On Saturday, our second full day in Florida, we drove down south a little ways to go to a beach and meet some good friends of ours, the Reeces. They lived in Minnesota for a year, but then got sent to Florida on a rotation for General Mills. We were so excited that we were going to be close enough to see them. We love them, and their daughter, Kayla, and Miley were such good friends when they lived here. It was so sweet to see them hugging each other, holding hands, and just being so happy to see each other. The beach was awesome. It was huge, and there was a great little playground right now it where the kids were able to play as well. My parents came with us too, so it was nice to be able to hang out with everyone.
After being at the beach for a couple hours, it was getting close to lunch time and nap times for the younger kids. We went to a really neat place for lunch called the 15th Street Fishery. They had delicious food, and a dock right outside where you could go feed these huge tarpon fish. Our kids loved that. It was a little nerve racking, because they wanted to lean right over and there was nothing to stop them from falling in, but all the adults were good about keeping the kids close. :)
After lunch, it was time to head our separate ways. It was sad to say goodbye, but we know that they will be coming back to MN at some point, so that is nice. Unfortunately, the concept is a little lost on Miley...
The day definitely wore Landon out!
The rest of the day, we just relaxed and hung out. We snacked on leftovers and things for dinner that night, and again had a great time playing games once the kids were in bed!
On Sunday, we spent more time at the beach! It was definitely a beach going vacation, which is just what we wanted! I didn't get any beach pictures, but I did get a couple of pictures of the kids dressed up in their St. Patrick's Day green during some of our down time at the house...crazy kids.... :) Miley was practicing some dance moves, I am pretty sure.
That afternoon/evening we did dinner at Sweet Tomatoes, then relaxed for the rest of the night. Our trip was half over at this point! So sad, but nice that we still had three full days left!
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I think mom and dad were worried that you guys might get bored in Florida from lack of things to do, but it sounds like you guys had NO PROBLEM filling your lazy days with some fun activities! Looks like Miley enjoyed catching up with her old friend (and the pictures of her sad face in the car are, well... sad. Aaaand a little funny). Cute pics of kids in their Saint Patties Day green... Miley must have been doing some sort of Irish jig?
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