After Paris, we flew to Florida to visit Jidu and Cici and Aunt Jackie and Uncle Bill. We were only going to be in Florida for five days, so we had a full itinerary and hit the ground running.
The kids swam in the pool, played with Captain, snorkeled in the Intracoastal, and went boogie boarding in the ocean. But one of the highlights of the trip was for the kids to meet and hang out with cousins their own age they had never met before.
The five days in Florida were a lead up to the memorial service for my mom about a year after her death. My cousin, Christina, came with her parents, Uncle Andy, my mom’s younger brother, and his wife, Aunt Janice. They drove all the way from Austin, Texas, and Christina came with her two kids, Grayson, age 11, and Stella, age seven, so they were our kids’ cousins, too.
We met at Carlin Park for a picnic of roasted chicken and mac n cheese from C.R. Chicks and bocce ball. The kids were wary at first and it took a little bit of time for them to be warm up to one another, but once they did, they hit it off swimmingly.
We all met at the beach one day for boogie boarding followed by lunch at Dune Dog, a perennial family favorite we try to hit every time we visit Jupiter.
Josh, Sarah, and Abram in the neighboring umbrella.
Peter and Grayson.
The next day, we met again at the Loggerhead Marine Life Center in Juno and had lunch afterwards at Cafe Sole.
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