Friday, April 1, 2011

Spring Break

The beginning of spring break was spent spring cleaning. We took a huge load of clothes etc. to the Hospice Thrift Store and got our yard spiffed up. The end of spring break is turning out the same way. We cleaned out the garage today - getting rid of stuff we hadn't even unpacked after we moved into the house almost 2 years ago! I shampooed the carpet and Robert finally moved the computer desk into the little space off of the laundry room. Thank goodness in the middle of all this Coby and I were able to take a trip to the beach!

A friend from work is a SUPER organizer and got a bunch of us to split the cost of renting a condo just North of St. Augustine for a few days. We had 4 moms and 6 kids in a 3-bedroom condo on the beach. It was pretty rainy most of the time, but that didn't keep us from having a great time!

On that first rainy day we got out of the house early and took a quick boat ride over to Fort Matanzas.
Afterward, we took a stroll along the beach in front of the condo. The weather was a bit more like that you'd find on the Oregon coast than I was hoping, but it didn't stop us from sticking our toes in the ocean!
When we got back to the condo, a few of the little ones went down for a nap and the rest of the kids started playing a game I'm not sure I understood. It involved a lot of yelling, jumping, and arguing!
Aaaahhh...finally the mommies have some time to relax!
The next day was also less than perfect weather, but we found plenty of ways to have fun. First we went to a little park with a fantastic playground and a carousel to boot!
Coby would have ridden his horse "Boomer" all day if we'd let him!
That night the kids got it into their heads that we should go down to the beach at night to look for shells. We didn't find much, but it was a lot of fun!

The next day - the day we were leaving - was finally beach weather and we certainly took advantage of it!
Making "cupcakes" with Caleigh.
Digging for pirate treasure!

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