Young Party of Four

We skipped this post last week because we (amazingly) didn't do anything on our bucket list for a full week. So, even though this post says Week 2... nothing was actually done that week. That doesn't mean we weren't really busy. We just didn't mark anything off the bucket list. In the week since then (Friday of last week until Thursday of this week), we did mark off a few things. Warning: Long post ahead! We started on Friday of last week when we decided to take a last minute trip to Disney. We had on our bucket list to go have dole whip at the Polynesian but we didn't plan to go to Disney at that point too because our passes were supposed to be in blackout. Lo and behold, Disney decided to extend our time to visit the parks until the end of June (when they open Toy Story land at Hollywood Studios), so we were able to make one last trip before we blacked out. We decided to do Magic Kingdom. That was a twofold thing. One, because it is the kids' favorite park o...

Around here there are a few sure signs of when everyone has a good weekend: - The kids sleep in on Sunday (and hopefully Monday some but only time will tell) - They go to bed without any (or at least too many) typical bedtime avoidance tactics - Steven and I fall asleep almost as soon as our own heads hit the pillow - Everyone smells like sunblock... our ideas of a fun activity almost always seem to involve sunblock This weekend was a blast for all of us. We knew it was going to be a big weekend but we have all been looking forward to it. We started on Saturday with getting up and Steven and I took turns going on a run. Then we all headed out to Publix to gather a few last minute picnic supplies for the evening. After lunch, we packed up the car and headed for Jungle Hut Beach. I'm sure we have talked about this beach before, but it is one of our favorites. It is in Palm Coast, not too far from Grandma and Grandaddy's house. That's how we found it originally, and I...