The Rest of Florida

Long days and "jet-lag" really wear you out!  Especially the 3-year-old who still wants to nap.  You just sleep whenever the opportunity arises.  Except Kylee.  I had her pretend.  She is not a great actress.

 We went back to the same sushi place because it was yummy.  Dylan got some teriyaki dish and cleaned his plate!  Even the veggies and the rice.  So nice that he can eat something that's not burgers and fries.  Kylee got sushi :)

 Dylan had his heart set on a dipped ice cream cone because he remembered it from last time I guess.  But we weren't over by the beach where the ice cream shop was so we talked him into Krispy Kreme donuts instead.  I've never been and thought this assembly line was pretty cool.  And they let kids pick a free donut right off the line.  Score!  But we also had to buy some of course.

 Sugar is a sweet dog.  The kids give her SO much attention when we are there. 

 Kylee got an early birthday present from Grandma, a mani-pedi.  They enjoyed their girl time together.

 Ryan took the kids shopping for souvenir cups to keep their shells in.  Sadie got tired, so Kylee stepped up and gave her a ride, lol.

It's been a few years since I've been able to meet up with my friends from 9th grade south florida.  But it's still as fun as always!  I love these girls and I'm so glad they made the drive.  Anna is now in  northern Florida and Sunni is still down south.  We met in Melbourne and had a yummy meal.

My mom and Tom run races nearly every weekend.  We weren't able to arrange our trip early enough for me to do the 10 mile run the weekend before with them, but I did get to do a 5K with them the Saturday I was there.  Running in Florida feels like cheating since my lungs are so much more proficient than these sea-level folks.  But I'll take the advantage.  I got a PR, which is fun because I didn't think I would ever even try to get a faster time than the last one I got the summer before this.  But I got 23:22 which was good enough to get me 2nd place in my age group.  That's a good thing because my mom places in her age group 95% of the time so at least I kept up!  My mom got 2nd as well, and some of her friends also placed.  It was fun to be there in their element with them!

And to finish us off, a picture of mom and Tom in the kitchen cooking for us, which they did a lot.  Especially Tom.  He's a great cook and seems to enjoy it.