"Do you want to go to Florida?"

I was awakened last Tuesday morning to my phone ringing. When I answered, it was Nic. He simply said he called to ask me if I wanted to go to Florida today. You see, his parents were headed down along with his aunt and uncle to meet up with his cousin and niece who were already there. They all had been trying to talk us into going, but I did not think we could or should. Nic quickly twisted my arm and talked me into packing up the girls and heading south. I bought the ticket at 8:30 AM, dropped Jac off at preschool, came home to pack and clean, picked Jac up from preschool, drove to airport, and was on the plane on my way to Florida by 4 PM. Needless to say I was spent, but super excited about the chance to get away. The flight down was fine and both girls were gems. It was an awesome trip! The girls spent lots of time at swimming and jumping into the pool.
Here is Shan (Nic's cousin) with her daughter Sophie next to Jac and I.
Jac is still a little unsure of the sand, but definitely getting more used to it. Izy on the other hand crawls around and consumes as much sand as possible in a matter of 30 seconds. I love this picture of her precious backside!
Aunt Cara came over to hang out and the girls thought she was pretty cool.
I packed a backpack of toys for Jac to take with us. Note to self: never bring this backpack anywhere again...ever! Anytime it was in sight she insisted by way of tantrum on walking while rolling the backpack behind her. She is definitely a touch on the independent side, but I really do love it.
Sophie was so into the fish that one of the fishermen on the pier had caught.
One of my favorite things about going to Florida is waking up, sitting on the porch, and just enjoying the waves. Jac and Izy seemed to enjoy this as well.
We had to collect a few shells to bring home.
Izy...
Jac...
The girls played really well together in the pool. Seriously it was such an awesome and surprisingly relaxing trip. Thank you so much to my in-laws for all their help as well as Aunt Debbie, Uncle Duane, and Aunt Shan Shan!
I had some matching dresses for the girls that I was more than excited to dress them up in for a small photo shoot.



The last night, Friday, we headed out to dinner. The girls were so cute sitting in these "big girl" chairs.
I am not quite sure what Jac is up to here, but boy does she love her some ice cream!
This vacation was much needed for many reasons. One, I needed some sunshine in my life! It just makes me happier all around. Two, I needed to destress a bit. My phone and computer was not working while I was there so destressing I definitely did! And Three, and maybe the most important reason, I needed to know that I could go on vacation with 2 kids and actually enjoy myself. The past few trips we have taken with the girls have been not quite as relaxing for an assortment of reasons, but this time I actually took deep breaths, everyone seemed happy, and we had fun together! We missed daddy a lot, but am so thankful he sent us to Florida. I pretty much have the greatest husband ever!