I took my daughter to Florida to visit her 9 antes and uncles.
This was the first time she has seen them in 6 years.
She had a lot of fun getting to know her uncles
Tyson and Preston (also known as Presmione)
However, there was nothing so exciting as girls-night-out
with Ante Christy and Ante Cylie.
Girls-night-out became more exciting
with the addition of Ante Jessa.
Girls-night-out became so big that somehow I was
convinced to be a part of it.
We got a beach house right on the coast of the
Gulf of Mexico, in Captiva Island, Florida.
We were just a hop, skip, and a …..
...
...
...jump from the Ocean.
The beach was littered with shells,
posts marking sea turtle nesting areas,
and diurnal and
nocturnal fauna.
We kept ourselves pretty busy by swimming,
building jacuzzis,
flying kites,
building sandcastles.
making giant bubbles
and role playing Jareth from Labyrinth
But the beach house was more than just work;
we played hard too.
My dad usually gets a pirate flag to hang at the beach house.
As a result, we all start to feel like pirates.
As the week..
came to a close,
we felt content with all of our experiences,
though many of us were sun burnt,
and half drowned.
But the most important thing,
when all was said and done…
…was that we had a chance…
to spend time as a family