Florida 2023: Part II

Wednesday morning the forecast was the best for Manasota Key Beach. We hadn't been there before so we drove on down! The kids had a blast and the beach was super clean (at other beaches there were lots of dead fish from the red tide, gross!). They even made friends with some other boys and played a little football. 

Football continued on the street when we got back.

Josh and I went for a walk and man my hair was a frizzy mess!

This year the boys graduated from sleeping on cots in our room to sleeping on the sofa in the living room. They loved it!

Annual trip to get ice cream. Pretty sure one or both of the boys will be taller than me next year!

We took it to the beach to watch the sunset, another first! It was such a gorgeous evening.

Friday was our last day and we decided on Venice Beach-we don't go to this one very often but we really had a great time there, very few people were there so the kids had the run of the place. 

And bonus, the waves were great so they got to boogie board finally. 

We went to Darrell's Restaurant for lunch. We went once a long time ago and Dave has said ever since they had the best sweet tea he's ever had. He decided it still is true after trying it again. Josh and Ike tried crawfish for the first time and the food was delicious. 

Alligator sighting. 

We always have such a fantastic time staying with Josh's grandparents! We love the park and the people there so much and it is just the most relaxing trip.

We drove the whole way home on Saturday and got back right around 11 pm. All in all not a bad drive and we were happy to have all day Sunday to recuperate!