This week end we were able to fly down to Florida to see the Markos Family (Ben’s sister Sarah and her family). They live in Melbourne, which is near Orlando. We flew in late Thursday night (and Sarah was nice enough to pick us up). Then Friday (October 2nd) morning we were able to start our true ‘Florida Adventure.’ Ben had been to Sarah and Doug’s house two years earlier, but this was Brea’s first time in Florida.
We were able to do so much with their family and we LOVED it. The kids are so much fun and we got to know them even better. Mer loves to read, and she and Brea read chapter books out loud in the back of the van when we went places. Max is a rascally little guy who loves to tease his siblings, but he has a big heart. Jack is talking a lot and loves to play with his Uncle Ben (and Aunt Beer- that’s what he calls Brea).
Florida has such different terrain then Brea thought. It was hot and humid, marshy, tropic and swampy. We went on a ‘nature walk’ on a short path through the natural forest. There were palm trees next to pine trees and long vines hanging everywhere. (We both decided it would be a perfect place for a horror movie- so much marsh and creaking noises everywhere). But it was so beautiful and so different.
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