Day 90

Another beautiful day in Florida!  Today we hung out on the beach and then decided to take in the Miami Marlins home opener!  It only took 3 hours to travel 26 miles and park. Ugh

Day 89

Today turned out to be beautiful!!!  We had a great day by the pool! 

We spent almost all day outside!

Tonight JC grilled our favorite chicken!  It was delicious! 

Tonight was movie night again... "School if Rock"!

Day 88

This is for Saturday...

The weather was very cloudy but warm today. We had a slow start, but eventually we ventured out to Ft. Lauderdale for lunch. 

We ate at Coconuts on the water. It was delicious!  

We also went to a surf shop, and Emma and Jackson both found something that they liked. Imagine that! 

No good real camera opportunities today!  There was a spectacular lightening/thunderstorm over the ocean tonight but I wasn't fast enough to catch it. 

Late afternoon we did make it down to the pool, and the boys played baseball on the beach for a while. 

We cooked dinner in the condo tonight, and the boys rented "Shallow Hal" for family movie night. It ended up being a nice day even though the weather was lousy. 

Day 87

This post is for Friday!

We got up and had breakfast at our hotel before heading further south.

I drove the first shift from Savannah to Daytona Beach where we stopped for lunch.  JC took over the driving after that.

We arrived at the condo right at 4pm. It took us about seven hours from Savannah.  Here is the view from our room.

After traveling all day, we decided not to make a big grocery store run.  JC went across the street to a little convenient store for some milk, and we made do with the snacks we brought and delivery for dinner.

We quickly changed and took in a little pool time before the sun went down.




As usual Emma found the most joy and didn't complain one bit!

Here are some more views from our room.  The sun sets behind our condo over the intracoastal waterway.



And beside of us are the cutest Florida cottages.  I would love to see inside some of these.  They have primetime oceanfront!

Day 86

Today has been a long day!  We are finally on our way to Florida for spring break!

This afternoon, Brendan's middle school baseball team played, and they won!!!

We made it to the interstate around 6:25 and to Charlotte by the time the sun was starting to set. 

Now we are just driving the many miles to our stopping point! 

Hoping for warm, sunny skies this week!

Day 85

My girl…

No Fear

Day 84

Ok…so this is going to Spartan Week!

With us packing for spring break and many sporting events, I am just not getting my camera out much.

Here is a photo of Brendan and Jackson just before their Spartan Kids race on Saturday!

So proud of them!  They were so excited even if that meant getting up at 6:30 am on a Saturday morning, driving almost 2 hours and then waiting around in shorts in 55 degrees for their race!  They rocked it!  In fact, Brendan came in first place in the 8-14 year old age group!

Day 83

for last night…

B had a long, cold baseball game, and we didn't get home until 8:30.

Here is one of my favorite post-race photos of JC and Jackson.

Day 82

Almost a mile in…JC meets up with us during his Spartan Sprint!  The kids are so happy to see him, and so was I!  He did great!

More photos to follow!

Day 81

On Saturday, the family headed to Porter Farms outside of Charlotte for the Spartan Carolinas Sprint.  Brendan and Jackson ran the Spartan Kids 8-14 year old race and Emma did the 4-7 race.  Brendan came in first in his race.  So proud of him…Jackson was not far behind!

Emma had no fear.  In fact, she pushed her way to the very front of the starting line.  Way to go girl!