We have spent the last 6 days in New Smyrna Beach Florida. We have had such a great time!! I hate to see it come to an end. . .but today was our last day at the beach, and then tomorrow we are off to Orlando--to spend a couple of days at Sea World. Cade is so excited about going to the place "where the dolphins come to life! Mamaw and Papaw Horne came down Sunday and stayed with us until Wednesday. We were so glad that they came for a few days. They got to spend some quality time with the kids, and also got to help celebrate my birthday!! They got me a cake, and we had a little party!! 
We have had really good weather. . .Sunny and in the 90's, with an afternoon thunderstorm just about every day. . .but we really enjoyed sitting out on our patio and watching the storms pass us by. . .I got some awesome pics of the very first storm while we were here. . .the lifeguard said there was possible tornadic activity in this storm, and It really looked scary. . it didn't end up doing anything more than rain though.
Cade has absolutely NO FEAR!!! He got a boogie board while we were here, and he was all over the waves!! He dived under them, over them, and loved to ride them in to the shore. Ian and Macey played really well with Cade, and I think he actually does better in the ocean than either one of them ever did at his age. Salt water doesn't bother his eyes at all. . He is just SO TOUGH!! He cracks me up!!
Ian and I played paddle ball just about every day. . We plan to not put the paddle ball set up when we get home to Kingsport. We plan on practicing in the front yard when we get home, so next year people on the beach will be jealous at how good we are!! Ha ha ha ha!!
Macey loves to play in the sand. She rolls in it, and lays in it, and pours it all over her. .She and Cade pretended to be the sandman. . from Spiderman. . . They had a great time too. . .with their boogie boards. .Macey is not quite as tough as Cade--she got flipped a few times by some of the big waves, and she would cry and go back to the sand. . .She loves to swim in the pool--it is much more safe!!!
We saw dolphins about every day. .Ian and I saw some today really close to where we were swimming. . .They are my favorite animal. .I can't wait to see them close up at Sea World tomorrow. . .Vacation is the best thing for my family. . Quality time spent together--doing nothing in particular, no alarm clocks, no schedules, no where to be. . . I love it!!!
We had a great time playing on the beach. The kids loved playing paddle ball, two hand touch football. Cade and Walker were really good football players! Even Emmy and Mace got in on the fun!!
