Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Amelia Island

Last weekend, Matt had a conference in Amelia Island, FL. He was brave enough to bring myself and the kiddos along for the ride!

For weeks, the littles were so excited to go to the beach! While Matt was in his morning meetings, though, we put the pool to good use!



Nothing like a little pool fun to wear you out!


There was even a playground right by the children's pool!  Lots of fun for the kids, but lots of sand in the pool:)



Once Matt wrapped up with meetings, we dined poolside and headed for the beach!  Atlantic Coast beaches are so different from our Gulf beaches.  The kids loved the uniqueness!









Not sure what hungry sea creature was devouring all of the horseshoe crabs, but there were literally dozens of these dotting the coast!


Each day, we also had the privilege of visiting with Amelia, the resident parrot...


And watching the staff feed the fish (there was an aggressive and non aggressive tank).  All of this "education" made me not feel so bad about that day of school we missed;)


Walker had love at first sight when this little gopher tortoise made his debut!



Matt worked hard to scan all of the shells for sharks teeth.  Thankfully, he came up with three!  The hotel has a service that will turn them into necklaces (for free:)!!


The kiddos sporting their new jewelry!




Friday, September 13, 2013

Just in case you were wondering...

we did start school this year! I'm just a little late posting any pictures! It didn't help that sweet Walker came down with a horrible stomach bug the first week of school!

Everyone was up bright and early for a yummy back to school breakfast!



First day of first grade!



It wasn't quite Frances' first day, but she didn't want to be left out;)



Kathryn in her new classroom...


Walker with his new teacher...


 
A little welcome home party to celebrate a successful first day!