Back from the beach!

Well, summer vacation has come and gone. Our 6 days in Florida were alot of fun. It was a low-key and relaxing time. I seem to forget how much I miss the friends that I never get to see, until I spend an entire week with them. And so last week reminded me of how much I have missed my dear friend. I haven't consistently spent time with Amanda since the age 16 (other than 1 summer during college). And so it was refreshing this week, being around her and her sweet family. I realized that while much has changed in our lives during the past 13 years, the friendship, amazingly, has not! I think that is rare. And so I consider it a gift. She is a gift! So Greg, Amanda and Max: thank you for sharing your vacation days with us!

In the past, Jeremy and I have always done vacations in early May. It's cheaper during that time, while the kids are still in school and it's technically during spring instead of summer. But I have always been a little sad by May 15th and sometimes even earlier, feeling that there is nothing left of the summer to enjoy. Or at least, that is how I always felt about it. It was just back to work. Back to the grind. (I still have those same feelings at the end of the day on my birthday. Sounds selfish, I know.) This year, we obviously went on a much later vacation, the first week of August. And this was actually great because I was anticipating it all summer long. And now I feel like fall is just around the corner. So not much time to whine about wanting another vacation. Anyways, enough rambling. Here are some pictures from our week. Some of the pictures are from Pompano Beach, where our hotel was located. Then on our last full day, we made the drive to South Beach. We just wanted to see it. It's amazing what 30 miles south on the coast will do. It was so blue and so beautiful there. See for yourself!