Turkey Day Getaway: Day 3

Day 3 _ Black Friday was a gorgeous, gorgeous day!

We did head down to the outlets for quick morning shopping trip!

We headed out when the lot got full and some stores had lines to get in 

{Kate Spade - DH said what do they even sell}

We were back and at the beach by 11am for our kind of Black Friday!

 We spent a long time in the water, the sun was warm!

Sam was really enjoying the waves.

We spent some time at the pool and hot tub

the boys convinced me that I should get in the pool.

It did provide some deep belly laughs and funny memories

of them trying the dunk me! 

Lunch seaside!

 I headed back down to read by the shore and soak up the last of the sunshine for the day!

I was rewarded by this view!

It was not long and this boy had come down to join me.

 We looked up the sunset time and we were only 30 minutes away!

We elected to stay and soak it up!

And then we built this - ha!

 This.  

 And then this.

And this.  I want to remember when his head tucked right there.

It won't fit here forever.  It does right now and is the most precious thing.

Love him. 

And we dug this. Ha.  We did not. 

But we did see this.

Breathtaking.

 We headed across the street to our favorite unsavory (tee hee) restaurant

for our favorite pizza and nachos!

Sam maintained his foose ball winning streak.

And I found this on my phone on the google search - the reason we travel.

There is always something to learn!

Turkey Day Getaway: Day 2

We woke up early to enjoy breakfast at our favorite, The Donut Hole.

Joe laughed that we ate there and did not eat a donut at all, ha!

And then...

we spent our Thanksgiving beach side.

It was a perfect beach day.  Sun was very warm and breeze was low - temp was 71.

We all enjoyed the ocean and the pool!

Joe and I worked on a sandcastle and the boys threw the football around quite a while.

We walked up and down the beach and enjoyed the shallow sandbar

The sun was very warm, temps are a bit lower than our summer visits

so we have rounded out each day in the hot tub!

 We watched Wonder as a family.

We each had a favorite part, I cried and the boys laughed at me!

We enjoyed popcorn

 (and Joe and I missed the coke - we have been pop free since our birthday in August)

 We grabbed Whataburger on the way home - we wanted Stewby's seafood but it was closed!

 We played some games back at the condo.

Battleship, Spoons and 31.

We are so thankful.

Turkey Day Getaway: Day 1

We worked hard to get to the condo for a few days this week!

Tuesday looked like this: School, Work, Farm, Sign Land Loan Papers,

Sam away game at WRV THEN we left for Florida.  

Yep, we left after Sam's 6th grade game.

Mom (the girl) thought MAYBE we could leave after school and miss one game.

Dad (the guy) and Sam (the player) informed me we don't miss games unless it is really necessary...

and he had a great game so I would have hated to miss it!

We headed south and I rested while DH drove until 1:30 when we reached Alabama and then I drove until 4:30 while Dan slept and we stopped to change drivers...we rolled in at Sunrise

and that first glimpse was so relaxing!  

It made our unconventional trip down very worth it!

 The boys slept nearly the entire trip down, ate zero snacks or drinks

so they were up for the day while mom and dad relaxed a bit.

Ahem, dad slept.

This is where they spend their time in the condo - always here together.  Love.

I finally got moving and was very thankful for the coffee stash in the owner's closet!

Mid morning, we headed down to get our beach fix.  

 It was cool and cloudy but we still could not resist.

It was still 30 degrees warmer than home!

 And my toes were in the sand.

 It was freezing in my opinion, but it did not matter.  There were others in the water.

We decided they were also from Indiana (wink)

 We headed up to the heated pool and the sun ALMOST came out.

It was much warmer by the pool (less ocean breeze)

 DH joined us and we enjoyed the day away!

He grilled us some burgers while Joe and I went to the grocery store.

Delicious beach side lunch!

 Our evening was full of racing, a favorite and a must!

New this year was the slick track!

And Joe was warned twice for his aggressive driving on the family track, ha!

 This guy passed all the other single cars to get up to Dad and Joe in the double cars.

I love watching them and giving a recap.

 We tried a new restaurant (to us).  We loved the atmosphere.

 I tried Lobster Mac and Cheese - delicious!

And DH had Swordfish that reminded him of Barlean's Fishery in WA!

 And we ended up right back where we began.  

Melt my heart!