Each year, we enjoy taking family vacation with Jeffs parents. I get weird looks about that all the time, like "ooo... that nice of you". But really, my in-laws are great. And SO easy and great to vacation with! So we always look forward to spending time together and best of all, I treasure the fact that Rhyan and Mack are making so many good memories that they will cherish for a lifetime! Grandparents are so special!
We went back to Amelia Island this year. Its about a 6 hour drive. We got as packed as we could and were out the door around 15 min later than we planned. We always try to plan long driving trips this way: leave before breakfast and just go through a drive through on the way, let the kids eat in their carseats, keep the tv OFF for at least the first hour, hopefully we can make it two hours and after that we cross fingers that they will tolerate the car ride till lunch time. We take snacks and a toy bag (this year i got some great cheap stuff out of the dollar bins at target! slinky's were the biggest hit but they also loved the books i brought, coloring books, travel magnadoodles, etc). Honestly, the kids drove us a little batty on the drive. They are at the age where they do things to annoy each other. I'm told thats normal? Maybe so, but its annoying, too :-). Even with the tv ON they were yelling!
There is a gas station/petting zoo (odd combo, you think? hmmm... i thought so!) that we always try to make a pit stop at. Its at about the 3 hour mark so its a nice time to stretch the legs. It was pretty rainy/drizzly the entire time and guess who was a diva and didnt want to go pet/feed the animals? Rhyan!
Mack didnt let any rain bother him... but Rhyan had to be carried by her daddy... as they shared a princess umbrella. Can we say spoiled?! He's such a sweet daddy, yall. Precious!
Rhyan and Mack both seemed to enjoy the animals to some extent, but not the way they did last year! :-( I think that they were just all around cranky!
We got back in the car and planned to head a few minutes up the road and meet up with Jeffs parents for lunch at the crackle barrel! Well, about 2 minutes into the car ride, this is what I saw. REALLY! Great! ha!
We had to wake him up for lunch, which was sad b/c it was about the only nap he took that day and was only 20 minutes! He was a crank pot in the restaurant, too! We had to take him out a couple of times and just in general he didnt seem pleased that we woke him. Poor thing ;-)
After lunch, we have a little over 2 hours to go typically. The kids did ok the rest of the way... and before they knew it, we were HERE!
We went straight to the ocean to check it out before even goign to our condo! The kids were already in love so we knew this would be a good vacation!
Getting unpacked and settled is a big part of me feeling relaxed for the vacation, so we headed back to the condo to do a little work. And decided to go ahead and take advantage of the pool and see how the kids did! Mack put on his froggie swimmer and immediately went to paddling all over that pool! It was SO exciting, considering that a week earlier he was a different kid in the water! He loved it!
And Rhyan really surprised me! We brought her swimmie as well, but she said she didnt need it and she could swim.... and she jumpted in and DID! We had to have lots of talks about when you can jump in and when its NOT ok... and about 29 heart attacks later, she got the hang of it :-)
Jason and Liz came this year as well with Baby Avery!!! We were so excited! They got there a little after 6, i think?! We were all sitting down to eat dinner (ordered in i think) when they arrived... perfect timing!
We were off to a great start!! LOVE spending time with our family!!
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