The Florida Trip in Review

Monday we leave at about 8am and start the drive down to Florida.  The kids were asleep before we really even got out of town.  About an hour or so later we stopped for breakfast.

 

After breakfast we hit the road and turned on the DVD player so the kids could watch "The Wiggles".  We stopped at a TJMaxx so that Zoey could eat and Jon Kent could run around.  We got to the hotel room around 2:30pm and got checked in.  We went out to eat and then went to Wal-Mart to grab some groceries.  After getting back to the room we went out to the beach for a moonlight stroll.  Well Jon Kent decided that walking along the beach wasn't fun enough so he ran into the water.  He was soaked!!  We all were...lol.  But it was so much fun to see him playing and giggling and just having a good time.

 

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The next day we pretty much just stay around the hotel.  Playing on the beach, in the ocean, and laying out by the pool.  We went out to eat that night and then went to an arcade and just messed around.

 

 

 

Wednesday was another day around the hotel and at the pool.

Thursday...ummm Thursday...

We decided to take a shuttle boat across the bay to a place called "Shell Island".  Kent and I have been there several times before and it was always a beautiful place.  The water is so clear there and you can usually spot marine life there and pretty shells.  Well, we get there and load onto the bus that takes us to the boat that takes us to the island (did yall get that?).  Well, as we were getting off the boat the guide told us that if it started storming that we would be required to get off the island.  So we were like OK, whatever.  We get off the boat and start walking down the beach to find a good spot.  About half way there it starts raining.  We figured it would just sprinkle a little and then quit so we just kept on walking.  WRONG!!  We throw up the beach tent that we brought for the kids and try and throw our cameras, cell phones, etc under it to keep them from getting soaked.  But by the time we got that done it started thundering and lightening.  So we had to head back.  It was raining so hard that when the rain hit our skin it felt like little needles.  I grabbed Zoey and just ran towards the place where the shuttle boat would pick us up.  It was a good quarter of a mile.  As soon as we get on the boat and get back across the bay, it quit raining...figures...  After that the day was pretty.  The sun was shining, the sky was blue.  So we just went to the beach at our hotel and made a day of it that way.  I still wish we could have enjoy the Shell Island trip.  It really is a great place to spend the day...maybe next time.

 

 

Friday was spent traveling back home.  Both kids did great!  Jon Kent didn't fuss once and Zoey only started fussing when it got close to her meal times.

 

The trip as a whole was a good time.  I hope the pictures show up for yall!  Enjoy them!!