Of course getting down there was a challenge since my BIL's family was on a different flight and the night before all of their flights were cancelled and had to be rescheduled. And my MIL went into the ER the morning we were to leave with pnemonia. And our flight out was delayed 4 hours right as were were waiting to get on the plane. We missed our connection, spent the night in Atlanta, were re-routed to West Palm and had to drive an extra 1 1/2 to get to KL so our family actually missed the first day of the trip. But, after all of that, it tops up there as one of our best family trips ever!
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| Thank goodness for a dvd payer and a new Peppa Pig dvd while we waited in the airport for 4 hours! |
The boys were AMAZING considering all the waiting and early mornings we had to deal with. Ashton loved the plane and he kept repeating,"this is so cool." He had conversations with the flight attendants about flying and after they got over the fact that he was only 2, they all decided he was destined to be a pilot when he grew up:)
Going into this trip my main goal was to keep Ashton alive. Sounds a little drastic but the house had a pool in it so I had nightmares about Ashton jumping in without me knowing. I prepped him before we left and kept telling him he had to ask before he went in the pool. Of course he could have cared less about all of that once we got there. For the most part, he always asked to put his arms on before he went in. There was one episode where he thought he could swim in the hot tub on his own but he was quickly diverted.
The weather was divine. They had experienced cold spells the weeks before but we were so lucky to have the weather take a turn the day we arrived. Locals complained that it was 10 degrees hotter than normal there. We reminded them it was only 10 degrees here when we left:)
We loved to spend the days down at the resort pool. The water was a little warmer for the kids and there was a beach area with playground attached to it and a splash pad that the kids loved to play on. My favorite part was the Pina Coladas by the pool as we listened to a guy singing island music. Pure relaxation if you ask me.
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| My two little fishies... |
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| Yes, this is the middle of the day on the beach. During the week we felt like we had the entire resort to ourselves! |
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| One of them always has a funny face when I am in the picture! |
Grant made great strides in his swimming. He refused to put his head under water when we got there but peer pressure caused him to ask my SIL to dunk him like his cousin and after that, he was hooked. He wouldn't stop putting his head under and loved to prove to us he has a freakishly long lung capacity.
My main goal on a vacation is to relax. Jason's is to find as many activities as he can to keep him busy. We had discussed excursions before we left and had thrown out the idea of swimming with dolphins. I have always wanted to do that- it is number three on my life list actually. Jason could have cared less about it so I figured this was my chance since my SIL and her girls also really wanted to go. So, one day the boys headed off to the alligator farm and the girls headed off to Dolphin Cove. It was one of the coolest experiences ever. We were the only ones there so we got extra time and exercises with them. I couldn't stop smiling the rest of the day.
Boy stuff.....
Our other excursion was to the State Park for snorkeling. The Keys are not known for their beaches so we only stayed a short time and left Jason there to go on the snorkel trip. Unfortunately we also left Grant's sandals and goggles there too;(
For the most part we stayed close to the house. We went out to eat twice but the chiggars were horrible and most of us got eaten alive by them so we tended to stay inside the house once it was dark. Other than that, we took leisurely trips around the resort in my Pop Pops golf cart (by far Ashton's favorite), did some shopping in the downtown area and looked at all ginormous yachts. The kids would be sick of the pool in the afternoon so they all sat around with their electronics and sang songs. It was quite the scene.
We were all sad to leave. We were welcomed home to lots of snow at the end of our driveway and the shell of our house being completely frozen. Ugh. The boys woke us up the next morning and asked if we could go back to Florida. If only we could say YES!
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