This is the eighth posts for my Adventures in Florida series.  I will be posting a few photo posts after this as well as more details about some of the sponsors below. So keep watching for the final posts in this series. For my next post in the Brandcation: Adventures in Florida series, I wanted to take a minute to not just once again thank the sponsors of our different events, but also the sponsors that … Read entire article »

This is the seventh post in the series Adventure in Florida. You will find links to previous posts at the end of this document. My last adventure in Orlando was a Brandcation bonus. Not everyone was able to participate, and we broke into small groups. Thanks to Disney we were given one day passes and able to experience Disney World. Disney was even generous enough to make the tickets park hoppers. Kate and I … Read entire article »

This is post six in my Brandcation Adventure in Florida Series. If you are interested in other activities and dinners we participated in, please follow the links at the end of this post to our other adventures. Our second Brandcation dinner was at Arabian Knights. This dinner involves sitting stadium style and watching a performance that involves various horsemen showing their talents in performing tricks on horseback while telling a story. While watching the show, … Read entire article »

This is my fifth installment in the Adventure in Florida series that described the Brandcation event I attended in Florida. If you are interested in more information please visit previous posts (linked to at the end of this one). Our final Brandcation adventure was at Gatorland. When considering all of our adventures, this was my favorite family adventure. I had an amazing time and feel that my girls would enjoy this experience immensely. Gatorland provided … Read entire article »

This is my fourth installment about my adventures in Florida at an event called Brandcation.  To read more about my experience, please check out previous posts that are linked to at the end of this post. The first night at Brandcation we went to Sleuth’s for dinner and a show. I had never heard of Sleuth’s, but I had heard of mystery dinners. The ones I had heard of, however, involved the customers being … Read entire article »

This is the third installment of my Brandcation adventures in Florida. Links to previous posts are at the end of this article. On our second morning it was really cold for Florida (and this Texan was FREEZING!), but that did not deter us as we headed out for our airboat rides. Again I scored and was placed in the first group, and eighteen of us loaded into our boat and snuggled under blankets that Boggy Creek was thoughtful enough to remember and provide for us. The first part of the trip around the lake included lots of stops while our guide pointed out interesting plants and animals around the lake. After cruising through most of the lake slowly, we began our return back to dock. This was not a slow ride … Read entire article »

This is the second installment in a series about my Brandcation Adventure in Florida.  To read about our awesome accommodations provided by Global Resort Homes, check out my first post in the series. Our first adventure filled me with an excited nervousness – we went ziplining at Florida Ecosafaris. We arrived and were shepherded into the main house which included a store and restaurant. We were weighed (very discreetly) and divided into three groups, and I was in the first group! (Relief! Less time to get nervous!) We loaded into a big safari vehicle with our driver and headed out across the ranch where we saw horses and cows along the way. We then completed a brief tour of various animals (many being nurtured after being in bad situations) including a female East … Read entire article »

It’s hard to week that just a little over a week ago I was in Florida for a gathering of about 30 women bloggers for an adventure called Brandcation.  This is the first in a series of my adventures over that weekend. For the time that we were in Florida, we had amazing homes away from home thanks to Global Resort Homes. Our group had four different two-story homes that provided so many more luxuries than the traditional hotel room you experience on vacations or conferences. The home that I stayed in had a living room/dining room area, a family room, kitchen, game room, laundry room, 2 bedrooms and a bathroom downstairs. Upstairs there were 2 master bedrooms that had their own private bathrooms as well as two seperate bedrooms and another … Read entire article »

My plane was almost an hour late last night, but I did make it to Brandcation and my house at Global Home Resorts!  This house is awesome!  More pictures to come, but check out my Disney bedroom and one of the bathrooms. Can you say AWESOME?? Sorry for the sideways pictures….will correct later!!! … Read entire article »

We are self professed Disney fans, but sometimes I dream of a different type of vacation than early mornings, racing through the parks, and waiting in long lines.  Sometimes I dream of a more relaxed, laid back family vacation – an opportunity to spend time with each other, especially now that my oldest daughter is six hours away at college. One of our ideas is an Outer Banks rental such as the Seahawk Vacation Home. This home includes a view of the ocean, an outdoor pool area, five bedrooms including two master bedrooms, a game room, a hot tub, 10 televisions, and so much more.  I mean this is a vacation that could not only include myself and my daughters, but also a time for all of my family to relax … Read entire article »