Florida Vacation

I am late getting this posted, but we were able to go Florida to stay with Misty for a week at the end of July. Neither one of the kids had ever seen the ocean and Bennett instantly fell in love with it.

Look at how crazy her hair got in the humidity. Aunt Misty kept calling her "Curly Girly"

Bennett loved covering himself in sand!!

Bennett was a swimming machine. He swam like this every single time we were in the water...which was every single day!

Bennett, Grace, and my niece Sloan building sand castles.

I had to include this picture of my niece, Landry. Look at those thighs!! Aren't they yummy??

One of the favorite past times was building sand castles.

This was the first time that Landry had been to the beach when she was big enough to get down and play......she spent all of her time eating sand.

There is NO telling what he was doing here.

I don't know why....but I LOVE this picture. There is just something about it that gets me.

Look at this skinny minny!! This is a 6-12 month bathing suit...and she will be 3 in 3 weeks.

I have no idea why this is the only picture of Sloan that I have that actually shows her face.

My little water-loving fish.

Bennett really loved looking for shells. On our last day there, we took him and my niece, Abbie, to a place called Shell Island. (The little girls got to stay with a babysitter.) We had to take a shuttle out there and then it docks and you have to walk about 10 minutes through the hot sand to the other side of the island. But, the reward is amazing. The shells were beautiful and we brought back 18 sand dollars.....those are the ones that survived. We broke our fair share too. We applied and reapplied sunscreen, but snorkeling for almost 4 hours left the back of my legs SUPER red. I could barely walk for the next couple of days. It was bad.

The highlight for the trip for Bennett was going on the pirate ship! He had a blast. It was a "real" pirate ship with pirates onboard. The kids got to sword fight, water gun fight, and look for treasure...which they then heave-hoed up out of the ocean. It was well worth every penny for my pirate loving boy.

Can't you just see the excitement in his eyes??

The captain said that dolphins love Bob Marley.....

This is how Gracie spent the majority of the ride....until I just held her hands down by her side and made her get used to the noise. (Mommy is so mean!)

Pirate Princess....

Loving the water gun fight

Bennett thought this sign was hysterical!

Picking out pirate treasure from the bottom of the ocean

Pirate Bennett and Bones

And....this is where Bennett got a little too close to the pirate sword....

Okay....maybe not....Bennett wanted a brush to brush his hair while he was in the bath tub. I told him no since we were trying to hurry. So, he decided to brush his hair with Mommy's razor. (yes, we have had a talk about NOT touching Mommy's things....)

Not the best video but my boy looks so cute here! He is in the green shirt and khaki shorts with the bandana on his head.

As you can tell, we had a terrific time. We are very thankful that Uncle Jimmy let us crash his house for a week.

In other news, we sold our house and we are moving next weekend. We are just going to a small rent house for a year and then we will build again. I go back to work on Monday and I am not looking forward to dropping the kids off at school. They have been with me all summer and Gracie is not going to be happy when I leave without her to go to work.

Can you believe that my baby is going to be 3 in 3 weeks?? Where has the time gone??