So... WOW, where do I even begin?? Our happy little family has done SO much since May of last year, I don't even know what to talk about first...
If you were to ask the kids what we've done this summer their answer would be, "We went to the beach!" We went to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, with my parents and grandmother, the first week of June and LOVED it! (They are wanting to back already) I was unsure how they would take to the sand and salt water but we became "Beach Bums" that week to say the least- we were there almost every day. We built sand castles, walked the beach searching for shells, watched pelicans dive for fish (at times nearly at our side), and the kids met other kids while there and played with them.
In this pic, Will was pointing at an oncoming pelican that landed near us right after the pic was taken!!
When we weren't at the beach we were at the pool swimming!
This is the only pool pic taken at the pool, they wouldn't be still long enough for me to take any--they were having too much fun!
(my grandmother and Anna)
The only day our feet didn't touch the ocean or pool is the last day we were there and the only water we touched was RAIN!! So we made the best of it and went to Sawgrass Mills (a very large mall) and walked around after having lunch at the Rain Forest Cafe.
They even rode the carousel there at the mall
Later that evening we went to IKEA. The kids (both big and small) loved walking around the huge store of home furnishings.
We also took an air boat ride into the swamps and searched for alligators. They got to see an alligator up close and personal after our ride at a separate show. They even got to "touch" one!!
My dad and I even HELD the alligator!! They did not feel like I thought they would!
To remember our AWESOME first trip to Florida, the each bought an alligator to play with on the way home. Stuffed of course!
I promise, there will be more to come later about what all we've been up to, so.... STAY TUNED!!
