When we visited Florida for Easter, an idea floated its way
around and then came to fruition. With James at home, he and the kids have a
lot of flexibility come summer. The idea was for them to drive to Florida to
spend roughly a couple of weeks. We decided on the last week in June and first
week of July…mostly because I could fly down for the 4th of July
weekend and we could all drive back together.
I, on the other hand, don’t have that flexibility and had to
stay home. Luckily, I had Callie to keep me company…and I traveled to New
Jersey for the weekend to celebrate Ryan’s high school graduation and have a
girls’ day out in New York. It was very strange to be home alone, and I had to
do a ton of things that James normally does. I certainly appreciate the things
he takes care of way more now that I’ve had to do them myself…one major thing
was mowing the lawn, way harder than I expected!
On their way down to Florida, they stopped in Jacksonville
for one night to spend some time with the North Carolina Donovans. Then they
headed to a small town in southern South Carolina for one night, and finally
made the finish to Melbourne on the 3rd day. One amazing fact – they
did the entire 1,000 mile drive with no air conditioning. Not because it was
broken, just because James wanted to J
I know they were all happy to get out of the car when they arrived in Florida!
They had a fun time…visited the zoo, beach, and pool to name
a few things. Mostly though, they relaxed and spent time together…cousins enjoying
the time together as they should. My time there was short, but fun. We hit the
beach and pool, BBQ’ed for the 4th and watched a pretty awesome
fireworks show.
Saturday afternoon, we left for our two day drive back to
Virginia. And in case you are wondering, we did use the A/C on the drive back!
We arrived home on Sunday afternoon, all happy to be back home together. We had
5 nights of normal, and then the next adventure awaited us…our much anticipated
family trip to Maine!
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