FLORIDA: Aldrich Family Vacation

Ross and I made the trek to Florida to meet my family and celebrate brother Jeffrey's GRADUATION from Penn State. Now we have 2 chemical engineers in the family... I'm such a proud big sister :) Jeff's decided to go to med school and I'm super excited about having a doctor in the family. I will be calling him with puppy health questions and reassurance that Web MD doesn't know what it's talking about. It's gonna be great. Now, which school will he pick-- that is the question...

We ventured to the Orlando WonderWorks Museum one afternoon. Pretty wacky indeed.

 WonderWorks Museum. Pretty neat facade.

Hurricane chamber where you can experience hurricane force winds. 

Brother.

The original 4.

Special 5th person. Short legs in the wacky mirror.

Ross LOVES to fly airplanes.

After spending a couple hours at the museum, we got all dolled up and headed to Disney's Animal Kingdom Resort where we had dinner reservations at a fancy South African restaurant, Jiko, to celebrate a graduation. Turns out the hotel sits on a "safari" complete with lots of animals. Good prep for the real deal!

I couldn't decide which effect I liked better, so here are both:

Brother is all grown up!

Multiple dipping sauces with flatbread? Yes, please! My favorite was the red pepper pesto.

Close your eyes on 3!

Coffee Blackened Corvina, a flakey white fish.

My shrimp curry was delicious!

Dad's Grouper with a sweet potato puree. 

Hmm, how did this picture sneak in there...

Chase is going to be 14 years old in March!