We stopped at Bojangles on the way down and hit the road! We took turns rotating who sat where and me and John switched off driving since it was so early. We got to chat with my family a lot. It was nice. :D When we got to the Daytona Beach area, a white Explorer passed us and almost hit us. After that about 9 cop cars passed us and we realized they were chasing him! After that we saw cops pulling off on exits to set up road blocks and more cops passed us. It was CRAZY! My sister recorded the whole thing...lol. Then all the sudden we had to stop because a cop was running across the highway, we looked over and saw the Explorer with the doors open and people running and a helicopter hovering over an area nearby. WHAT IN THE WORLD!? haha needless to say we told my family we planned that for them. haha Interesting to say the least!
Anyway, we got to Miami around 7 and showed my family around our apartment and got them settled in. We decided to go out to eat since it was so late. They wanted to try some Cuban food, so we took them to Havana Harry's. It was YUMMY and they gave us too much food! After dinner we went grocery shopping for the week and then went to bed so we could be up early for the beach! :D
Dinner:D
Wednesday morning we had planned to get up around 8 but when we got up it was raining, so everyone slept in. Which was fine by me :D I was exhausted after our Raleigh vacation! After we slept in some, I got up a little bit earlier than everyone else and made everyone breakfast :D I got everyone up, we ate, got ready, and then decided to go ahead and go to Homestead for the day. One of the main things my mom wanted to do when she came down was go to Homestead since she grew up there. 20 years after she moved from there we went there for the day. We went and saw her old house (which was very different after Hurricane Andrew. Even I knew this because I remember it from when I was little). We also got to visit her elementary school, middle school, and high school. It was really neat seeing where my mom grew up and where she went to school. It was weird to think she was little! haha. We drove by her house one last time and on the way saw some avocados growing. It was clearly someones yard, but one of the limbs was hanging over and John grabbed one for us. hahah! :D We also got to see one of my mom's favorite hangouts and the McDonald's she worked at for like 3 years. Very exciting :D On our way to see her elementary school, we happened to run into the church she grew up in. We pulled in and ran into an old man walking back. My mom wanted to stop and ask about the church because the church had a new name,but she was sure it was her old church. We happened to stop the pastor, and he let us in the building. We got to see where my mom went to church and where she was saved. Pretty cool!
Childhood home, or really the remake after Andrew
Elementary School!
Middle school!
High School! with all of us :D
Her childhood church!
Favorite hangout
One of her first jobs, obviously been remodeled since! lol
John "borrowing" the avocado!
Afterwards, we headed home and made dinner. We made tacos for dinner- YUM! and then watched the Dilemma. Great movie! Very funny. We went to bed afterwards so we could get up early and go to the beach:DWell, we got up and it was raining again. It never rains this much in Miami! Never whole days or at least this many whole days in a row! :( well we slept in and then Housing woke us up. Our furniture from Rooms To Go was here. We got it in and while everyone slept, we started to put it all together. We also went ahead and put up the art we had ordered that came while we were gone. My mom helped :D It was fun. Afterwards, we made lunch and played games for the afternoon. We played for a long time! I also took my family to meet some of my coworkers :D
Then we made dinner- Parmesan crusted chicken- Johns favorite! and then watched a movie. We watched the Adjustment Bureau. It was really good. I liked it a lot anyways! :D We went to bed again in hopes of the beach.
I got up Friday and it WASNT RAINING!! I packed all of our lunches and woke everyone up! We headed out to the beach and spent the day in the sun! :D by about 2pm, I was burnt :( It was overcast and I thought it was going to end up raining. I didnt put on sunscreen like an idiot and got fried :(. On a really sad note, John lost his wedding ring in the ocean :( I didnt cry. But it really sucks :( Glad we have insurance on it. I think we both would have been more upset if it was my engagement ring. YIKES, can you imagine. ugh!
We ended up leaving by about 3:30 because I was already hurting in the sun :(. We did have a lot of fun while we were there (minus losing the wedding ring). It was relaxing :D We went home and got showers and started dinner. We had Mac and Cheese w/ ham that night. I cooked the noodles and when they were almost done I noticed bugs in them!!!! EWW! I had John go buy some more. While he was gone I napped and then I finished cooking when he came back. i was in SO MUCH PAIN! but that doesnt keep me down! haha. We ate and played some more games! And then we watched Social Network and all fell asleep! haha.
The next morning we got them up early and took them to the airport :( We had so much fun with them. I miss them already though:( I hope they all come back again soon! We had such a wonderful time!
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