Hot and Cold

Last week I had the luxury of going to Miami with my husband. He had work to do for just a day there, so I tagged along and made it a vacation :) My parents were awesome about watching the kids so we could go - which I'm still very indebted for. We stayed in Pompano, which is about 40 minutes north of Miami. I loved it. I was spoiled. I soaked up every minute. Even the plane ride I enjoyed reading and just worrying about myself alone.

To show how spoiled I was, here is the view from our room. No zoom needed.

The first day we got there we discovered jellyfish lining the beach. It was pretty cool. Yes, when we went running on the beach we had some close calls to stepping on some, but it was still quite a sight to see so many stranded along the beach line. The next day they were gone. We swam in the ocean, the pool, the hot tub, watched the kite surfers (I wanna try!), went to the pool, the hot tub, and back to the beach. We got massages, ate out, shopped a little - and did I mention the hot tub? It's even better while eating a blizzard!

The weather was awesome - high 70's and low 80's. We rented a paddle board - which is pretty much a surf board with a paddle. You stand up and balance on the board while trying to paddle. It' quite tricky and fun with waves. Luckily our waves were just the right size. to small for real surfing, but great for paddle surfing.

The last morning there the ocean looked more like a lake. I took a nice leisure paddle around. It was too easy - I like the challenge of the waves! Here's me, a speck on the ocean.

We came back to snow. What extremes! Within a couple weeks we went from skiing, to ocean, and back to snow. It was great snowman making snow. I smiled pretty big when I saw what Aaron and the kids had made.

Thanks again Mom and Dad for making a getaway possible. It's amazing how I appreciate any moment of freedom I get now. Every getaway is priceless freedom! But I was reminded of one thing. I could play all I want, and I would enjoy it, but nothing brings as much satisfaction and true joy as my family/kids. A part of me is not whole when we're apart. Love ya midgets!