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Our trip to Florida

Note added August 30th-I am sorry if you have already seen this post- I was rereading it and found some typos, and after I fixed, accidentally reposted it again;) 
 
So, we took a trip to Florida...and we have so many pictures, it is almost over whelming...
But I shall do my best to pick some good ones for y'all's benefit =) 

Olivia and I with some of our purchases at the big flea market. 



We were able to play one round of mini golf as a family!
eating ice cream and watching a storm move it over the water
me, holding a little crab- with a BIG pincher
Me, next to a huge tree in a big garden in FL

family picture next to one of those big trees

the gulf was so pretty!

our family picture after mini golf

some of us children just before leaving to walk on the beach
Josh and I are counting the money we children saved over the past 5 months to play mini golf and get ice cream

We found a tortoise on a hiking trail and I got to hold him :)  I think we counted that he was  27 years old

Me and Olivia- enjoying the sun on the beach ( and Sophia in the backround ;p)

there were so many shells at that beach- beautiful!

everyone with their Ben and Jerry's ice cream

more gulf pictures :) 

Commercialized beach

We packed up mighty fast when we saw this!

Josh- making a goofy face with a shell he found

pool time!

our little mini golf team :) 

resting, while on a hike

Hope you enjoyed the pictures! We had so much fun!
We had a wonderful time in Florida.  We swam at the beach nearly everyday; since we don't have any nice places to swim around us here in Virginia.  We got to walk on the beach at night twice  during that week and found quite a few interesting things.  We hiked, visited some Florida gardens, swam at the beach, swam in the pool, and visited our favorite flea market, The Big Red Barn.
I thank the Lord that He blessed our time away from all of life's hub bub and enabled us to just relax.
We were able to stop and see some good friends in Georgia on the way back....but you will have to wait to hear about that ;)
Until next time,
       ~ Elise 

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