We stopped at a rest stop in the night to sleep for a few hours, but made it to the resort by 10am. The kids were wired by this point so it was right down to business with a trip to the pool. This was probably our hottest day -over 80F, though every day was beautiful except one.
Here is Kylie headed down to the pool after her nap.
Here is Kylie headed down to the pool after her nap.
There was lots of time to relax, but not as much as in previous years. The kids keep you hopping - especially Kylie. We really had to keep our eyes alert! In the picture below, Jonathan is reading "The Hockey News", which many people informed him was a real giveaway to his place of origin!
Kade used water wings at first until Kylie bit a hole in one of them and after that he just made up his mind to do with out them and it wasn't long before he was quite confidently swimming through the shallow end and the deep end. (both of which are well over his head)
Kylie loved the water too - at first. She was very brave and very dangerous and then fell down the stairs under the water on the second day and after that she was content to just sit on the edge and splash with her feet!
Kevin loves the water too, but always gets cold much quicker than Kade and is therefore most often the first one out. (not including his mother:)) And another benefit of "summer" that we really enjoyed was bbqing. Food seems to taste so good on the bbq!
Kevin taking Kylie for a little walk before supper.
Kevin and Kylie liked to accompany me on some of my walks and even Kade was convinced to come on this one. Kade loves to swim and could be found wearing one of his bathing suits at any point of any day. He wanted to be prepared for any opportunity that might have arisen!
These pictures are taken down by the marina where all the boats are docked.
Kade got this guy from someone at the market we visited and they were quick friends and seldom separated.
The golf cart is the preferred method of transportation here and the boys loved driving it around. Kevin got to be the official driver for Jonathan when he went golfing. The resort has a small 9 hole golf course which Jonathan visited at least once a day. I tried a round on the last day we were there and almost beat Jonathan too!
Jonathan and the boys went for a night swim after supper once. The water feels wondefully warm --until you get out and then it's a mad dash for the hot showers!
I put french braids in Kylie's hair for the first time and it turned out so good I just had to take a picture:)
This alligator was hanging out right at the end of the boat loading/unloading dock.
This turtle climbed right up to about a foot away from the pool before i noticed it. Kylie also saw it and was rather frightened , but then she seemed to forget about it and ran right past it and saw it when she was about a foot away. She flipped right out which was rather funny to watch!
Jonathan ended up picking it up and putting it over the fence where it crawled amazingly fast (whoever said turtles were slow never saw this one) back to the pond!
This turtle climbed right up to about a foot away from the pool before i noticed it. Kylie also saw it and was rather frightened , but then she seemed to forget about it and ran right past it and saw it when she was about a foot away. She flipped right out which was rather funny to watch!
Jonathan ended up picking it up and putting it over the fence where it crawled amazingly fast (whoever said turtles were slow never saw this one) back to the pond!
Jonathan played water volley ball with a group of people one day which turned out to be a lot of fun!
We went to Rogers/Venetian Park in Leesburg one afternoon before going out for supper at the Golden Corral (highly recommended if you ever see one). This is a great park that we have visited every time we've gone to Florida and the kids have a blast there.
Kylie did too - although she had to do everything 100 times and then got mad when we moved on to the next thing.
I thought this would make a great picture, (and it does), but a lady fishing off of the bridge gave Jonathan a funny look to which Jonathan loudly had to reassure Kylie that he would never do such a thing!!
I think these birds are very pretty and Kylie did too. She kept chasing them around yelling, "kuk, kuk, kuk!"
And then before we knew it, it was time to go home. We were there for a full six days, but it goes by soooo fast and really isn't long enough. But we were very thankful for the break we got and very thankful to Grandpa andGrandma for letting us stay in their home once again!!
Here are some fun pictures of Kylie on the way home. The kids were fabulous on the way home - so good that we hardly had to stop and therefore were making such good time that we just kept on trucking and made it home in 18 hours!
Here are some fun pictures of Kylie on the way home. The kids were fabulous on the way home - so good that we hardly had to stop and therefore were making such good time that we just kept on trucking and made it home in 18 hours!
Oh, it sounds like you had a wonderful time! You have some awesome pictures in this post!
ReplyDeleteOne of these years Rob and I need to go south in February. I especially want to go this year with my in-laws & Rich & Cher in Florida now, and Steve & Jo going to the Carolinas in a few weeks. However, for now I'll have to enjoy others trips vicariously :)
That last picture of Kylie is hilarious - I love it!
You're taking me next time, right? :o) Looks like you guys had a great time. Winter must be hard to get used to again. Thanks for putting up all the pictures so fast! Hope to see you soon. (For real. Call me or something. :o) Your birthday....?)
ReplyDeleteChris.
Yo Denise!!! I have been patiently waiting for these pictures.. but they make me soo jealous!!! You guys look like you had an awesome time!! The last picture of Kylie is hilarious :)
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Really did Kylie go outside like that all on her own??? That is way to funny!! what a spunky kid :o) It looks like you guys had a blast. You have some great pictures! I'll have to look at the rest tomorrow...
ReplyDeleteLooks like such a blast...maks me look even more forward to going. I love the pictures that you took. What cute kids you have.
ReplyDeleteLooks to me like you had a wonderful time. Welcome home
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Denise, looks like so much fun. Glad to hear that you guys are back and everything went well. I know it's your birthday this weekend but did you guys want to come over on Sunday night?? Just e-mail me if you guys want to come. I know you hate the phone:) Talk to you later.
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Happy Birthday Denise!!
ReplyDeleteYour pictures look fantastic from Florida!!! Looks like it was a great time!! Jon gets Hockey News too? Steven gets it as well...and I don't have his attention the whole night a new issue comes in the mail!
Hope you have a fantastic day celebrating your birthday!
awww luckies!! i love florida!!great pics Denise, what a great looking family, and i love how you write about them. glad you had a good time!! :)
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