Day 280: Bapa, Nana & Uncle Trey arrive! Luke has been waiting nearly 9 months to get to wear this shirt at a time when he both fit into it and was with one of his uncles. ;)
Day 281: Aunt Tiffy joins the party and off to Daytona Beach we go! Carly is a great traveler...I can't quite say the same for her brother but we made it and had a lovely 3 days at the beach (which in my opinion is the perfect amount!). We checked into our rooms, ate lunch and hit the sand.
Carly was a bit frightened by the waves so she spent her beach hours building sandcastles and chasing the birds. She also disliked getting salt water in her eyes (pictured below is her rubbing her face in Trey because her eyes were stinging) so steered clear of the water.
Luke doesn't like to be out of mama's arms but did catch a few waves and ate a few handfuls of sand.
Tiff & I laid out, Nana worked her Nana-mojo by getting the kiddos to nap and volunteered to sit in the hotel while they did so & the guys were constantly body surfing in the water. Brian would kill me if he knew I posted this photo but he doesn't read my blog and it's his own fault for hamming it up while I was taking pictures of them. That about sums it up. :)
Day 282: Brian & I were up early with our kiddos and passed them off to Bapa so we could go for a run on the beach! Oh that is so much fun! After breakfast Trey, Brian, Nana & Carly built a huge sandcastle (more of a huge hole) while Bapa, Tiff, Luke & I explored the shopping at the pier. More sun bathing, naps, body surfing and beach walks filled up our day. We celebrated Tiff's 20th birthday and got a great family picture once the sun was on it's way down. My dear husband had to head home after dinner so he could go to work the next morning and the rest of us played cards and put the kids to bed.
Day 283: Breakfast, another glorious run on the beach (in dedication of Anna I even laid a towel out and did abs & yoga on the beach...lol), waves, sun, sand, pool time, food...you get the picture. We were delighted to get in on a special air show as well. It was going on all weekend so Daytona Beach was beginning to be packed right about the time we were high tailing it out of there! We packed up and headed out around 2pm and stopped at the Boardwalk for ice cream upon arriving back in what we refer to here in these parts as, "Central Florida." Brian grilled some fabulous burgers and we all relaxed at our place.
Day 284: Our final day of vacay we all split up for a bit: Luke & Carly hung with the G-parents, Trey, Tiff & I hit Typhoon Lagoon and my wonderful husband faithfully went to work yet again. We ordered BBQ for dinner, posed the kiddos with Aunt Tiff for a Northwestern pride photo (she missed Homecoming so she could hang in Florida with her fam so we chose to represent)...an evening walk and the day was over. It was a wonderful vacation and we were fortunate to all be together the same week; particularly when we are all in different states, different time zones and very different stages of life. Goodbye hugs and kisses are hard but darnet we've gotten good at them after 4 years...and we will all get a few hours (literally) together in two months. Oh...and did I mention Luke got to try ice cream? I was not pleased but it's just so rude to eat in front of him without sharing so I ended up caving.
Day 285: The house was very empty when the kids & I woke up on Sunday morning...but Nana walked in the door right as Luke & I were headed downstairs! She had dropped the party at two different airports for 3 different flights and had returned before 7:30am! As you can imagine she was exhausted but swooped my boy out of my arms and told me to go get some more sleep! Bliss. We were later off to church, ate lunch then tried our very best to lay low from a very full and wonderful week. I'm so glad she chose to stay an extra three days to help us transition back into normal life and to prevent the water-works of goodbyes all at once. ;)
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