OK, Florida Trip in Review

We left Saturday at 7:30am.  We stopped for breakfast along the way and I ended up feeling sick but thankfully recovered before getting down to the beach.  Kent on the other hand was out for the count.  Stomach hurting, fever, couldn't get warm, etc.  So once we got to the room he was out and in the bed.  We all just sat around, ate pizza, and watched some football.

Sunday- Kent was feeling better, must have been a 24 hour thing, so we headed to the beach.  We splashed, got nibbled on by fish and just enjoyed the sun.  We hung out at the pool and just layed out.  That night we were going to go to a local arcade so Jon Kent could play the "games".  But one of Granny's (Kent's grandmother) sisters was also at the beach so we stopped by to see her.  On our way back we were going to turn down one of the side roads to get back to the front beach road, but before we could a cop flew around us and turned into the street we were fixing to head down.  We just thought he was taking a short cut so we were just going to head down the road after him.  But before we could we saw that there were like 2 or 3 other cop cars there and the cop car that went around us had stopped and two cops got out with their guns drawn.  They were like 15 feet in front of us.  We don't know who they were pointing at or if anyone was pointing a gun at them.  It was like a scene out of the movies or something.  I totally freaked and started yelling at Kent's momma to get out of there.  The kids were in the back of the van and all I could imagine was bullets going through one of those back windows.  So we quickly got out of there.  We did end the night at the arcade, but that event was so heavy on my mind that I couldn't enjoy the games.

Monday we hit the beach again and went to the pool as well.  Just about the same as Sunday.  Except Pops (Kent's grandfather) came down with the same thing Kent had earlier.  Fun stuff.  That evening we hit the mall and tried to find some good Labor Day sales.  I ended up finding a good deal on some jeans.  Dropped a whole jean size, by the way!  Woot-woot!

Tuesday- I was hit by the stomach, fever, chills, virus.  Didn't eat all day except for maybe 5 grapes and some water.  If I even thought about food I would get sick.  It wasn't a fun day.  Had to spend it alllll in the room- alone.  Did get to see the Season Premiere of "House" but that was about it.  Thankfully it was gone by the next day.

Wednesday- Beach, beach, beach, and some pool time.  We went out and ate at Pineapple Willy's that night (my favorite beach eatin' joint) and took Jon Kent to ride some kiddie amusement park rides.  Which he loved by the way.  Which SHOCKED me!  Also, that night Zoey officially started.....WALKING!  Yup, she's a walker although she still prefers to crawl for the time being.

Thursday- Beach again and then Kent, Kerith, Seth, and myself all went jet skiing.  We had a blast.  I saw a shark...yes a shark!  It was probably about 2-3 feet long so it wasn't a HUGE shark but a shark none the less.  And at one point we were all sitting out in the middle of the ocean talking when we looked down and there were literally thousands of jellyfish under us.  EWWWW!!  After the kids went to bed that night, Kent and I strolled along the beach and talked.  It was nice...  Can I get a collective "Awwwww"?

And that leaves us with today.  Did the usual packed up, cleaned up, saved Jon Kent from drowning etc.  Oh, want me to go into more detail about that last one???  I was outside with Jon Kent scooping shells out of the bottom of the pool that he threw in there.  I was in the middle of scooping one out when he was in the middle of throwing one in when he went in with it and sank to the bottom.  Everything went into slow motion as it seemed like I just sat there and watched him sink (I didn't).  I jumped in and grabbed him up and he was fine just a little scared (me too!).  I was shaking so badly after that.  Totally freaked me out.

And now we are back.  It was a really nice trip.  We had a good time and we all got a tan.  So I would give it a thumbs up!!

Enjoy the pictures!!