We have had quite the adventurous week in the K-Bash household. Things didn't turn out quite as planned. I should be sitting on the beach right now, drink in hand (ha!), but sadly, I am sitting in my PJs at our home computer desk. Let's just say a certain little tropical storm changed our plans. Boo, Debby. Thanks a bunch.
We headed down to South GA on Friday to see Stephen's family for the weekend. That was lot of fun- we got in some good family time, dancing, pool time, and more.
Sydney & Taylor heart their Uncle Randy.
Dancing.
Taylor was having a blast.
Sleepyheads. Taylor woke up at 5:15 AM every morning.
No pictures from the pool- I've learned that having 2 toddlers at a pool = all hands on deck.
Sunday morning, we headed down to Vero Beach, FL- about a 6 hour drive from Waycross. It was raining most of the time. We had seen weather reports about the tropical storm/hurricane/whatever it was, but it looked like it was heading towards Alabama. Anyways, we made the trek to Vero and got to see my Aunt Katherine and Uncle Jack! Plus, I got to see my cousin Kristen, whom I haven't seen in WAY too long. We hung out, the girls got some energy out, and we went out to dinner. We hung around the condos that evening, listening to the calm rain. We also made sure we turned on the weather radio because of the tornado watches/warnings.
Monday morning, Taylor got up AGAIN at 5:15 AM. She just couldn't wait to start the day! We headed to the beach around 7 AM, just to get outside before the rain came again. The girls loved it. It was really nice, cool, and breezy- very overcast, but it felt great. We grabbed some grub at Einstein Brothers Bagels and then headed back to the condos. We hung out with my aunt, played some ping-pong, rode the golf cart around the complex, did some crafts, etc. It was starting to rain, so we didn't want to chance the pool or the beach again. After meeting my uncle for lunch, we went back to the condo and turned on the weather. This is what we saw as the projection for the next couple of days:
And guess where we were supposed to go from Tuesday-Friday? St. Augustine. Yep, right smack in that mess that was moving 5 mph. Vero had rain all week, plus tornado watches. The girls were starting to go stir crazy, being cooped up inside most of the time. We had to make a quick decision. Should we still go to St. Augustine and just do what we can, even if it's raining the whole time? Or should we call, like yesterday, to see if we could cancel our reservations (24 hour notice... it was pushing it!). We thought about it for a few minutes and decided it would be better to cancel and try to reschedule. There's really nothing two toddlers would enjoy doing in St. Augustine in the rain.
We also decided we better head home, as our drive back home on Tuesday would've been way worse than driving back on Monday, weather-wise. We sadly said goodbye to Aunt Katherine, packed up our car really quickly, and were in the car for 9.5 hours (including about an hour worth of stops) through some heavy rain. We didn't get home until about 1 AM. We thought about stopping, but we had SO much stuff with us that it would've been more of a pain to lug it all out and then lug it back in the next morning than to just suck it up and make the drive.
You'd think this would sound like a terrible few days of so much driving and bad weather... and, on top of that, me locking Sydney in the car, Sydney getting her first bee sting, and me konking my head on something and having a huge knot on my forehead. But, it was actually great- our time in Vero Beach actually seemed like a lot longer than 24 hours, and it was great to see my family.
So, here's hoping we can reschedule some sort of a beach trip before I go back to work! Enjoy the pictures that we were able to capture:
Taylor's first trip to FL!
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