Quick Trip to Florida part 2:

I hate that my photos download backwards but here goes.  Of course this is a picture of traveling back home but after the first two photos, you can see what we loved in Florida!  

 

Traveling to Florida in the Fall is such a wonderful idea!!!!  Last year, we attended the Turkey in a Hole event at Gator Camp and we loved it!  They also have the fall flavors and I just had to taste Yoders Pumpkin Cream Pie!!!!  It was so yummy!

I love palm trees!  Austin loved the biking around!  He mastered this little bike from Mommy Lapps shed just fine!

Mike did a fix up job on Mom Lapps shed in her backyard before heading home.

We let Postal 98 Cafe fuel us up each morning with fresh hot coffee, breakfast wraps and muffins!  Just so yummy!!!!!

Austin and Mike did some biking together!

Soaking in the sun was high on the agenda!!!!

The first full day, Thrusday, Mike went golfing with his friend Bob Hailey.  So, Austin and I hopped along with Lena and Anna Ruth and the children to Cindy's pool!  What a gorgeous place!!!!!  We had beautiful views of a lake plus the huge pool about to ourselves!

Then on Friday, we went the beach.  Mike went golfing again and so Austin and I were sidekicks once again!  The ocean water was like bath water and Austin acted like a fish the entire day!

These cute boys keep their mommas busy but also loved the water!  I have no idea why I didn't catch a cute photo of baby Zayla but she was along on the trip too!  She did great and slept at the pool and mostly at the beach!  She was a great traveler and she's so sweet!

Googles and water are one of Austin's best friends!!!!

We ate out on this vacation and Austin got a waffle cone with cookies and cream ice cream inside after dinner one night!

I grabbed my favorites on Thursday before heading for the pool!  I must have some fresh veggies for grabs and nothing beats that yummy granola from Yoder!  This is the perfect blend of foods ever!!!!

The boys had a blast at the pool!  Cannon balls and many splashes!!!!

The older children stayed back home to work and go to school.  Ashlyn was not happy at first that she was staying back but she had a great time with cousins and friends!  Many thanks to Jody and Sari for caring for her so sweetly as we were out of town.  Here she is with Meleah having breakfast at the lovely, new cafe, Agape!  And, each night Mike would FaceTime Ashlyn and play the little music box he bought for her weeks ago.  It's something she treasures each night before falling asleep.  Mike turns the music box as it chimes "You are my Sunshine".  So sweet!

Matthew stayed home to and spent his days at school or at Reagans house.  He did finish his golf season while we were away.  Their golf banquet got changed to a later date and so Mike and I couldn't attend.  Sad but so proud of him because instead of being able to do his golf day with his dad, he golfed with Brian Allain instead.  Parker Allain pasted into eternity last year and he was one of Matthew's golf friends.  Brian is Parker's dad and so what an honor for Matthew to golf with him!  And, AND THEY WON FIRST PLACE!!!!  This was such a fun time for Matthew!!!!

 

This little trip to the Sunshine State was really fun and it took us only a few hours to fly back home and pick up Matthew, Ashlyn and Ginger!  We were all back home .... well, except that Hadassah was already off for her weekend plans.  Youth Center Staff went on a hiking trip and it was her first time going for a few days with camping in a tent and hiking trails.

Congratulations Ritchie on your graduation!  May God bless you as you finish up your term and serving there at camp.  Our time of celebrating, golfing, soaking in the sunshine, eating yummy foods and breathing in the ocean air was just wonderful!