And we must go home!

Our true checkout is on Saturday, May 29. And if it wasn't for Seth and I both having commitments on Sunday, we totally could of stayed a day or two longer. However, we must go home and get back into reality of our every day working lives! For the return trip we decided on playing all day Friday and leave at sunset Friday evening. This way we could drive all night and get home early afternoon. The kids seem to do great when they can sleep most of the time! And it truly worked in our favor! The kids slept most the 19 hour car ride. The only time Dane really cried was the first 30 minutes we were in the car, then the rest of the ride he slept. And the few hours he was awake, he smiled and played! Every year I say it's going to be our last year to drive 'peacefully.' And every year I am amazed at the ease of the car rides. We safely made it back to Indianapolis around 4pm! We are all truly fortunate we can log so many miles each year to and from Florida without any major problems! This was the first time I can rememember that it was actually kind of nice to get back home! And I can ONLY say this because we were gone for two weeks, and in this time we were all able to relax and feel like we were truly on vacation. I don't think we'll ever be able to go away for less than two weeks again, it was very, very nice.

The kiddos just don't get any better than this! It's amazing just how wonderful these kids are! You'd think after nearly two weeks of being away from home they'd be bored, fighting, or just in general cranky. I can't say they are angels 24/7, however, they are playing so well toegether. They have their own little games and such that entertain them. Also this week (a first) their have been several other people at the Kona Beach Club. Their are a couple kids Myles and Elliott have enjoyed playing with. One is a little girl a year older than Myles, and it's so funny they play together and leave Elliott out of their games (not necessarily on purpose, it just happens that way). Usuallly when we stay at the Kona, we are the only family in the pool, so this week we shared with at least four or five other families! The nice thing is we have a ton of water toys to share with everyone! We bring water floats, squirt guns, other fun water toys like diving rings, goggles and more. Today we enjoyed the pool and beach and then for dinner we headed to Nervous Nellies. This restaurant overlooks the harbor which is full of boats and such. Their were peirs weaving in and out of boat docks! We enjoyed good food and each other! We then made it home for a night swim! I can't believe this is the first one of the two weeks. The kids enjoy swimming after the sun goes down since it means they do not have to apply sunscreen. By this time of the week we've gone through at least six or seven containers of sunscreen. So needless to say, they've had an application or two!

Who would of thought....

It is amazing to me just how much Dane loved the ocean! He enjoyed crawling towards the waves, walking into the water, and even sitting and letting the waves splash his little face! Enjoy the quick video of Dane enjoying the ocean!

Another great day at the beach... but can there really be a bad day! Enjoy the candid photos of us all! I wish the photos could talk! Even though Dane may share how his mother is not going to win the mother of the year award! Poor guy fell off the pull out sofa and chipped a tooth! Yes, I will be reminded of this moment until he loses his baby teeth! I was not there to cathc him! He's enjoyed sitting on the puyll out sofa all week with Myles and Elliott. This time Elliott jumped off and had to go potty, but she told Myles to watch Dane. And what was Myles doing, playing his DSi. So, when I heard the crash I came in to get Dane and Myles then recognized Dane fell off! Poor Guy, he sure enough busted his tooh, at least it was minimal and did not involve a trip to the dr.! However, his smile is forever broken.....Doesn't seem to bother Dane much! We did end the day with dinner at the Lani Kai, Myles favorite restaruant. He (like the rest of us) enjoy the top of the hotel veiw! We get to sit on gliders and over look the Gulf, it's beautiful! We did get to enjoy the beautiful sunset, too. And on our way back we barely missed the quick down pour, and we were ablt to get to another restaurant just in time. We ordered a drink and by the time we were finished the rain stopped and then we enjoyed a nice cool walk home on the beach!

Highlights of the day... Seth caught dinner (a Grouper), but too bad the zipper didn't close all the way on the live net, and it swam away! Seth and Dad took the kayak out in the morning for a few hours and fished.We all enjoyed a wonderful day at the beach and pool. We ended the night with a friendly game of Apples to Apples! Oh, and I must add, Elliott is swimming regularly across the pool without any help or swim aids! Yeah for Elliott.