Spring Break...

So, after barely making our plane out of Baltimore/Washington, we landed in Ft. Lauderdale a couple of hours later. It was poor-planning on my part because we missed the NCAA final game. As soon as we got our rental car I found the game on the radio--with only seconds to go. In fact, we only heard them call the failed half-court attempt by Butler. How sad for the Bulldogs. We were really hoping they'd pull it out. Anyway...we arrived at our hotel in Palm Beach (actually Singer Island) late. The girls were so excited to wake up to breakfast out on our balcony. But, even more, they couldn't wait to get down to the beach and pool. We spent the whole day outside. That evening we went grocery shopping for the week, and enjoyed a delicious "home-cooked" meal in our villa.

Oceanside breakfast...

Ready for the first day in the sun...

We spent Wednesday pretty much split between the beach and the pool. The girls love looking for shells. They're not very discriminating either--they want to keep every single one they find. They must think the shells are used as currency somewhere, and now they're rich. For dinner we headed a few miles inland to Palm Beach Gardens. We had to pick up Logan's First Communion veil from Nordstrom (and do a tiny bit of shopping). So, we ended up just eating there...at California Pizza Kitchen--hey why not? While we were waiting for our food to come out, Logan had one of their cards with all their locations and proceeded to mark off all the ones we'd been to. It was a lot. She thought that was pretty cool.

A day at the beach...

Maren...

Beach babes...

Logan...

Maren and Carsyn taking a dip...

Ready for a night on the town...

Posing...

Thursday was another gorgeous day, so we pretty much had a repeat of the day before (with the exception of C.P.K.). The girls focused on their sand castles and sculptures. Well, actually they gave orders to daddy on what to build while they looked for shells to decorate it. Maren was content digging herself a huge hole to hide in. We stayed in for dinner, and had a very relaxing evening.

The fore(wo)men: Carsyn and Logan...

Maren...

Sisters...

Maren in her hole...

Hanging out by the pool...

Friday was more of the same...and we loved every minute of it. Who could complain, spending the whole day splashing in the waves, getting covered in sand, and swimming in the pool with daddy? They had so much fun. That night we went out to eat at a great little Cuban restaurant. We were very impressed with the girls willingness to try the new food. They actually liked it--a little.

The big sister...

The "blonde" sister...

The baby sister...

Such sweet sisters...

Saturday was our last day in Florida. The girls spent most of the day at the pool--mostly because we didn't want them to be full of sand for the plane ride. Thank goodness daddy is such a good sport. He spent so much time playing with them at the beach and swimming with them in the pool, while I got very brown and finished two books ; ). We had a great time, and perfect weather.

Maren at the pool...

Carsyn and Logan saying goodbye to the ocean...

We got back to Washington just before eleven o'clock Saturday night. We stayed the night at a hotel near National Airport that night. After we ate breakfast the next morning, we took the metro over the Navy Yards to retrieve our car and head home. It was a long, but very fun-filled trip.

At the Washington Navy Yards...