Here are our favorites from the photos Maggie had taken today.

On our last full day in Florida, we took a walk down a pier.  The kids loved watching the people. We saw folks fishing, surfing, and flying kites on the beach.

We had a delicious lunch with an awesome ocean view. The kids had ice cream sundaes with french fries for dessert.

Afterwards we went hunting for shells.

And then spent some more time playing at the beach.

The kids’ favorite thing to do was run away from the water.

And of course, they were back in Grandma and Grandpa’s swimming pool that evening.

Grandma was able to convince Luke to get out of the floaties and into the water.

Maggie needed no convincing.

Adam even got Luke to jump in with him.

And here’s a shot of all those shells after Dave’s mom was nice enough clean them all up (and make sure we didn’t inadvertently bring home any critters).

And now you’re all caught up on Florida. Now I just have to get through the last month and a half.

While we were in Florida, we took a trip to De Leon Springs State Park.

The kids spent some time on the playground and Adam showed off his gymnastics skills.

The park has a natural spring that is 72 degrees year-round.

There are underwater caves and we saw scuba divers there getting ready to go explore.

We ate at the Old Spanish Sugar Mill.

The kids loved having their pancakes cooked right at the table.

After we ate, we went canoeing.

Adam shared a boat with Dave’s parents.

Dave and I were with Maggie and Luke. This was my view, and while it was a beautiful day, I’m not going lie – not being able to see what the kids were doing behind me was a little stressful. And hearing Dave reminding Maggie to sit down as the boat rocked, didn’t help.

I tried to snap a picture while we were out on the water, but couldn’t get Luke.

Here we are at the end of out trip – everyone stayed in the boat (thank goodness) and the kids had a ball.

When we got back they jumped right in the pool again.

Then the kids got all cleaned up for dinner with Dave’s grandparents. Adam suggested I might want to take this picture, because they all looked so nice. That boy knows me so well.

It was so nice to see Grandma & Grandpa U and spend some time with them during our trip.

We visited Fort Matanzas while we were in Florida.

We had to take a short boat ride to get there.

The boys really liked the cannons.

And exploring the inside of the fort.

A couple of dolphins joined us for the trip back.

It was a pretty awesome unexpected surprise.

After the fort, we went to the beach.

Luke insisted that he “wasn’t going to go in the ocean”, but changed his mind pretty quickly.

Adam really liked finding seashells with Dave.

Dave and the kids built a sandcastle too.

It was a lot of fun and I was amazed by how much the kids loved the water. We left with some very tired kids.

That didn’t stop Adam and Maggie from getting right in the pool though.

Maggie loved leaning back in her pool float and signing, “la la la la.”

That night, after baths, the kids were spoiled with some Easter baskets from Grandma and Grandpa.

It was a really, really great day.