Florida Vacation (Part Two)

I feel like I haven't been online in weeks but its only been a few days! haha! We left Orlando on Saturday - much to the relief of Edward and our bank account! We drove down to Ft. Myers and picked up Brittany then traveled on to Naples where Dad and Suzanne live. We always manage to stay quite busy in Naples and it was true again this visit. Saturday night we had dinner and chatted and the kids had a great time playing with all of the toys at Val and Jean's house. Val and Jean are Suzanne's parents and they live next door to her. They have plenty of extra space so we sleep there when we're in Naples. They have two 5 year old grandkids and plenty of toys. The boys love it there!

Anyway....on Sunday we tried to go to the train depot/museum but it was closed so we went to a water park instead! It was awesome! The kids had a blast and it was very reasonably priced - especially for Naples. Grandpa spoiled the boys with ice cream on the way home. Sunday night, my step sister, Jess, watched the kids and played Wii with them while we all went out to P.F. Chang's for dinner. The dumplings were delicious! So was the Great Wall of Chocolate! YUM! Monday, I cleaned up the van, took the boys to the mall, shopped with Brittany, helped Dad build his house, took the kids to the beach and had a BBQ with the fam! See what I mean??? Busy, busy, busy! Going back to the house building...Dad needed to get the furring strips up before the AC condenser gets installed this week so I helped him snap a chalk line and then stuck around and drilled some holes with the hammer drill just so I could say I helped!

Tuesday we drove North to Cape Coral and met up with an old friend from SECOND GRADE! Amber has two little boys of her own and it was really fun to catch up with her and watch the boys play. Jacob is also five years old and an absolute FISH in the water! It was so cool to watch him swim all over the place. I was hoping it would inspire Nolen to be more adventurous, but no such luck.

Well, I think that's enough of an update for now. Time to go have some more fun!