Florida!

We were blessed to spend a week in Florida with my parents and sister.  We left Christmas night and drove straight through... 23 hours!  The kids did great overall, besides a little carsickness episode from Esther.  As smoothly as the trip went, I was very thankful to get on a plane and fly home on Saturday!

We had a great week of playing and relaxing together.  Here are some highlights:

*Celebrating Christmas beside a palm tree
*Several trips to Dairy Queen
*Bike rides with Peter or Esther on the tag-along
*Swimming in the pool
*Time at the beach
*Catching up with an aunt, uncle and cousins
*Casey and I visiting some good friends in Orlando for an evening
*Making fresh orange juice from the oranges off the friends' tree
*Seeing a cool crab on the beach and collecting shells
*Playing lots of card games and board games
*Working on a 1700 clue crossword puzzle
*Celebrating Peter's and my birthdays
*Not seeing snow for a week!

It's hard for me to narrow down the pictures, so there are a lot!  As you can see, it was a wonderful week!