Florida Vacation Friday

I woke up Friday morning eager to see the view of the lake. It did not disappoint!


The first ones out the door were Lisa and Jenn to work out at the gym.  As the troops gradually woke up I got busy making pancakes for everyone. The kids could hardly wait to go outside, but we had to emphasize that an adult or Sophie needed to be with them whenever they went outside since they cannot yet swim. At last Sophie was ready to go out with them.  Sammy had fun trying out the tree swing over the lake. 


Of course some pool time was necessary. Sophie started working on their skills.  


Grandpa was relaxing as hard as he could!


Adventure Island, about 15 minutes away was our big activity of the day.  Lisa and George had found incredible ticket deals and generously treated us. 

Finding available lounge chairs when we arrived was not easy, but after a while we found three. We parked all our stuff there, I was happy to take "first guard" while the rest of them hit the big wave pool. Ahhhh!!


Before long Lisa joined me and we had a nice long time to talk and catch up. It’s good we did, because it turned out to be our only time for two the entire vacation.  

Then the guys came to take their turn and Lisa and I went to check out the troops.  


Everyone was getting hungry by then, so we got into the line to order food, thinking we would take everything over to our home base. But it started to storm a bit, so we grabbed the nearest table under an umbrella and messaged the guys that they should grab all our stuff and  join us.  


Before long the Park was hit by driving rain, thunder, and lightning. We were lucky to find a place to just hang out and watch it till it passed by. And there were even ice cream sandwiches to buy as we waited.  

Finally the storm had passed and things began opening up again. Lots of people had left, so lounge chairs were plentiful.  We had about an hour-and-a-half left till closing.  

Once we got back home the rest of the gang, including Stella and Nilla Bean, decided to go out on the boat. 



Meanwhile Jenn and I scrounged around for something to cook. There had been no time for grocery shopping yet.  We found frozen salmon fillets, so I looked up a Honey Garlic Glazed Salmon recipe and got started on those.  Jenn found sweet potatoes and got those washed and cut up for quick cooking.  Then we found frozen peas and popped them into the microwave.  We didn’t think we did too bad working in a someone else’s kitchen with no prior plans. And everyone was hungry and loved our food.  

Dick and I made a grocery run to Publix after dinner. It took a while because we were unfamiliar with the layout of the store.  But we got her done.  

Back at the house after that Sophie and I had fun looking at old pictures and videos of all the kids over the past few years.  They all grow up so fast.