Daytona Beach Vacation 2013

Since our Thanksgiving vacation to Wisconsin Dells was cancelled due to Gizmo getting sick, it had been a LONG time since we'd had a vacation.  May 11 could not come soon enough!  One son was an angel on the airplane so that of course means the other one was the devil.  But once we were there, we had a fabulous time.  10 minutes after we got home, Ryan was already asking to go back to the Horizons. 

*Note, pictures aren't in any particular order, so captions may be redundant.


For those of you who don't have time to view all 20, consider yourselves lucky, this first is the best one!  Upon the recommendation of a couple from the area who we met at another sprayground, we went to this place a little more inland.  It had both a park and a sprayground.  This picture turned out great of the boys, and it didn't take too many takes to get it!

Dean supervises as the boys take turns pushing the lawnmower around the (very chilly, too chilly for Patrick, Ryan, and Dean) pool.

Papa Bernie doing his favorite thing on vacation, reading by the pool, with the ocean waves at his back.

As a day date, Dean and I went to this Zipline Park.  It was a great time!  There were about 18 stations, some of them were obstacles in the air and we did about 8 ziplines.  Totally fun!

This was the first sprayground we visited.  Surprisingly, both boys loved it!

These next 3 are from the sprayground mentioned in the first picture.  Ryan liked this one better, which of course means Patrick wasn't as crazy about it.  I think Patrick may have gotten too much sun/fresh air from the previous day's adventure though.

The one and only time either child wore sunglasses the entire week.

Family friends of ours live year-round in neighboring Ormond Beach.  Miss Bonnie made a bunch of cookies for us, which Ryan especially loved.  You can see here, he's trying to lick the frosting off his face.

Running on the beach.  Patrick has the funniest run.  He tucks his shoulders in and juts his elbows out.  He reminds us of Popeye.

Family pictures.

Mr. Rich is a stellar fiddle player.  Ryan got his own personal concert and was amazed.

 

Hope May 2014 comes around quicker!  Thanks Meemee and Papa Bernie for a wonderful time!