Our first year to Florida in 2011 was so perfectly amazing that we just couldn't NOT go again! Who can compete with clean, white, sugar sand...
crystal clear, warm water...
bright, blue skies and sunshine in November...
and a resort on the beach that we fell in love with the first time around?
The kids get a week off for Thanksgiving so we packed up early Monday morning and drove the 12 hours straight to the condo. The weather was perfect and we were all ready to play... except for Ryan Jane. She was not feeling well at all.
She spent the first night throwing up and was just miserable. Don and I tag-teamed helping her all night. In the morning we discovered that each time I got up, I just had to rinse out her bowl, but for Don it was cleaning bedding and/or carpet. I guess I kept forgetting to give her bowl back and Don paid the price! Oops. The next day was spent sleeping and recovering. We all felt so bad for her! At least she got to rest and nap in pretty amazing surroundings.
Heading to FL in late November, you really never know what kind of weather you're going to get. We totally lucked out again and had the most amazing weather! We spent our days as a family walking, swimming, digging, playing, relaxing, and being together. It was heaven.
It's sad to see these pictures with Ryan missing. She was just out of it for the first 2 days.
One of our favorite things to do is to take looooong walks on the beach. It is so relaxing. So beautiful and peaceful. We really miss the beach so we spent every waking hour enjoying it.
Don took the kids out to teach them to body surf.
The waves were small, but perfect for the kids. They had a blast!
Ethan stayed close to the shore, but practically lived in the water.
I love this picture of Don and Ethan out in the water.
Lunchtime back in the condo. It was amazing living right on the beach for a week.
By the end of Day 2, Ryan was feeling so much better and we were all so glad!
Ok, we have found the secret to finding amazing shells at the beach. We spend hours and hours walking on the beach and hardly find anything to scream about. But, Don discovered that if you stand in the shallow water, you can see beautiful, big shells just roll around in the waves! So the kids went to work and found some really cool shells. It definitely helped that the water was so clear. During their hunt for shells, Gillian came upon something a bit more exciting and a little scary! She spotted a huge crab and the kids were determined to catch it.
Look at that thing! It's nasty and huge.
Ginger wanted all the glory. Ok, not really. I made her hold it and pose for a picture. She was a good sport.
Ethan, too. :)
Love my little beach kids!!
You can tell Ryan was just getting over being sick, huh? Poor girlie.
A sweet lady on the beach snapped a family picture for us. Maybe this will be our Christmas picture. NOT!!
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