When the Allure docked on Sunday morning, we were able disembark and get through customs in about an hour. From there, we stopped for a quick bite to eat and then headed north. Thankfully, we only had a few hours drive in front of us as we going to meet up with the rest of our family for our annual trip to New Smyrna Beach. Mom, Dad, Liz and my extended family had all arrived the day before, and thankfully, they had gone grocery shopping and had everything ready for us when we arrived. It was a wonderful week with family. It rained a little more than usual but it was still lovely. We didn't take as many pictures this year; I think we were "pictured out" from the week before!
Ryan saw this beautiful sunrise one morning. It is so pretty that it almost made we wish I had gotten up to see it myself (almost...).
The girls wanted to be at the pool most of the week to practice their new swimming and snorkeling skills, but we managed to hit the beach a few times too for sand castle building, sea shell searching, wave jumping and relaxing.
One evening, Mom, Liz, Lily, Mia, McKayla, Molly and I went to Daytona Beach. We were heading to Bubba Gump's but the wait was crazy long so we went upstairs to a restaurant called Sloppy Joe's. It was pretty tasty. The evening took an eventful turn as we were leaving, and Mom slipped and fell in the restroom, cutting her forehead and giving her a couple of black eyes. Dad met us about halfway back to the condo and took her to the hospital. Thankfully, she did not have any type of an injury to her head or hip, and she has since made a full recovery. This picture was taken at the beginning of the evening while we waited to go to a restaurant.
On one particularly rainy afternoon, we let the girls open up their new Lego sets that we had recently purchased. This kept the occupied for a couple of hours that afternoon and then a good bit of time the rest of the week as they could rebuild and show off their creations.
We were so excited that Ryan's cousin, Emily, and her daughter, Kate, drove over from Lakeland to spend Wednesday with us! We always have a great time together, and unfortunately, we don't get to see each other nearly enough because we live so far apart from one another. The girls had a fantastic time playing together in the pool and on the beach, and we had a wonderful time catching up with Emily. Lucky for them, they came by on hot dog day, so we all enjoyed that!
My dad helped the girls with boogie boards which they all loved!
A picture of the 6 cousins.
Mom and Dad with their kids and grandkids.
On hot dog day, it's a tradition for us to take a big family picture. We were all glad Emily was there as she was chosen to take the pictures this year! There are 63 of us in this picture which is the majority of that side of my dad's family. I love these people.
Another wonderful summer vacation in the books!
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