Thanksgiving at the Beach!

This year we decided to do something a little different for Thanksgiving. So, we spent a week on the Florida beach! Ft. Lauderdale is awesome this time of year- warm enough for perfect days on the beach, and cools off to perfect temperatures in the evening. We had an absolute wonderful time!

This sandcastle was actually in the lobby of the hotel.


The view off of our hotel balcony- what a way to wake up!!


When you take 3 little boys for a walk on the beach, they look for all kinds of treasure! No sand dollars or pretty shells, but coconuts!! Of course, we're in Florida, so the coconuts are floating everywhere!


More 'treasure'- pieces of beautiful blue jellyfish!!


Dylan loved collecting all of the beans from the seaweed! After this walk on the beach, there were no more places left on him to tuck in a bean!

Beach Fun!

One day, Dave took Bryce & Dylan kayaking in the ocean. They loved it!


Dylan is our sandcastle boy! We all had fun building one each day, but Dylan has the most interest in it.

Everglades Airboat Ride

One afternoon we went to the Everglades and took the airboat ride out into the swamp. We saw 2 very large iguana, a raccoon and lots of species of birds. But what we really wanted to see was an alligator! And we did!



Up close and personal! It swam right around our boat- we could've reached out and touched him if we wanted to!

...more fun in Florida

We had one rainy day while we were there, so we went to the museum, which was very hands-on for the kids! The boys got to touch a few things they had never touched- like a snake!


The beach had a good playground which we all enjoyed! Our boys love to swing!


Bryce and Dylan on the tire swing.


Feeding the seagulls is always a favorite!


The hotel had a climbing rope out on the beach. This morning had a chilly wind, so a jacket felt great to Dave & I. Of course, the boys had no idea it was cool!

Happy Thanksgiving Day!

After a full day at the beach, we are off to eat our Thanksgiving dinner. We had reservations at a seafood restaurant on the water. They made a really good turkey feast, even though seafood was their specialty! Bryce loves pumpkin pipe, so he was happy to see that as one of the dessert choices!

Happy Birthday to my Hubby!

Dave celebrated his 41st birthday on the 19th of November. (Due to 'technical difficulties' I wasn't able to post his birthday that day) Anyway, happy birthday to my wonderful hubby! I'm so glad you are the Daddy to my 3 precious boys! You're the best!!

Soccer Ends

This soccer season has come to an end. The boys had so much fun playing with their buddies again.

Bryce has had Coach Phil Antunes since he started at 4 years old.


Dylan with Coach Ben Navarro, which he's had for the past 3 seasons.