Thursday, September 24:
We got up this morning and had to pack everything up. We got everything packed, went and grabbed some breakfast, stopped by the gift shop for a couple of last minute items, and then we were off to the beach. We were only left 10 minutes past check out time, so we didn't do too bad. We headed to Daytona Beach and got us a room at the Ocean Walk Resort. The first room we got was not very nice (the balcony door handle was falling off, so you couldn't hardly open or close the door and you could not lock it), so we had to switch rooms once. We finally got into our room and everything was nice after that. However, there was not much beach to be had. The ocean was pretty much all the way up to the sea wall and there were some very tall waves coming in.
Slowly the ocean started going down, but not much. We did go down and play a little bit, but not much. We went swimming for a little bit and then we got ready for dinner. We headed down to Ponce Inlet to eat.
We came back to our room and grabbed long sleeves and then walked down by the ocean. We didn't get all they way down to the sand (there is a little walkway up above it), because the ocean was still up real far and being dark we just decided it wasn't worth it. It was a nice day at the beach though.
Friday, September 25:
We got up this morning and headed down for our Family Picture on the Beach that we always take when we go to the beach. The kids hunted for shells and we took lots of pictures. We then decided we better head back and pack up the van before check out time. We had brought lots of stuff into the room, eventhough we were only here one night. The room had a washer/dryer, so I did all of our laundry while we were at playing, swimming, eating, etc... We packed up and checked out and then we went to play in the ocean, beach, and pools. The kids had a blast playing on the beach. Bryce loved digging in the sand, Cole loved eating the sand, and Faith loved trying to build a sand castle (which didn't work too good, so she just dug a hole and filled it with water for Cole to sit and play in). About lunch time we decided we had better leave, eventhough none of us were ready. We stopped by IHOP on the way out of town. We then drove a couple of hours to Pa's house. The kids were glad to get to Pa's house, just to be able to sit and not have to do anything and have room to just sit and play.
We got up this morning and headed down for our Family Picture on the Beach that we always take when we go to the beach. The kids hunted for shells and we took lots of pictures. We then decided we better head back and pack up the van before check out time. We had brought lots of stuff into the room, eventhough we were only here one night. The room had a washer/dryer, so I did all of our laundry while we were at playing, swimming, eating, etc... We packed up and checked out and then we went to play in the ocean, beach, and pools. The kids had a blast playing on the beach. Bryce loved digging in the sand, Cole loved eating the sand, and Faith loved trying to build a sand castle (which didn't work too good, so she just dug a hole and filled it with water for Cole to sit and play in). About lunch time we decided we had better leave, eventhough none of us were ready. We stopped by IHOP on the way out of town. We then drove a couple of hours to Pa's house. The kids were glad to get to Pa's house, just to be able to sit and not have to do anything and have room to just sit and play.
Saturday, September 26:
Today we went over to Karl's Uncle's house to see everyone. We got to see Darin, Susan, and their kids (Spencer and Nolan) and also his grandparents (Nana and Papa) were there. We hadn't seen them for a long time, so it was a nice visit. The kids all had fun playing together and got along really well.
Today we went to Lowry Park Zoo, in Tampa.. We got there and we didn't think they were going to take our zoo membership card that we had, thankfully they finally did (otherwise it would have cost us about $75.00 to get in...I'm not sure how anyone can afford to go to the zoo there very often). We got home from the zoo and cooked some dinner and started packing everything up for the tip home tomorrow.
Monday, September 28:
Going home day.... We got up and left Lakeland at about 5:15 our time, which was early. The kids pretty much never woke up when Karl put them in the van. Bryce slept for a couple of hours and Faith didn't wake up until we were making a stop in Georgia. I guess it was a tiring week for her. We had to make sure and keep the gas tank pretty full on the way home, because there was a gas shortage happening from Atlanta to Nashville. We got off at many exits that didn't have any gas. We finally found a gas station that had gas, so we waited 20 minutes for gas, just so we didn't have to worry about running back. We finally made it home at about 9:15. The kids' DVD player quit working on the way home, so I was worried how much entertaining I would have to do. However, I'm glad to report that all 3 kids did wonderful in the car on the way there and on the way home.
We had a very nice trip. It was busy, but lots of fun!! I do think that we are all glad to be home though.
Today we went to Lowry Park Zoo, in Tampa.. We got there and we didn't think they were going to take our zoo membership card that we had, thankfully they finally did (otherwise it would have cost us about $75.00 to get in...I'm not sure how anyone can afford to go to the zoo there very often). We got home from the zoo and cooked some dinner and started packing everything up for the tip home tomorrow.
Monday, September 28:
Going home day.... We got up and left Lakeland at about 5:15 our time, which was early. The kids pretty much never woke up when Karl put them in the van. Bryce slept for a couple of hours and Faith didn't wake up until we were making a stop in Georgia. I guess it was a tiring week for her. We had to make sure and keep the gas tank pretty full on the way home, because there was a gas shortage happening from Atlanta to Nashville. We got off at many exits that didn't have any gas. We finally found a gas station that had gas, so we waited 20 minutes for gas, just so we didn't have to worry about running back. We finally made it home at about 9:15. The kids' DVD player quit working on the way home, so I was worried how much entertaining I would have to do. However, I'm glad to report that all 3 kids did wonderful in the car on the way there and on the way home.
We had a very nice trip. It was busy, but lots of fun!! I do think that we are all glad to be home though.
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