Trip to Florida - Day 1

At the end of January, we headed down to Siesta Key, FL for our annual visit to see Omi and Opa and to soak up some sun.  The whole trip was so fun - the weather was amazing, the kids had a blast and we loved our visit with Omi and Opa.

On one of the flights down, Mama and Leah hanging out

 Cameron was a good boy on the flights, playing with stuff from his backpack and keeping Leah amused.

We arrived into Sarasota around noon and headed to Omi and Opa's. We ate lunch and then both kiddos said that they were ready for a nap.  We were thinking we might skip nap, but when the kids specifically ASK to go take a nap, you listen!  I guess it had to do with waking up at 4:30am and not sleeping at all on the flight... they were both ready for some sleep.

They took good naps, waking up around 3:30.  It was so warm out that we decided to get bathing suits on and head down to the pool, even though we were getting past the good swimming time of the day (aka, when the pool was still sunny so it wasn't too chilly).

Leah was excited to be in her swimsuit, ready to swim

Cam jumped right in and started swimming

Fun with the underwater camera

I know Leah looks a little funny in this picture, but she asked to "go under"!

 Cam had to one-up her, going under for another picture

Leah loves swimming!

A very cool half-under, half-over the water picture

Leah figured out pretty quickly that she loved jumping in the pool.  I think she jumped in about 50 times over the course of the hour we were in the pool!

Here is a video of my jumping cutie!

Cameron was quite the jumping machine too!

The underwater half of the jump

Cameron jumping and playing in the water.  Just wait, his tricks get better as the days go on.

More underwater fun

Another silly half-under, half-over the water picture

The pool was warm but the air was chilly when we got out.  Leah all wrapped up like a cutie in her towel!

Dinner was awesome, as it always is when Omi cooks. She made spaetzle and goulash and we all ate until we couldn't fit any more.  It was delicious!!!!  We were so happy to be in Florida!