Tara and Cole Thomas, along with their daughter, Rylie, were the winners of the trip to Florida sponsored by the Rochelle News-Leader. (Photo by Ellen O’Malley Petry)

ROCHELLE — After scratching off 10 lottery tickets Sunday and concluding that they “never win anything,” Tara and Cole Thomas got a nice surprise Monday afternoon.

Their names were drawn in the News-Leader’s second annual Florida Vacation Giveaway. The young Rochelle family recently purchased a subscription for the paper and at the same time dropped off their entry form for the contest.

They won a seven-day stay at Orange Lake Resort in Kissimmee, Fla., just outside Orlando.