Road Trip to Florida

This past weekend Ethan and I tagged along with my parents to Jacksonville Florida for a visit with my sister and her husband. This is how the entire trip went down:

Thursday: We left around 9:30am and drove only stopping for lunch at Cracker Barrel - yummmm! We got to the hotel around 5:30pm to get our things settled in. The hotel was not as nice as I would have liked but it didn't really matter in the end because we didn't spend much time there (next time we will not do priceline's choose your own price). Sarah and Dan had prepared a delicious tortilla soup for dinner so we ate with them and visited until we could no longer keep our eyes open (I think that was at 8:00pm...haha!)

Friday: The guys were gone all day watching golf while us girls spent the day at the beach and pool. I could not get Ethan out of the ocean! He loved it so much and hardly even played with his beach toys! I am glad he did really great and that we were all able to enjoy ourselves. In the evening we went out for dinner to a hole in the wall Italian restaurant (don't remember the name) that a friend recommended we eat while in Jacksonville. It was alright. I think my family had better dishes than me...

Saturday: We headed to St. Augustine for the day. It was so much fun remembering going there when I was a child! Ethan loved the fort and loved watching the soldiers fire off the canons. It was a little bit of a rocky start for Ethan due to me forgetting to bring the stroller and him having to walk or us carry him but after an hour or so he settled down and just let whoever carry him around. We ate at a Spanish influenced restaurant called Columbia. It was sooo yummy! I wouldn't mind going back just to eat there again! It started pouring down rain so we headed to do some shopping and the guys took off with Ethan to get ice cream. Dan grilled steak to perfection and Sarah Beth made twice stuffed baked potatoes to end our day.

The weekend was packed with things to do but it was so relaxing and fun! It gave me just a little taste of the vacation we are going to have in CA this June! I can't wait!