Right before the children were out for Spring Break they celebrate READ across America and Dr. Suess's birthday. Below you can see my Cat in the Hat.
Then we headed out the next day for Jacksonville, FL to visit S2J2 with a quick stop in Madison to pick up Taylor and Coco! We arrived late Friday night and then go up early to head to the city to see Sarah finish her 15K run. The race audience was exciting!
Joshephine and Langley even participated in the Diaper Dash and received their own medals!
And of course what good even doesn't have blow up fun!
There were numerous outdoor picnics
one swim day....that was really windy and cold!
I didn't get in this water but it was not heated and the wind was blowing so I can't even imagine how cold it was!
Then we headed off to the beach. The waves were great and even drew some surfers but once again it was cold but that didn't stop these children.
My little diva saying something very important I'm sure while Josephine was running circles around her. I believe that I have this on video.....to come later!
These two went straight to digging when they arrived on the beach.
There were some fantastic parks near Fleming Island and the children can't wait to go back! These little girls were quite the climbers!
Just a cute little pose to say "hi" to daddy!
One afternoon Uncle Shannon even gave everyone kayak rides....he was very popular!
The great climbing wall at one of the great parks we visited.
Taylor and sweet Jackie! You can see Taylor in the backgroud. I was so glad that Taylor could join us on the trip. He wrote me a sweet thank you letter with a drawing of my truck on it....I'm afraid he only remembers the very long drive!
I know that Parker remembers the black snake that popped out of the bushes while she was hunting lizards!!!!
Uncle Shannon decided it was best to chop off its head with hedge clippers and later debated with himself whether or not it was a "helpful" snake or not.....what???? Sorry for the inner turmoil but I think you made a smart decision. Just saying :)
Just a couple of beach babes
We had a wonderful road trip and trip in Big Blue (that's the name for my new truck) and look forward to heading back out to FL in June for Jackie's Baptism and Josephine's 3rd birthday! I hope everyone else has as much fun!
