A Florida Beach Visit with Grandma & Grandpa

In mid-August, the kids and I headed down to Pompano Beach to meet up with Grandma & Grandpa Reder!  We missed Erik, who was super busy with work and could not get away that particular week, but we made the most of our time in the sun.  We spent the days splashing in the pool, riding ocean waves, checking on the many sea turtle nests both morning and night (one lucky morning we got to see some newborn loggerheads that had just been rescued from the bottom of their nest hours earlier!).  We enjoyed some great meals out at our favorite Pompano restaurants and best of all, got to spend some great quality time with Grandma & Grandpa Reder.  Below are some photos from the trip!  Big thanks to Grandma & Grandpa for a fabulous week!

At O'Hare, waiting for our plane to arrive at the gate!

Grandma Reder's Birthday dinner at Piranha Pat's

Birthday cake for Grandma in the party room!

A newborn loggerhead!  The rescuers were so nice to let us see him up close.

A fun boat ride over to Cap's Place

This is how many of my group kiddie pictures look...2 out of 3 looking isn't so bad

Historic Cap's Place -  the best crab cakes I've ever had, bar none.

Cassidy and Gavin spent hours each afternoon with Grandpa in the ocean

Me and the crew!

Tyler often played with Grandma in the sand while the older two had ocean time

Group photo - they were probably chasing chameleons around the patio here

We found that a family of snails lived in the rocks on the west side of the condo building, so we made daily visits - they were fascinating to watch as they slithered all around

We had fun at the playground at the new boardwalk at Atlantic & A1A

The kids loved strolling along the piers to watch the fishermen at work

A lovely dinner out at Aruba's Beach Cafe