VACATION OF 2014

If there is one thing that I say is our lives motto it is: BE FLEXIBLE!!  This is something that we hold true no matter if it is a “normal” day, a “special” day, or our vacation.  In our lives we have learned that flexibility is key every day.  This year, our vacation was proof of that!

                                           

Maggie left us in June to go and stay a month with my sister in North Carolina.  Our plan was to head up to Savannah, GA and meet my sister to get Maggie.  Then life happened.  At first it was the work and vacation schedule with Robert’s job.  He had to attend a training class and it was needed before we left.  Then it was funding and the deal of something we had going on not working out.  So we punted, regrouped, looked into air fare, and ended up with my sister graciously driving Maggie to my mom’s and us heading to Okeechobee and Du Bois Park to go to the beach and enjoy some down time.

What a great time we had.  Robert’s mom was gracious enough to let us crash at her house.  We played at the beach and Mama got fried.  Seriously, I put sunscreen on everyone but me!  

Getting the gear ready to snorkel.

Mimi playing with Jacob.

Ethan cruising the mangrove inlet.

John Robert enjoyed the deeper water.

Cole splishing and a splashing!

Daddy enjoying the sun too.

The boys and Papa George went fishing and Ethan caught the biggest fish out of the bunch.  We went shopping hitting Eli’s and the Golden Corral.  

Cole loves trying on cowboy hats!

Then we stopped to visit an old friend who just so happens to be a Lieutenant with the Okeechobee Fire Department.  Adam was gracious enough to let us play with his helmet, climb all over the trucks, and even spray some water out of the hose that they use to fill the trucks up.

The "big" rig.

My boys in the red 1934 Okeechobee fire truck.

It's used for parades now.

John Robert holding the hose.

John Robert and Daddy helping Cole hold the hose.

It was Ethan's turn to hold the hose.

While our vacation wasn’t what we wanted, it was everything that we needed.  We needed to get away from our lives, specifically our phones.  We needed to be able to eat really good food without having to cook all the meals.  We needed to be somewhere else if it was only for three days.  We needed to rest, relax, and recuperate from the hectic thing we call everyday life.  While we didn’t get to go to Savannah, we did get to recharge, have a lot of down time, visit with family, and play.  Can’t ask for a better vacation than that!