Saturday: We got to my parents' house a little before 1:00. Valerie got in that evening with Robbie. Jonathan, Chat and their kids surprised us with a visit. The kids had tons of fun together, and this time Brian was mostly able to keep up. He liked the attention he got from his older cousins for sure.
Sunday: We went to church with my parents and saw some familiar faces. After naps, Valerie and I took our kids to a friend's parents' birthday party. We got to see Barbara and Jack there, which we were happy about since Barbara had to go back to work the next morning. (Boo!) Valerie had her camera that night. Hopefully she'll post some pictures!
Monday: We met up with Jonathan's family at Chuck E. Cheese's. To say we had a blast was an understatement! Jonathan is the Chuck E. Cheese's king, winning the most tickets by far. We stayed about 4 hours and ended our trip with cotton candy. YUM! That night we went to my (and Kayleigh's) favorite Thai restaurant.
Tuesday: It rained today. BORING! After putting Robbie and Brian down for their afternoon naps, we snuck Kayleigh out for some time at the beach. It was rainy but not thundering and lightning, so we stayed out for almost 2 hours! It was pretty choppy, so we mostly stayed at the shoreline collecting coquinas and letting the waves wash over our legs. I don't have any pictures of this since neither Valerie nor I were willing to take our cameras to the beach. We picked Grandma (Nana) up on our way home so she could have dinner with us. After we ate, Kayleigh gave her a stack of books to read to her. Grandma made it through 4 or 5 books before telling Kayleigh she couldn't read anymore. She did much better than me--I only make it through 1 or 2 before I say the same thing!
Wednesday: The kids and I visited Grannie and Aunt Ola. We almost had to cancel our trip because we were having such a bad storm that morning, but the rain let up for us to have a really nice visit with them. Grannie had lunch for us and let the kids play with all of her monkeys. After dinner, Dad took all of the kids on a ride on his mower. They loved it, and even got to wave at neighbors as they passed by!
Thursday: Valerie and I took our kids up to Jonathan and Chat's house to meet up with them and go to the beach. We had another long play date with them, staying at the beach 3 1/2 hours. We got a little sunburned, but had fun getting it. The kids tried boogie boarding. Brian hated it from the time he got on the board. Kayleigh did it a couple of times, but salt water really stings your eyes, and the pain was too much for her. There was a lot of other activities going on to keep them occupied. All of the kids let us big kids get some time on the boogie boards. I'm not good at it at all, but it was fun all the same.
Friday: All of us went to Lowry Park Zoo. Thanks for the tickets, Dad! We got there about 9:45 and stayed until 3:30. Whew. The kids were troopers, and I think we did everything we wanted to. We got to see a 1 month old rhinoceros. Kayleigh rode her first "big" roller coaster. She was a little too short for it and her head kept hitting the safety bar, so it wasn't her favorite part of the day. We got to feed a giraffe and ride a camel! I don't know when I've ever been to that zoo, and I LOVED it! Dad took Kayleigh for some new sunglasses before she went to bed. She wore them the whole way home!
I did two slide shows for the park because there are a LOT of pictures that I liked!
Saturday: It's our day to go home. Jonathan, Chat and kids came to Mom and Dad's house to say good bye. Brian was literally asleep 5 minutes after we left. We got home in plenty of time to pick Erik up from the airport. Unfortunately, when the plane was supposed to land, everyone there anxiously awaiting a loved one started getting texts saying that the plane had to return to Miami due to mechanical problems. We were so glad that they were safe, but hated having to leave the airport without Erik. It was a mess for him trying to get home!
Sunday: Erik is here!!! We had a lot of fun on our vacation, but missed him and were so happy to have him home!
2 comments:
LOTS of pictures! I loved looking at them even though I've seen them already. We had so much fun and Robbie loves being with his cousins!
Poor Erik - not home til almost 24 hr after he was supposed to arrive. Glad everyone is safe. We LOVED having you here last week. You can come anytime. So can Val and fam. All of your pics are so good.
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