Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Sand and Sun at Gran's

Well, I have finally returned from my blogging hiatus in time to share photos from our recent trip to my grandmothers in Naples, Florida. We left Saturday, the 26th and drove a little ways past Jacksonville to Palm Coast, Florida and spent the night. We got up Sunday morning, got back on the road and arrived at Gran's by lunchtime. We were so happy to see the sunshine and smell the ocean! After we arrived we had a full day of swimming and playing and took a nice walk. Monday was shop-til-we-dropped day as we went to the outlet mall to finish Zoey's spring wardrobe and buying a few odds and ends (along with Nathan's 2 hour visit to Bass Pro Shop...haha)

Tuesday was a day at the zoo and we had a wonderful time. Zoey wasn't too interested at first, but after a good PB&J lunch, she was pumped and ready to see everything. She wanted to walk the whole zoo herself, and she did walk a lot of it!

Stopping for a snack


Checking out the alligators


Lions and Tigers and Bears, ohhh my!




Gran and Miss Z had a great time : )


Wednesday was beach day. Although we have actually been to the coast of South Carolina and Florida three times since Zoey was born, this was her first actual trip to the beach! She was a little wary at first, but she was really enjoying picking up seashells and playing in the sand.







Thursday was kind of a lazy day, but we did get in the pool and go pick up my dad from the airport. He was there for his yearly trip to visit my grandmother and we just happened to overlap him for a day. Zoey had fun modeling some of her new spring clothes. I love this top from Kelly's Kids.




I also loved her bathing suit from the beach day, which was Lilly Pullitzer. She had some other cute suits that we wore at the pool, but momma was in with her and not taking pictures!

Friday we left to make a quick stop in Hilton Head with our close family friends, the Black-Cross-Hawkins bunch. It was a short trip, but very nice to see everyone. Saturday morning we packed it up and headed home. The beach is wonderful, and I loved to visit with my grandmother and all her wonderful home cooking, but I was so glad to be back home. Sixteen hours each way is a LONG trip. Thankful to have such a wonderful family and so glad to be able to show Zoey new things, like the ocean, the sand, and all the yankees from Gran's neighborhood! haha!