Summer Vacation 2009!!! part 3

tuesday morning, you guessed it, the beach again, though this time it was the indiatlantic one, and it was steeper and rana was more tired (she fell asleep at the beach, so it was a good thing we could walk to the beach and we had a stroller with us for her to rest in).


afton buried in the sand, inside the edge of paul's sand castle, i can't get that pic to upload, so you'll just have to imagine the castle itself. the waves were a litte rougher than the girls liked, and the undertow was pretty strong too, so it was more of a sand day than a water day.

that afternoon we drove out to orlando to aunt dana's house. we passed a roadside honey stand though, so we naturally HAD to stop and buy a jar of honey, but afton and paul had a blast tasting all the varieties (they're the connoisseurs) before deciding on the most expensive one, so it must be the best, right? ;) again, we loved staying with dana and brent in orlando and playing fun games with the cousins--just remember "inquire"--fabulous ;)

paul celebrated his birthday over two days (sara suggested that if we made the cake a day earlier, we could enjoy it both nights we were in orlando, she's brilliant!)

by the way, that's 29+1 since there wasn't a 3 or a 0
for wednesday we spent the morning at the temple while the girls played with aunt dana and joe, by the time we left, i think they weren't even afraid of joe anymore :) by the way, the dog is joe, and the girls were that hysterical petrified thing kids do when they saw him, laughing in terror, for about 24 hours every time he came into sight, fortunately, he's really friendly, and eventually even rayna was ready to pet him.

paul, meanwhile, found a real manly persuit and built this track for the train, despite the girls' "help" impressive!

wednesday afternoon we headed back to jacksonville for one more "normal" (on vacation what truly is normal to two kids with no more schedule?) night at grandma's before heading back to texas friday afternoon.

it is good to be home, that's true, but it sure was nice to get away to a beach-paradise! so many thanks to everyone that put us up (put up with us), fed us, got us to the ocean, and visited and played with us, we really appreciate it! thanks especially to carmen and grandma that had us the longest, and still seemed to like us :)