Amelia Island Part 1

We have been having an awesome time this week in Amelia Island.  This is one of our favorite beaches and we love spending time here every summer.  Its been a little different being here 36 weeks pregnant but I can't think of a better place to sit and relax.  We got here last Saturday and got into beach mode right away.   We really started all our beach fun on Sunday.  Kate did what she loves to do, grabbed her net and was ready to find any animal she could.  She caught fish every day and even found a shrimp and fish eggs.  She amazes me with what she can catch in her net.  Cohen brought her best friend Josie this year and these 2 spent their time boogie boarding,  playing bocce ball and volleyball, and Cohen even had to practice with her batons each day on the beach.  No rest with a competition coming up.  They had a blast though and we had a blast right along with them.  Bryce, he played his heart out with everyone.  He loves the waves, loves playing with Kate's fish, and loves to play ball.  Later in the week Kate met a friend and they hit it off big time.  She also had a little sister that Bryce would play with too.  The sweetest thing was this little girl coming over to Bryce asking if he wanted to play trucks with her.  So sweet!

On the way down Bryce was so worried about when we would cross the bridge.  He looked and asked the whole way down if the bridge was close.

Day 1:

balcony conversations

Day 2:

We always have to have bike riding time.  In fact one night riding we had a lady who decided she wanted to yell at us for being on the cart path!  We never saw her but we heard her and she had us laughing.

snails and sand bugs...Kate is in heaven

Bryce loved waving to the beach helicopters that came by each day

This boy has decided he loves "Dr. Coke" as he calls Diet Coke

Sunday was also my birthday and what better way to celebrate than being relaxed on the beach.
Kate had got a pair of sunglasses at Target and she wore these glasses all week!  Inside, outside, she loved her glasses!
Monday night we went to one of my favorite restaurants down here, The Salty Pelican.  You can see the sunglasses were out in full force.

Bryce was proud of his picture and wanted me to take a picture of it.  Love this boy!

When we got home Kate wanted to go on a frog hunt so we did.  We had several in the bucket and actually found probably the biggest frog I've ever seen!  She had her net on it in 2 seconds and was able to catch it.  This picture doesn't do it justice but this thing was huge!

On Tuesday we broke up our week with a trip to St. Augustine.  Kelly has always wanted to go and we've always talked about it.  This year we did it.  It was so hot though.  I think being pregnant the temperature is magnified for me but we all were pretty hot.  We had a nice ride down.  We went through Ponte Vedra beach and I think everyone picked out a mansion for themselves.  In St. Augustine we went to see the Fountain of Youth and everyone had a drink.   I told the kids I've always wanted to find a way to keep them young!  Bryce wasn't impressed with how the water tasted and kept taking a sip then pouring the water out of his cup.  But then we would look over and he would be back filling it up again.

not so sure about the adventure...our first stop was crossing the ferry in the car.  Bryce was not sure about that but ended up loving it!

The park had peacocks everywhere.  I think this was what the kids loved the most.  Bryce is still talking about the peacocks!

St. Augustine had Dole Whips so that was just what we needed to cool down!