Our Florida Vacation

Last week we headed down to Florida with Titus, Elizabeth, Joe and Judah. We had a great time. And even though the weather was only in the low 70's/upper 60's, it was still about 60 degrees warmer than in Boston (or Spokane). It's so nice to be able to go outside without gloves, hats, and coats.

During our typically day, we would do something with the kiddos in the morning (the park, beach, etc...), nap in the afternoon (or at least I would; Caleb would work), and in the evenings after all the small people were asleep we would stay up into the wee hours in the morning playing games and going swimming in our pool. Here are some (actually alot) of pictures from our trip.

Here are some pic's of our place. Everything was super nice, but it was definitely used more for entertainment than for living (ex. there were tons of wine/drink glasses, but only a few pots and pans)

This is facing the other way in the house.

One of the favorite toys for the kiddos were the brooms. They spent hours "sweeping."

They also really enjoyed "cleaning" the pool. Don't worry, they were always closely supervised.

Here are some pictures from the beach.

Titus and Els brought a kite. Here's Joe flying it.

Hannah and I exploring the beach.

Joe had alot of fun at the beach and we got tons of really cute pictures of him (he is very photogenic). Here's one of the many

Caleb and Hannah surprised by a wave

Titus and Judah playing in the water

Hannah and Joe enjoying the sand

Tito & Els swimming. The water was surprisingly warm and pleasent.

Hannah making sure she doesn't get sunburnt. What a Fry!

Here are some pic's from the playground.

Hannah and Judah swinging.

I like this one of Judah. It's hard to get pictures of him smiling.

This is one of Hannah's favorite activities.

Another of Hannah's favorite activities...I don't think I say the same for Judah. :-D

Here's our gaming set up. It was so nice to be able to play games outside at night.

Here we are inside playing Agricola, Tito & Els's new game. This was definitely the most played game.

Here's Caleb enjoying his whipped cream, with some pumpkin bread.

Here's a picture of our fancy Jamacian Shack, complete with whipped cream, chocolate shaves, and strawberries. We cut no corners here.

We also swam some at night, after all the kiddos were in bed. Here I am in my new swimsuit.

Here we go

So on our new camera we can do timer shots where it take multiple pictures at a time. Here are three in the series.

Well, if you made it this far, congrats! We took tons more of good pictures and it was hard to decide which ones to publish.

Anyhow, we had a great time. I'm thinking/hoping that this whole "co-vacationing to a warm place in the winter" should become a tradition...now that we've done it for the past two years...