Almost Paradise - Captiva Island

Here are some pictures from our relaxing weekend spent at South Seas Island Resort.. compliments of Brad's company. :) We forgot our camera but took these with our phones.

The view from our room

Enjoying the beautiful sunrise from our balcony (can you believe we actually woke up to see the sun rise? shocked us too. ha)
Island trolley ride

One of the ocean side pools at the resort... Raeg was certain we had stepped onto a movie set. ha.


Getting ready to go down the slides. They had a blast racing each other down.





Admiring the Gulf of Mexico from the pool. This was a much needed getaway, which definitely helped us to recuperate after battling the tensions of a first week at a new school.

Beautiful Mingo Falls in NC

The water was lower than usual due to lack of rain, but it was an astonishing sight.

Where a kid can be a kid :)

A couple weeks ago the girls friend Katie stayed the night. The plan was rollerskating, but after finding out the rink was closed for repaires, we ended up at Chuck E Cheese. hehe





You're never too old for Chuck E Cheese. :) Even us big kids had fun!

They purchased glow in the dark fangs (among other things) with the tickets they won.

Marina w/ Jared and Logan

We arrived before the water shoots opened, so Raeg, Ash, and Jared climbed trees and rocks while we waited.




A great picture of Jared and Logan. :)


This has to be my favorite picture. We started out small.. introducing Logan to the baby water shoots first.. and he thought it was pretty cool!

Too cute for words. :)


Big hugs!


Enjoying the bayfront

Playing with the big boys now. :)





Isn't this a sweet picture!

Heading home. We're going to miss Jared this summer. The girls were glad they got to spend some time with him before he left for Minnesota.

Imagine my surprise

when I cut into our watermelon expecting to find it luscious, juicy, and red.. but found this instead ..



Yellow watermelon? Who knew? ha. That just seems wrong. I had to google before eating it to make sure it was safe. I guess it's a southern thing.
I have to admit, it's pretty tasty... a little sweeter than the red.

Up Where the Air is Right

Last week I took Raeg and Ash, along with a couple of their friends from the neighborhood, to the park so we could fly the kites our neighbor Sharon bought for them. There was just enough wind to get them off the ground.

Ashlynn's butterfly soared almost effortlessly

Raeg on the other hand had to work a little harder to keep her kite up

Ash, Katie, Raeg, and Michael w/ their kites