Vacation Day 9

Which, in all reality is traveling home day. A very, very, sad day.

The kids saying farewell to the house.

And Julia crashed out on the way to the airport. Note the drool.

Another perfect vacation in the books. Can't wait until next year!!

Vacation Day 8

Last day in paradise.... We spent it at the beach, in the pool and ordering take out. It was awesome.

Here I am snorkeling. My new favorite hobby.

Checking out a final sunset.

Found a friend!

And Jeff just laughing at me as I am trying to find one last perfect shell! I have a serious addiction.

Photos walking back from the beach through the dunes.

That's our house, the large blue one.

Vacation Day 7

What can I say...just another day in paradise.

Natalie's day started with a trip to the local donut shop! Pick your own toppings!

Today we did get to see some sea life. That huge black shadow is a manta ray! It was huge and I was pretty sure it was going to eat Bob and Jeff.

And we got a new toy.

Cassidy and I found a starfish!

And Cassidy finds her first sand dollar!

Soon after that there was what was thought to be a shark sighting so everyone cleared out of the water. We didn't see it, but we did see lots of Tarpon fish.

The girls look pretty rattled...eh?

And here was "home base"

The guys left us soon after that and we had too much to carry, so the kids offered to pull/push the wagon back to the house. Love it.

Vacation Day 6

Another day spent on the beautiful beach! This time we found sand dollars! They were so much fun to find!

And of course some more pool time!

Vacation Day 5

Today was a great day. This is the view I woke up to. Minus the ugly neighbors roof, it is pretty spectacular!

We started the day with a 2 hour catamaran ride. It was lots of fun!

Kids with Captain Kit!

After the boat ride we thought it would be fun to turn things up a notch and go jet skiing!

Natalie and Jeff had a dolphin hanging out right by them for a while. Really, really, cool!

That night Jeff and I had planned to renew our wedding vows, as it is the 10th year of our marriage. Afterwards we were all doing family photos. The weather turned out wonderful and everything was so much fun!

Julia said that it wasn't a party without a cake, so I found a bakery on the island that could accommodate her peanut allergy. The cake was beautiful and tasted wonderful!

The girls and I before the ceremony.

After the ceremony taking photos.

Jeff and Julia walking the beach.

We ran out of sunscreen that day so we decided to take a quick stop at Walgreens. We sure got some looks!

Back at the beach house ready to eat some cake!

It was such a wonderful day! Here is the ceremony video if you want to watch it. It is about 10 minutes long.