St. Petersburg, FL

We got to St. Petersburg on Friday afternoon around 5:30. By the time we found our Hotel, there wasn't much daylight left, but we were able to spend a few minutes walking on the beach. Mackenzie found a really big seashell & she was so excited about it! She kept saying, "I just looked down & there it was!" On our trip in 2009, we stopped in Panama City & that was the day Madison (8 mo's old) rolled off of the bed onto the concrete floor...panic! I was thankful that this year was much more uneventful. We had dinner at TGIFriday's (it was not very good) and then we made a quick trip to Wal-Mart.

Brian discovered that the #1 beach in the U.S. is located in St. Petersburg, so we went looking for it on Saturday morning...and we ended up on a "doggy beach." Literally, there were dogs everywhere. I'm not a dog person, so I was less than thrilled about this! We did eventually find the pretty beach, but by the time we found it, it was time for us to leave. It was very beautiful though, and someplace that we would love to go back to one day.

After our beach outing, we were able to stop by the Palms of Pasadena hospital to see our friends Dave & Cindy Bender, before heading to Orlando. Dave had a pretty major surgery there just the day before, so we were very glad it worked out that we could stop and visit them.

Sunglasses, Jean Jackets & Bare Feet...they were ready to hit the beach!The water was C-O-L-D!!!Madison didn't want to go anywhere near it!Mackenzie's big seashell! I love them!This was at the #1 ranked beach, on Saturday morning. It was really beautiful...the sand was white & the water was very clear. Mackenzie found the palm branch and didn't want to part with it. We finally convinced her that we couldn't take it with us to Disney World!Love the leg pose!What a strong Daddy...he carried them like this for a long way on the beach!Such special memories we made!