Last Day

Today was our last day on vacation and while the kids are excited to get home and see their families, I am not ready to get back to work (although I do miss Gizmo).


WE had a very laid back day, hanging around the house and a bit at the beach. For the most part it was pretty calm, although we did start the day with some excitement...

Pillow fight!! It erupted spontaneously, but was hilarious and fun.





Most of us have been pretty beached out, so we didn't spend much time at the beach today. Thankfully, with movies, video games, board games, markers, nail polish and hair products, we were able to keep ourselves occupied all day.

Since tonight was our last night we decided to go out to dinner. Our original plan was to go to Macaroni Grill, however when we arrived we discovered that the power was out and they didn't know when they would be able to serve food again! So, we walked to several places around the Macaroni Grill only to find wait times of over 2 hours! As we headed back to the car to try and scout out some other possibilities, Pedro and Bonita noticed the lights seemed to be on at the Grill, so we checked one more time. Thankfully, the lights had just come back on and we were seated almost immediately! I think God did the power outage on purpose to clear out the restaurant so we wouldn't have to wait as long. :)

We all got dressed up for dinner, so before we left I wanted to take some nice pictures of everyone. As we were getting ready, however, a storm hit. I was so mad!! The only rain we had all week came right when I wanted to take pictures. God is so good, though, and as we were walking to the cars to go out to eat, the clouds parted and the sun came out!! So, we quickly ran to the beach to snap some pictures. We also have a really cool porch swing in front of our house, so I took some pictures there as well. I had to apologize to God because He obviously knew what He was doing. The lighting was great, and thanks to the rain, the beach was empty.

I have loaded all the pictures into my Phanfare site, and some of them actually look really good! I am hoping Carisa can edit them so they look even better and I will get a lot of them printed for myself and their families.

Here are some of my favorite individual pictures of each kid:


Pedro (and his million dollar smile)


Miguel


Tasha


Monique


Linda


Bonita



Luis


Zuley


Lindsay

Aren't they so beautiful and handsome?!?

After dinner we came back to the house to clean up, and decided to make some smores for dessert. Yummy!




We are heading out somewhat early in the morning, and I am hoping they will sleep most of the ride. I have a group coming in tomorrow, so I will literally get straight to work when I get back. On the bright side, my roommate from last summer, Brooke, is already in Philly for a visit and will be waiting for me when I get there. I am SO excited to see her!!!!!!