We had a shortened week in New Smyrna this year. Ryan came home from Lebanon on the Saturday that we normally drive down. The girls and I were more than happy to wait for him to get home! He went to bed early after a quick dinner; he was exhausted. I did his laundry and had everything else packed and ready to go. On Sunday morning, we watched part of our church service from home, and then he packed up his items for the week. We dropped Decker off at Bark Avenue and started our drive down. It was a very smooth ride, and we made it in before dinner. I'm always happy to be back at the beach!
I feel like every year I take fewer and fewer pictures of our time here! Here are a few of the ones we took though. The girls enjoyed sitting down with their feet in the water one afternoon while they snacked and read after playing in the ocean. What a great way to relax.
Lily and I had fun playing in the ocean one afternoon.
Mia is an awesome boogy-boarder!
Uncle Randy had his work cut out for him as he helped Mia, Suz, and Karson on the big round raft one afternoon. They loved it!
Randy and Mia worked hard for well over an hour trying to get her kite to fly. It came really close a couple of times, but it just couldn't take off.
The pool gave some fun and cool relief too!
Mom and Dad with our family after hot dog day.
Mom and Dad with all their grandchildren. We are so thankful for these wonderful grandparents!
The 66 of us who made it down this year.
Wayne treated us all to dinner at The Garlic one evening which was a nice and delicious treat.
Randy and Georgia are always so kind to play the birthday money game after our family breakfast. Randy comes up with a creative game each year, and each kid ends up with around $40. How awesome is that?!
One evening a lot of the kids went to ride go-carts. Mia couldn't wait! She was tall enough and excited to give it a try. She did really well, and Lily and I had fun cheering her on from the sidelines.
After the first round on the go-carts, Lily, Johnathan and Davis went with Georgia to play putt-putt which she really enjoyed. Mia went around a few more times on the go-cart track with the other kids. She also took a turn in the batting cage which she loved. She was socking a lot of them!
After all that fun, we went to Aunt Catfish for dinner. It was a late but very fun evening.
The four of us took one afternoon to go see the movie Yesterday which we all enjoyed. We ate lots of yummy Manny's pizza and Greek salads too and overall had a lot of fun. It was gorgeous weather this week which was a big help. We ended up leaving on Friday evening so we could get on back and avoid the Saturday traffic. It was definitely a good decision. We got home about 1 in the morning, but we slept in then had the day to do laundry, go grocery shopping, and simply rest up. On Sunday, we had church and a whole bunch of errands to run, so we were very grateful for that extra day. Another NSB (short) week is in the books!
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