Florida 2023
The first 5 days of our Florida trip were busy celebrating my mom's 50th birthday! It was such a great time!
Tuesday
Everyone left bright and early on Tuesday, August 1st. My mom + DJ are headed to Europe for the next few months, so it is only Benny + I left!
Our first day alone was definitely lonely! We went swimming, made tooth cookies and ate at the food truck. We even made a trip to Target to get some trains.
Meanwhile in St. Louis....
Logan went to a school pool party, cleaned the basement and made a steak! Yum!!
Wednesday
Today was a full recovery day! A long nap together, playing with Papa's boat, + a bubble bath!
Meanwhile in St. Louis....
Logan got some ice cream, took Finn to the park and Facetimed us. :)
Thursday
A trip to Playa Bowls! And of course hanging out at the pool!
Meanwhile in St. Louis...
Logan getting us a chance at a BILLION!
Friday
We switched Logan's flight to tonight instead of tomorrow. It's supposed to rain and if his flight gets delayed or canceled it might kill me!
We played hard alll day long!
Meanwhile in St. Louis...
Logan finished his day at work and went straight to the airport! We got TSA precheck done and it was his first time using it... so nice!
He checked into the Priority Pass lounge and got some dinner waiting for his flight to board.
He had a 2 hour layover in Nashville, and checked into another Lounge that had these little suites. So cool and fun! He tried on some shoes... and barely had time to grab a snack before his flight to ECP!
Logan arrived late Friday night and I was so excited to see him! 2 long weeks!
Friday
Of course our first stop was Playa Bowls!
We spent the rest of the day going to Goat Feather's for lunch, swimming, + the neighborhood back to school party!
Sunday
After chatting we decided to rearrange our Pensacola trip - again. We packed up and hit the road! Because we changed our plans a few times I switched to a different AirBnB and booked a nonrefundable home... way further out than we wanted to be. Ah!
We stopped on the way to get Logan another outfit and some shoes... and finally arrived!
The house had a closet in the front bedroom full of beach toys.... that were COVERED in sand. Of course it took no time for there to be sand all over the house. The best part was there was no vacuum... only the first broom ever invented. We also needed some black out curtains... so off to Walmart we went!
Monday
Logan took off to check out an office for the morning, so Benny and I hung out at the house. Logan was back around 2 ish and we took off to check out the beach!
We stopped by a little shack to get some dinner... selfies while we were waiting for our food!
Back at home we took a trip to the park!
Logan got a flyer at GORP for a practice in Minnesota. The numbers were insane... $2,000/day , huge signing bonus. We've joked we are moving to Minnesota! Of course Benson picked up on this and was making us laugh so hard!!
Tuesday
This little house we rented is starting to get old ... haha. Logan had the morning with us so we got some breakfast and hung out.
He went off to Alabama and Benson and I stayed at the house. I didn't take any pics.... but Logan did get this beautiful view of his dinner location!
Overall, it was a very successful trip!
Wednesday
We had originally made plans to see Noah's office and grab lunch with him. But, when we were all awake at 4 am... we decided to just hit the road! I was a little maxed out. :)
A successful drive back, we even got some What a burger at 6 am! By 7:15 am we were all in bed back asleep. :)
We spent the rest of the day recovering!
Thursday
Of course my first stop back needed to be Playa Bowls!
Pool party! So much fun together!
We decided last minute to drive out to Farm and Fire for dinner. Benny and I came here last year and it was delish! We had a wonderful dinner.
Back to the pool of course!! Benny was so tired by the end of the day he was barely staying awake on our drive back to the house.
Friday
Our last full day in Florida, we fly home tomorrow night. By the end of this 3 week vacation, I am ready to go back to St. Louis! I have missed some of our routine and activies.
First stop, Playa Bowls by myself. Ahh dreamy.
We originally were hoping to meet up with Noah + Kyna, but it didn't end up working out so we went to Pier Park instead. Firetruck!
Home for our last evening swim!
As we were driving home, I was holding Benson + driving the golf cart. Out of no where this giant sting that felt like I was being electrocuted, ripped through my arm. Some sort of black bee or wasp got me! It was so painful and lasted for a week!
Saturday
We spent most of the day packing and cleaning up. Since my parents are off on their cruise we have to make sure everything is turned off.
We made a last trip to the pool, got some donuts, + ubered to the airport! When we got to the airport the TSA line was a MILE long. I had a thought earlier in the day to make sure all of our tickets had TSA precheck and Logan's did not. I am so glad I checked and added it. We skipped out on at least an hour line! Our flight was delayed a few times, but we finally got on and enjoyed a sunset on our way out.
Ah! What a busy, wonderful 3 weeks. :)