Summer = Vacation

Well, off to Florida we went for our third annual summer getaway.  Translation: awesome fun!
We had a wonderful trip and are looking forward to returning again next year.  It was eventful and also relaxing.  We spent days on the beach building sandcastles, burying each other in the sand and surfing the waves.  We rented bikes and rode all around town getting donuts from the donut truck, getting candy from the sugar shack and shopping around at the boutiques.

Hayes decided to be Indiana Jones and slash the waves.  He loved the salty water again this year thank goodness.  The boys were so tired towards the end of the week that while Hayes was being Indiana, Ben and Sam pooped out in the beach chairs under the umbrella for some rest.

Even though we were on vacation, the boys still acted like brothers with the fighting and teasing.  Case in point, one morning Ben comes in because he has been hit on the back of the head with the XBox controller by Hayes.  Goose egg.  Then, about 30 min later, he comes in with a huge scratch down his face curtesy of Sam.

Hayes had his own special moments.  At dinner in Rosemary one night he dropped his drink on the ground. As I stood to go around to him and pick it up, he shoved the table back and toppled the wine bottle and my wine glass over.  Red wine, everywhere.  Then he proceeds to stand up in his chair and flip backwards onto the sidewalk.  Classic.  The last morning there, Hayes was still on his roll.  We went to the donut trust and then the boys splashed in the water fountain.  He then decided to throw his sandals into the palm tree and got them stuck.  He says he was trying to get down the beach ball that was up there, and I am sure he probably was, his little 6 year old self did not think of the consequences though and pouted for half an hour about never getting those shoes back.  Thankfully, they were like 8 dollars from Target.

One day we went to Seaside where we ate our fabulous lobster rolls and the boys had grilled cheese and hot dogs from the food trucks.  Apparently, we picked a good day for this as the beach in Rosemary was closed due to shark sitings.  Yikes!

We decided to pit stop in good ole New Orleans on the way home which was so much fun!  Wow! What a colorful city.  The boys eyes popped the whole time.  Our Tully was too tall on top of our car to fit in the hotel parking garage so we parked in public parking across the street. I just knew the car or all of our stuff would be gone the next morning but it was not.  But, we did not pay immediately for the parking and when Ryan went back out to pay there was a boot on the wheel.  90 bucks later, boot was off.  What a rip off!  NOLA for you I guess.

Poor Cora had a time of it.  The was not grass to potty in in NOLA so Ryan shoved her between the fence of the 5th District Court of Appeals across the street.

We ate yummy food and got beads from the parades we saw and had cocktails at Pat O's.  Fabulous end to a fabulous vacation!