On Friday, we needed to leave Orlando early to get down to Englewood for Max's third birthday. I was afraid the kids would be disappointed to leave Disney early, but when I told them we were going to Max's birthday at the beach, they were all excited. After living in the desert for 2 1/2 years, the beach sounded even better than Disney World!
We stopped at the outlet mall on the way down and picked up some new luggage. Then we stopped by Billy and Kristen's home to drop off all our stuff. They were very generous to let us stay with them 3 nights. They were great hosts. I have always tried to avoid bringing my twins to their house because my brother has two sweet girls and I didn't want to subject them to my crazy boys. But since they have the largest home, we decided to take them up on their offer to let us stay there. They were kind to give us the entire upstairs. Kristen had gone shopping for groceries but Billy didn't think she had enough, so he got up early Saturday and bought lots more. He must have heard rumors about how much teenage boys eat. I wish I had t-shirts made up for them that said "I survived the Perez boys for the weekend."
After dropping off our stuff, we headed out to Englewood Beach for the party. Englewood was probably my favorite beach growing up. I spent many days there with family and friends. So it was nice to go back. It has been several years since the entire family has been together, so we were able to get a family photo that evening before Charlie had to take off early the next morning.
On Saturday, Billy was able to get 2 boats from his boat club and we went boating. The kids had a lot of fun tubing, swimming, and playing in the sand.
We got back to Billy's in time to watch the Saturday afternoon conference and have a nice dinner. On Sunday, we watched both sessions of conference and Billy made us a nice Peruvian chicken and rice dish. He and Kristen really went overboard making us comfortable and feel welcome. It was nice for the cousins to have so much playtime together. Erin played with Gabriella, Nathan with Justin, Zachary with Gina, and Eric enjoyed hanging out with Max. No matter how hard he tried, Eric couldn't get Max to say Eric is his favorite cousin. I think Max just likes teasing Eric. My mom took the kids for a walk.
2 comments:
Thanks for coming to Florida for your October family vacation. It was awesome that the family was able to all be together to celebrate Max's birthday.
It was great having you guys here!
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