDS of flowers around the altar. I did not realize until I went up to Communion that they were all roses. Absolutely exquisite! The picture below shows only about a sixth of the roses.

This bronze statue of Saint Joseph and the child Jesus is absolutely breathtaking. You can go up and touch it. My boys literally inserted themselves into the scene and were enthralled.

If you're ever heading to Orlando, don't miss this Shrine!