Vacation- Day Three

Monday morning we were eager to hit the beach, but not before we slept until 9:30...it was AMAZING!! After our lazy morning, Eric made a big country breakfast before we headed for some fun in the sun! We spent the whole morning on the beach and didn't go in for lunch until 2:00.

Sporting his "Cars II" goggles.

Little surfer boy

Doesn't he just look like a beach bum?

Eli did really well for his first day. He would get in the ocean for a few minutes then run around in the sand for a while. He would sit with me in the beach chair and even took a couple of decent naps!

I brought Eli back with me around 5:00 to get dressed for dinner. After everyone was ready we went to Sea Critters. It was a little restaurant on the bay. It was all fine and dandy until we got a $60 bill...are you serious?

Our little family.

Uncle Clay thought it would be funny to give Eli a lemon. Turns out he was right!

LOVE this man!!!

Sea Critters

After a yummy dinner we went to get some ice cream. Eric decided it would be fun to drive 15 minutes to Clear Water Beach...not so much! Turns out it was a 45 minute drive that nearly required a sack lunch. Ha!

This is the only picture I took on our little excursion. That's because we were in a hurry to get back to the condo to get ready for DISNEY WORLD!!!!!

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