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We had a fantastic trip! The weather was perfect..low 80's, sun, an occasional night time rain. Beauty.
The girls hunted lizards, saw a bobcat, caught a catfish without a pole or a license, rode around on a golf cart with great grandma, ate authentic sea food, splashed around in the the hot tub, went for a spin on the john boat, swam in the bay next to a friendly pelican, drank root beer, and they pool swam to their little hearts content....all the makings for the perfect vacay. Olivia will report one downfall: her encounter with a hill of fire ants. They left some decent bites on her feet and a permanent mark in her memory. However, I predict she'll make a full recovery.
I took a daily nap, followed the girls around and made rules to save their lives, swam a little, LOVED Siesta Key Beach, and savored my Dad's perfect coffee every morning. I also FINALLY got to meet my little niece, Taylor (see snapfish). She is PERFECT. And I love her.
Steve helped Dad with the boat and hooked up a ginormous camper that disqualifies you from calling it "camping" if you stay in it.
The best part was hanging out with our Florida family and revisiting my Dad's "amazing" puns and jokes. And today, we returned on a bumpy turbulency flight back to rainy, chilly, windy Iowa....the promise land. And there's no sarcasm involved here. Our fruit trees are in full bloom, our lilacs are voluptuous, the grass is green, and to Olivia's relief, there are no fire ants. And we had one happy puppy waiting to see us when we got home.
We're baaack....
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