Day 4

Our chilliest day, but still memorable. :)

Took the kids, mom and dad to Bonita Springs for lunch. Found a local hot spot on yelp.com and hit a homerun. We had amazing sandwiches and a great brunch with the kiddos. They had their own little table in this cute little "hole in the wall." Loved it.
We also celebrated mom's birthday because Ellie was SO bummed that she was not going to be with her on the actual day. Kely Lime Pie from Publix and a few candles made Ellie feel like she was in the loop.



By 4 PM the sun came back out and the temps went up. The view from our condo was incredible, which allowed for some amazing sunsets. We walked out on the beach to watch it go down tonight. It's tradition for everyone to clap once it goes down, and a neighbor always blows a foghorn. The kids thought that was pretty fun. :)

Day 3

BEST DAY YET.

Perfect weather (75 and sunny until 4 PM), tons of fun outside, a boat ride on the Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic Ocean, anywhere from 10-30 dolphins ALL AROUND US within feet of our boat (incredible), a fun evening walk on the beach and a date night with my hubby to finish it off. Good times.

Fun walk with the fam after dinner. It started raining and we all had to sprint back to the condo---I felt like we were in a movie running down the beach, laughing our heads off.

Day 3

Today was another fun one here in Fort Myers. Morning Sun...afternoon clouds, lots of swimming, a few walks on the beach and a great Mexican dinner at Cantina Laredo with Megan and Nick Menster to top off the day. I was SO incredibly tired by 9:00 that I fell asleep on the couch as soon as I sat down. Whew. Vacation is fun but exhausting!!! :)

Day 2

Too many fun things happenin today to take pictures. Whoops! I'll be better the rest of the week. :)

It was literally FREEZING this morning (40's) and we were unsure about the type of day we would have. But by 10 AM the girls and I were out on the beach in our jeans and sweatshirts havin a blast. We ran up and down, racing each other. Then we built roads and pathways for our sea shells to travel upon. We played airplane and we laid on the beach and looked at the sky to see who could find a cloud. Not a cloud in the sky---not one. Perfectly blue.

The day just continued to unravel with lunch, pool time, more beach time, naps, back to the pool again...then Ryan's aunt and uncle (who live about an hour and a half north of Ft Myers) came to hang out with us for the evening. We made dinner here at the condo and hung out, it was really nice to see and be with them. Felt bad though, as they are in their upper 60's and only had one son back in the day (no girl DRAMA) so they were in for it with our clan. Geez.

Oh well, good times. :)

It was an amazingly beautiful sunset tonight though. And we have the best view of the ocean right off of our condo/balcony, so it was quite a site to see as we were eating dinner with Dee Dee and Bob tonight. Good stuff.

Quote of the day goes to Emma again.

As I was changing Griffin's 4th poopy diaper. "DUDE, Griff, you pooped again! That's nuts!" Emma: "Oh mommy, why you callin him DUDE? His name is Griffin. Dude is a little BUDDY mom, not a Griffin."

WHAT? Not sure at ALL what she meant but it sure was cute as she was convinced she made sense and knew exactly what she was talking about.

Sleepy mommy now. Gonna watch a little bit of TV and then hitting the hay. Ah.