Disney and The Pro Bowl...what a great way to start 2018!!

January started out with a bang, we got started on some fun decorating we'd been holding off on. Brian hung our boat oars, then he and Elaine came back for dinner. Then the next 2 weekends were dinner with different friends and my sister Shea came down to celebrate her birthday and take some pictures for us that we might use as canvases to hang on the walls. We wanted pictures of local places and wildlife....we also went to see the The 3 Redneck Tenors show...they were amazing.

Then the Disney trip came...always a good time

Every year should start out with a trip to Disney....we had a trip planned and Denny got a call from his beloved Falcons offering him (and my Mom, that shares his acct), a 3 day all expense paid trip to The Pro Bowl. They would be the representatives for The Falcons....wow...so he said ..YES and we started planning. As luck would have it, this trip was the same w/e we had planned to go anyway. So we had to get Mom down here and rearrange a few things and we were ready to go. We knew this was for real when this arrived in the mail...he was like a kid at Christmas....

After finalizing a few more things, the big day came...we picked up Mom at the Sarasota airport and headed to Orlando. After a stop at Cracker Barrel we were Pro Bowl Bound.

We were staying in a lovely Hilton. I was along for the ride. While the NFL provided their fun I headed to Disney Springs for some fun of my own....everyone was happy.

Fri evening they had a lovely happy hour that was enough food for dinner...while I happily found a Sushi Bar in the hotel...after they let me have a bit more dinner we all headed to bed, they had to be up early the next day. They were going to ESPN to meet players and then to watch some practice.

No many folks get to this...too cool

Out our window...it was lovely...but a little cloudy

Meanwhile, I headed to Disney Springs and Pro Bowl stuff was everywhere.

I took myself to one of the new restaurants for brunch... The Edison, it was decorated with all things Thomas Edison...was so cool

This was Clothes Hanger Bacon and Deviled Eggs....talk about good.

As the waiter said I was having bacon and eggs for breakfast...YUM

This cool guy came around and did science tricks ....

These short films played on the walls...

 A look at the bar from above..

Right inside the front door

Outside signs...a cool place...will come back for dinner. At night they have entertainment...

After brunch I enjoyed just strolling around..people watching, wandering in and out of shops...so much has and is still changing at Disney Springs it's just fun to wander. I heard this guy playing so I sat and enjoyed for a while. He played several things, even the Conch shell!!

He was good...so fun to just go slow and enjoy.

When Mom and Denny were done with there day doing NFL things they

rode the hotel bus over just in time to see the Pro Bowl NFC Cheerleaders show...

Then we walked around a little and headed to The Boathouse to join Denny's cousins for dinner.

What a great day...tomorrow is the big game and maybe some errands for me, it's supposed to rain..so we'll see what I do.