My Mother's Day gift was a surprise night away with the family. We woke up Monday morning and headed up to Fort Lauderdale. Our plans were to hit the beach and then head back to the hotel to lounge by the pool, sip cool drinks, let Kourtney swim, relax, relax, relax!!! And so the adventure began...
On the way up I wanted to stop by an outlet mall to grab a new bathing suit - I was not thrilled about wearing one, but the only one I could find in my closet was 7 years old - I am not joking. I have been pregnant or nursing for like 32 months so bathing suits are not my friend. We stopped at an outlet mall in Homestead so I could look but I could not find one. So we decided to head up and see what we could find up there. When we jumped back on the turnpike I realized I had forgotten all the beach towels so we popped back over to the house to grab them. We weren't stressed - after all, we had all day and it was beautiful out!
We got the beach in great time and I started looking in the little shops by the beach for a bathing suit. When I realized that I was not going to pay less than $100 for a bathing suit that I would NOT wear that much, my loving, kind, patient husband offered to find a mall. We weren't in a rush, it was still pretty early in the day and the sun was still shining. We found a mall just a few miles away and I ran in . I searched high and low and realized it really had been a long time since I bought a bathing suit they were expensive! Who pays $70 for a bathing suit!?!? That was the cheapest I could find. Maybe it was because we were so close to the beach. I figured that I might as well just suck it up and pay the money - after all I didn't want to spend ALL day driving around looking for a cheap suit. We had an ocean waiting for us and Kourtney was getting nervous that we were NOT going to make it! I bought the cheapest suit I could find - $70 (good thing it was cute).
Huhhhh... we finally made it to the beach. I reluctanty tore the tags off of my $70 bathing suit - deciding that I wasn't going to return it. We unloaded everything (chairs and all) and plopped down to enjoy our day. I realized I had left McKenna's suit in the car so I walked back to get it. By the time I got back it started to sprinkle. We had a decision to make - load everything up and leave after not even 10 minutes or take shelter in a kiddie area that had a covered area just tall enough for me to sit in. It was Florida - land of the 30 minute afternoon showers. It hadn't rained in months. We have actually been having fires because of how dry it has been - this would not take long to pass. So we headed for the shelter - with the two chairs, two babies, four towels, snacks, and 2 bags. We tried to make it fun in there, but Kourtney wondered why we couldn't make it stop raining. We sang. We munched on chips. We waited. And waited. And waited. It was only getting worse and by now the shelter was leaking in on us. Water was pouring in our bags and all over our dry towle. We were cold, wet, and sandy. We decided it was not going to let up. Travis ran to the car with as much as he could carry and then parked as close to us as he could get. We grabbed the girls and everything else and jumped in the car taking our own small beach into the car with us.
We headed to the hotel and as we did it began to hail on us! We pulled over for a little bit to try to protect our car. It ended up flooding streets and brining in enough rain in South Florida to make up for the lack of rain we have had recently! Who would have thought that on the day we decide to go to the beach (we haven't been since I was pregnant) it would set rain records.
We finally made it to the hotel. We tried to hit the pool later and had a few minutes of success, but we got rained on again. Kourtney didn't mind much. She had fun wherever we were. McKenna was not to hip on the pool. Even though I held her really close and didn't splash too much she did not like the pool. We will work on her. I want to set the kiddie pool up in the back yard and maybe even use my $70 bathing suit again.
Our hotel was really nice (Embassy Suites is the BEST place to stay with kids - beautiful pool area, nice indoor facilities, two rooms, snacks hour, and hot breakfast - worth every penny). The best part of the trip was being together. Our day didn't go as planned but it was an awesome Mother's Day gift. It was nice to get away and be able to collect our thoughts.
Oscar and Rosie were in town this week. We met up at their hotel at Key Biscayne and had a great time swimming!
Munchin on lunch
My handsome hubby!
McKenna and Daddy - staying hydrated with juice
Daaaarlinngg
Looking at the ocean
Crystal and Kourtney - she pushed her around for like 20 minutes.
The mount
No hands!
Perfect formation
Spread eagle... no fear!
Where's daddy?
Dismount!
Her very first job - working at the Coke Factory!
I earned my first paycheck!
McKenna likes to talk with her feet.
Kourtney being a "baby doctor."
McKenna wanted to help her big sister and all the little girls wanted to use HER instead of the pretend baby dolls!
Cheese!
Look really close at her left hand. She is tightly clenching her 10 Wangas (dollars) that they didn't collect from her at the gate.
Flyin high.
Showing off her moves in the dance club... this is the ONLY club she will ever be going to. :)
Break dancin!
Anne's birthday is April 24, my dad's is May 9, Phil's is May 12, Mother's Day was May 14, and Brittany's birthday was May 18. Wow. A ton of celebrating. We went to Cheesecake Factory for Phil's birthday. A good time was had by all...
Mmm...
This is great cheesecake mama!
I actually got to eat a meal while Nana and Papa juggled the girls!
My goofball husband. I couldn't get him to make a normal face... 
Until I reminded him of something. :) Then he shaped up.
Kourtney set the table for tea and cordially invited McKenna and I to join her. She assigned our seats and asked us what we would like to eat. Everything started out nicely... McKenna was pouring the tea.
Kourtney was drinking the tea.
Then McKenna got excited and started throwing things on the floor. 
Kourtney was disturbed that her tea party was being overthrown by a 10 month old. 
Then she decided McKenna was having way more fun than her. 
So she joined her! 
By the end, tea was flying everywhere. 
We had a blast! BTW - this all happened in about 60 seconds! :)
Kourtney saw this picture of Travis and me and matter of factly said, "you love my daddy." 
Lexi's birthday was today and while the big party is on Saturday (these hispanics sure know how to party) we went to Chuck E Cheese today for her actual birthday. The girls had a blast!
Don't tell anyone, but McKenna ate an ENTIRE piece of pizza (plus a jar of green beans). Girl can eat.
Just the girls!
(Mine is the whitey)
Waiving at Chuck E Cheese.
...and discovered that the girls have a million and 6 stuffed animals! These aren't even all of them. And these are JUST their stuffed stuffed animals and babies!
We had a lot of fun at this photo shoot!
