We escaped winter and went to warm Southwest Florida! It was wonderful to relax, soak in the sunshine, share laughter, and make many fun family memories together. We also were able to meet up and spend time with three other good family friends of ours who were also vacationing down there. We met up with the Long family, the Wellman family, and the Wegener family. It was fun to see each other down there!
We enjoyed our heated pool, we went to Lover's Key Beach twice, we went to Bowmens Beach at Sanibel Island, Clam Pass Beach, Bonita Beach, Fort Myers Beach, and Delnor-Wiggins Beach. In addition, we went on an awesome fishing charter where we caught all kinds of ocean fish and saw dolphins and manatees up close. While we were swimming in the Gulf at beaches, a dolphin swam up close to me while I was swimming and on a different day a dolphin swam up close to Brian while he was swimming! We went on a boardwalk hike and saw two alligator mamas with their little babies.
Greta making a dog and kitty in the sand.
Eli made an awesome sea turtle in the sand. He got many compliments as people walked by and many people took pictures of it. Eli was proud.
Fishing off the dock!
The kids love to catch lizards. This one bite Asa's earlobe!
Eli being silly.
It was great to meet up and swim with Eric and Laura and their kiddos. They all play so well together! Brayden and Jace are going to play baseball with our boys this spring. Greta and Brielle will get to hang out while they cheer on their brothers.
The Longs had the Wellman family and our family over to swim, have dinner, and watch the Super Bowl together. It was a delightful time! We are thankful for their friendship.
Here are some picture of the house where we stayed.
Asa caught the biggest fish! A 10 pound Red Fish!
Eli was happy that he caught another Snook fish because he did his verbal presentation on the Snook Fish.
Greta and I caught a Blue Fish!
The kids are great swimmers and they loved the pool!
Greta got all worn out one day!
We took the kids out to the Melting Pot fondue restaurant as a special treat.
We took some family pictures. It was a lovely time together.
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