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Monday, June 26, 2017

Ormond Beach, Florida Vacation

Last week we went on a family vacation to Ormond Beach, Florida.  We were blessed with great sunny weather all week long and a wonderful time being together as a family.  We had a great time at the beach and a very special surprise day trip for the girls. :0)

Saturday, June 17th: Finally, finally after leaving at 7am we finally got to the beach at 2pm. I don't know who was more ready to get out of the car, the girls or us. :0) We stayed at Ormond Beach but it's right next door to Daytona, so since we couldn't get in our room yet, we drove down the beach and let the girls run around for a bit.

Finally in Florida!


Driving down the beach, this was a new experience for the girls.



Freedom!!!



Madalyn found a dollar in the ocean.


The view from our room.




Sunday, June 18th: Happy Father's Day! We spent the day on the beach and at the pool relaxing.


















Snack Time!







Alexis is ready for the pool. 



Back on the beach for the afternoon.






Monday, June 19th: Another great day on the beach and in the pool!



















The ice cream truck came at least twice a day down the beach. So this afternoon we got some ice cream.





Alexis's ice cream melted faster than she could eat it.


Tuesday, June 20th: Our day trip surprise for the girls...a trip to Disney World to the Magic Kingdom!
(These pictures will be posted in a separate post.)



Wednesday, Jun 21st: Happy 9th Anniversary to Us!  We rested and recovered from our all day trip to Disney World and then went out for some ice cream.





Thursday, June 22nd: We spent the day around the beach and pool. We went out to eat for dinner to celebrate our anniversary and got some more ice cream. :0)







We had lunch on the beach. 



Madalyn overcame a huge fear this week...for the past two years, she has been terrified to go under the water and put her face in. She overcame that and was swimming all over the pool by the end of the week.  She has even taken off her life jacket and decided she didn't need it anymore either. She is very proud of herself and we are very proud of her too.




Ponce de Leon Lighthouse, it's the tallest lighthouse in Florida and the second tallest in the United States.










It was finger-licking good :0)

Friday, June 23rd: Our last full day. We went on a dolphin tour that morning and then spent the rest of the afternoon on the beach and at the pool.




The girls got to drive the boat some.



We found dolphins! It's hard to get a picture of them though because you don't know when or where they will come up.


We got off the boat to look for sand dollars. We didn't find any.









Those are our condos to the left of the tent.

There was a cake shop there that had won Cake Wars in 2016, so I picked up a few cupcakes. I love to watch that show on Food Network.



Yum! Key Lime cupcake, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcake, Chocolate Ganache Cupcake, and Red Velvet Cupcake...the Red Velvet was the best!



It was a great week, as you can see someone was worn out by Friday night.


We had a wonderful week!




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