Sunday, June 8, 2008

Our First Family Vacation

I am going to try to give you a brief summary of all the wonderful things we did while we were in Port Charlotte, FL. Our sweet friends Daniel & Erin Schafers invited us along with Will & Valerie Trautman to enjoy there vacation with them. We had such a great time with them and can't wait to see them next year!: )


Thursday, June 12: Daddy had been in Indianapolis all week and was suppose to fly into Raleigh at lunch on Thursday. Unfortunately, he missed his flight which caused him to miss our flight to Port Charlotte on Thursday night. Emma Claire & I caught our flight as planned and arrived in Port Charlotte at about Midnight on Thursday.

Friday, June 13: Emma Claire & I slept till about 8:30 and Daddy arrived at about Lunch. We were sooooo excited to see him and we were ready to begin our vacation. After daddy settled in we all went to ride waverunners in the ocean. Emma Claire was not sure about the life jacket but she loved the waverunenr. She would wave and smile at our friends as they rode beside us. We even saw some dolphins jumping in the water. It was so exciting! While we were out we rode to an island and enjoyed the beach all to ourselves. What a great day!

Saturday, June 14: While we were on vacation Emma Claire was living it up. She would sleep late every morning which was great for us. On Saturday she slept till about 9:15 and then we all got up and cooked Chocolate Gravy for breakfast. After breakfast Will & Valerie had to head back to Tennessee. ; ( We were so sad to see them go. Instead of going to the beach that afternoon we went to a friends house and swam in the pool. Emma Claire was fearless. She would just walk up to the edge and step into the water. It was a great relaxing day at the pool.

Sunday, June 15: We were suppose to leave the house at 10:30 to catch the fairy to Casperilla Island, but Emma Claire slept until 10:10!! It was so crazy. We never set the alarm because she is our alarm clock. We did catch the fairy around lunch and spent the day at Erin's friends condo on the island. It was the most beautiful beach water I had ever seen. It was so clear and had that bluish green color to it. It also had that white white sand with gorgeous sea shells everywhere. We loved it!

Monday, June 16: Emma Claire slept till 8:00 and then we caught the fairy at 10:00 to go back to Casperilla. Erin's sister, Olivia, and cousins, Amy & Paul, also went with us to enjoy the day. We stayed there all day cooked hamburgers and hotdogs to eat. You can also see in the pictures that Emma Claire enjoyed lots and lots of watermelon.

Tuesday, June 17: We slept till about 8:15 and then began packing to head back to North Carolina. Dan & Erin drove us back to the airport at about 11:15 to catch our 1:20 flight.

We were so sad to leave! We had such a great time and we loved getting to hang out with our friends again. It was a wonderful family vacation and we can't wait to go back next year for our annual trip with the Schafers & the Trautmans.













comment by BQ2 on 06/21/2008


Babe, you do a great job keeping everyone posted. Thanks for your hard work...you're an Awesome wife!




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