For the whole month of August, Erik was scheduled for a rotation down in Jacksonville, Florida. The kids and I jumped at the chance to go with him. We decided to drive so that we would be able to bring along everything we would need. Our new van was the perfect ride, we could even see out the back window with everything packed in perfectly.
We left in the evening and drove all night while the kids slept. Erik and I are really good at switching off and on so that neither or us get too tired.
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| Breakfast in the morning after driving all night! |
We arrived in Georgia shortly after lunch time. We stopped there at my cousin, Kerry's house, where the kids went swimming in his pool! It was so nice to stretch out and let the kids run and play after being in the car for so long. We spent one night there.
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| Big, weird-looking bugs that we don't have in Minnesota! |
The next morning we went to church with my aunt and uncle and then took the kids to an air force museum where they had a lot of the old jets! Next time we go, we'll spend more time there because we didn't get to see everything.
We left Georgia in the afternoon and planned to arrive in Florida after dinner time. The trip went smoothly and we were there before we knew it! That first night we stayed in a hotel because our condo was not ready, but the kids didn't seem to mind. That next morning when Erik went to work, the kids and I went exploring!
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| We met a really nice turtle. He was HUGE compared to the turtles we see in Minnesota! |
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| We also found some spiky balls that the kids thought it was fun to collect. We don't see these in Minnesota, either! |
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| We also went for our first swim in the hotel swimming pool! |
The next morning we moved into our condo. It was gorgeous and HUGE! We had three bedrooms, living room, dining room/kitchen, laundry room, two bathrooms, and lots of closets. Here's a picture tour.
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| dinging room/kitchen |
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| kitchen |
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| livingroom |
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| hallway to bathrooms, bedrooms, and laundry |
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| Maida's room (the other bedroom where the boys slept was identical to this one) |
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| hall closet |
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| laundry |
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| master bedroom with a king size bed and crib |
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| one of the bathrooms |
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| coffee bar :) |
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| The cleaning ladies left out some wineglasses for us and note that told us to toast to the grand occasion of moving into our new condo! |
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| All the towels were folded like this! I didn't want to use them, they looked so pretty. |
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| On our way to the pool, we caught a tiny frog! |
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| Our condo on the left, a river on the right |
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| our walk to the pool (on the left) |
