We got home late Monday afternoon and made a quick trip to Target after unloading the van and starting a load of laundry so we could get food for dinner. The night was filled with thunder and lightning storms. We had originally planned on getting up early, but after a sleepless night we decided to sleep in as long as we could and take our time getting up, ready and out of the house.
While being better rested was much needed, we ended up getting into Jacksonville much later than we had planned.
The kids had fun running in the sand and getting their feet wet.
They didn't wade into the water very far, but still jumped the waves as they rolled in.
Chloe worked on building a sand castle.
And Owen wrote messages in the sand to us about how much he loved us.
Between the time, the chill and all of the jellyfish that had washed ashore, we left after only 30-45 minutes on Jacksonville Beach. We headed to a restaurant called Salt Life for dinner and Todd was really the only one who ate. He ordered a low country boil and thought the crab legs, shrimp, sausage, corn and potatoes in Cajun seasoning were quite tasty. The kids were grumpy about leaving the beach so soon and Kelley still didn't feel up to eating, but it was a nice restaurant close to the beach. Kelley's friend Suzie met us there with her sister and a friend who had just driven into town. Even though Suzie had been busy packing and getting ready for her trip to New York City with her sister and friend to hear her son play his instrument (drums?) at Rockefeller Center with his college, she still found time to bake some killer banana bread for us.
The kids loved the hotel room once we checked in because there was a bedroom and then a living area with a couch and a little kitchenette. We told them to sleep fast because we'd be leaving early the next morning for Disney World.
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