Birthday Weekend Fun

Last weekend we celebrated Mickey's and my birthdays with a little weekend getaway to Islamorada.  We're so lucky to have our birthdays one right after the other.  It sure does make for easy celebrations.  

Our trip got off to a rainy start...

There's nothing like a rainy day in the key to make you want a bloody mary...

While we waited out the weather with breakfast, a few cocktails and some window shopping, the boys had a blast back in Stuart with Aunt Abigail and Uncle Scott...

...obviously the weather cooperated for them better than it did for us.  

Thankfully the rain ended up clearing and we got out and did some exploring on kayaks.... 

...and on our bikes.

The boys continued to have a blast with the best babysitters ever...

We are incredibly blessed by Abigail and Scott who for three years in a row now have flown down on our birthday weekend.  The last two they've watched the boys for us and let us have a little getaway.  We are indeed spoiled by them!!

We had lots of delicious food in Islamorada, most of which I didn't even bother to document, but I couldn't resist photos of the paella and carrot cake that were delivered to us by our neighbors at the hotel late Saturday night...

....they definitely know how to help their neighbors put up with their crazy family reunion at the same hotel we were staying at.  :-)  I'm remembering that move for the future for sure.    

We finished up our Sunday morning with one last breakfast at Robbie's before heading back home to our kiddos and their wonderful caretakers... 

...breakfast with the birds never gets old.  It's always hard to leave.  

Abigail and I kept the fun rolling with the boys while the men headed back to work on Monday.  I talked Abigail into a 16 mile cruise around Stuart and Jensen via the bridges and island..

...thank goodness she's in shape and the boys are troopers.  It was much longer than I remembered.

We made sure to stop at the beach...

...and the park...

...we had one climber and one swinger thanks to a broken clavicle.  Hopefully Mason gets the all clear for all activities next week. 

After all that exercise, we were ready for some AC and books... 

...as well as a mellow evening at home with some burgers and family time.

Tuesday, we soaked up our last bit of Abigail time with a trip to Stuart ceramics...

...and some other downtown Stuart fun... 

...which ended with a stop at Kilwins to cool off... 

...we discovered some new favorite flavors we all had to share... 

....I'm sure it was all chemical and dye free ;-)...

...haha.  

It was incredibly fun to get some alone time with my man as well as some sister time with Abigail.  Now we're counting down the days til we get to see them again.