We arrived in St. Augustine around 4 o'clock and made our dinner plans. There are a couple of restaurants in St. Augustine that we love and we make sure we visit on every trip. Our #1 favorite place is Creekside Dinery. They have live entertainment on the weekends and you can sit outside and eat dinner. Most nights they also have a firepit where you can roast marshmallows. We made our reservations for 6 pm and off we went. We got a great table by the band and had plenty of room for the kids to dance. Remember, we are a family of 8, with 4 kids 4 and under! We had a great dinner and the band was awesome! I wish I had pictures, but I realized when we got to St. Augustine I had left my camera at home after the birthday party, or so I thought.
The next day the skies were pretty cloudy, so the 8 of us headed into St. Augustine to do the touristy stuff. Normally, we don't go into St. Augustine unless I want to go shopping for Vera Bradley or to visit Kilwin's and get ice cream. Tricia and Jimmie wanted to go to the wax museum and they had 2 days remaining on their sightseeing train ride. Mady has begged to go on this train ride forever, but it's always too hot or we just don't feel like it. Since Tricia and Jimmie had two days left on their tickets, they gave them to us and off we went on a free train ride. I was so mad I didn't have my camera because Mady was so excited to go on the red choo choo. Anyways, we toured for about 30 minutes and then met up with the others on St. George Street for a picnic on the church's grounds. By this time the skies had parted and there was glorious sunshine. Now, if I'm in St. Augustine and the sun is out with clear skies, you better believe I'm either at the pool or at the beach. We gathered our belongings and headed back to the condo so I could do some sun worshipping.
Once we got to the condo, Jacob took the girls up and put them down for their naps, while I sat by the pool, with Jimmie and Jillian, and read my latest obsession: Twilight. I just started book two on this trip. The girls napped and I laid out until Mady was up from her nap. Jacob brought the girls down around 3:45. Mady stayed in the hottub and KK happily sat in her bouncey seat by the pool. We all had a great time and once again I was mad I forgot my camera.
Tonight we were headed to our second favorite restaurant: South Beach Grille. This restaurant is located right on the beach and has a great outside area, as well as, an upstairs so you can see the ocean. There's also an area for the kids to play in the sand with a bunch of beach toys. Plus, it's literally a 3 minute car ride from the condo. We called ahead and put our names on the list for outside seating and arrived about 20 minutes later. This is where the good times end. Jimmie and I headed straight for the bar to get some before-dinner drinks. It was a nightmare! It was so packed! We were literally 3-deep from the bar. Finally, we got our drinks and headed outside. After about 20 minutes we were still not seated. Tricia checked on our status and the hostess realized that our name had been crossed off! I took the girls outside to the play area while we waited another 20 minutes! We were finally seated and ordered our dinner.
Thirty minutes and 2 pitchers later, our food finally arrived. Long story short, my food never arrived, the waitress never checked on us, and the manager was nowhere to be found. If I had been in the right frame of mind (remember, two pitchers later and I haven't eaten) I would have pushed the issue, however, the waitress brought me my salad boxed up with a free dessert. Of course, I didn't pay for my salad either. We finally left and headed home.
I do have one picture from this evening. As we were driving to the restaurant I found my camera under the seat! Dinner was good, despite everything that happened. Jimmie and I had a good laugh while I drank my dinner that night.
This morning (Monday) the weather was horrible! Looking at the forecast we saw that it was going to get cold tonight and was going to be pretty windy. We decided to just pack up, and after Tricia and Jimmie left around 9, we left around 11. I cannot believe that the highs for this week are predicted to be in the mid 60s! This is Florida, in April for crying out loud! To say I am completely bummed is an understatement. As long as Jacob and I have been together we have always gone away for spring break. Either on a cruise, BK (Before Kids), or to the condo.
Since the high is going to be around 65 and sunny, we're going to head to Sea World for the day tomorrow. Wednesday the girls will go to Mimi's and we'll work on getting our new interior doors painted and hung, Thursday the girls will go to Mimi's and we might head to the beach to see our friends The Bradys. They have an awesome beach house. On Friday the girls will go to Mimi's (notice a pattern?) and we'll do whatever we feel like. Saturday is the Easter egg hunt at UCF and then we're going to see our friend's band that night. And, well, you know what Sunday is... Easter bunny, church, lunch, naps. Back to work on Monday.
Hopefully we'll be back to our regular Spring Break next year. Until then we'll enjoy the rest of this week and look forward to our trip to the Caribbean Beach Resort at WDW for Memorial Day Weekend. I should probably start praying now for good weather and no sick kids.
Jacob and Mady at the birthday party.
My only picture from the trip. Mady and Jillian at South Beach Grille.
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