we got to celebrate Julia's 1st birthday!
a picture of each of the cousins :: early spring 2016
peter
lily
audrey
elizabeth
sarah
ben
the girls
the whole crazy bunch
Saturday, April 30, 2016
Monday, April 18, 2016
Spring Break 2016 {aka, Drive Me to Sunshine}
With the big kids in school and living in a wonderful neighborhood with lots of kids, I have realized that it can be hard to find family time that we all agree on. Third year in school and I finally caught onto the idea that spring break is family vacation time. Its not just time to "make do" at home with the kids while Daddy goes to work all week. And I often have an itch to go and see new places. So with all of those in mind, I decided we were taking a trip for spring break!
The driving thought was 'where can we go that's warm?'. I played around with distances & locations we could reasonably travel to in Florida, and settled on Amelia Island.
So off we headed on Easter Sunday. We travelled about 6 hours to South Carolina, spent the night in a cheap Days Inn, let the kids wake us up early the next morning, then headed for Florida!
Ben got to forward-face and watch his first movie! The world opened up for him!
Our condo wasn't available until the afternoon but write it down that we arrived very early, had a lunch of our leftover car snacks, then had the whole afternoon on the public beach area!
It was lovely, & sunny, & warm.
Our 3rd floor condo was beachfront so we got an amazing view of the sunrise each morning!
One day we drove to Fort Clinch State Park. It backs up to the Cumberland River between Florida and Georgia. We had most certainly brought along our kayak so after exploring that beach area, Mike & the big kids kayaked over to Cumberland Island, Georgia.
Ben & I stayed behind to nap & throw rocks. :)
"Daddy, Hold You!"
Treasures found on the other side :)
We stepped back in time & explored the fort at Fort Clinch.
That eve we went into the cute downtown area for pizza & ice cream.
Another day was cooler but perfect for long sleeves and shorts! :)
Books and coffee on the day - oh, what a good day!
Mike got to go surfing every day! :)
Thumbs up that his mini-van has a kayak on top!
Maw gave each kid $10 to get a treat. It was for sure a highlight of their week.
There was lots of Uno playing & a daily happy hour. :) Cherry 7-Up for the kids (maybe their second time ever to have soda?!)
Lily perfected the selfie. :)
On our final morning, we hit the beach as early as we could. Run to the beach to squeeze in every last drop of salt water, air, and sand! And these pictures show the prettiest time of the day.
Final stop on the way home was a Railway Museum in Savannah.
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