Rainy Monday Afternoon

I can't believe how anxious I've been to get at this computer and start typing!

We've been out of town the past few days and thought I would have internet service

but I actually kept losing my connection. 

The one night I did try to post it took me one and one-half hours 
to do something that should have only taken 15 minutes.

I'm not a very patient person and figured I'd wait until I got back home 
to finish my story about the weekend.

So we got back home late yesterday. Unloaded our bus and cleaned it up 

(so it will be ready for our next trip).

Then I started putting things away, and sorting clothes, 
even washed a few loads last night.

I knew today (being a Monday) would be crazy busy with our business, and it was.

On top of that, I had some errands to run. That's when I got caught in the rain.

The worst rain I think I've ever driven in. I was SO glad to get back home. 

So, it's evening now...dinner is done, the kitchen is clean 
and I can finally catch up with my writing.

We did have a wonderful time! It was great seeing family 
and it was so nice to get away for a few days.

Friday, my hubby and I went driving around the downtown area of Ft. Pierce...

I LOVE quaint downtown districts! We parked and walked around for a while.

We saw some neat Art Deco Buildings

Then we found a neat restaurant right on the water where we had lunch.

We walked around a little more and found this adorable gift shop called "Sentiment"

and I found this sweet magnet that just had to go home with me.

It's by an artist named Kelly Rae Roberts and in case you can't read what's written 
on her shirt it says, "Kissed on both cheeks" that's why her cheeks are so rosy :0)

After driving around a little more, we went back to our bus 
and waited for our kids to arrive

- our younger son with his sweet wife and their little boy, Ethan.

This would be Ethan's very first camping trip with us and his Papa was VERY happy!

That night we met with our nephew Scott & his beautiful wife Paige for dinner.

They live not too far away from where we were camping.

After dinner we went back to our bus for the night. 

Night time is so cozy when you are camping.

Ethan LOVES to camp! He was a very good boy and seemed to enjoy himself.

It was wonderful waking up to him in the morning

That day, Saturday, was the day of the Special Event: 
a Baby Shower for our niece Crystal and her husband Adam

expecting their first child a little girl...Aria Rose :0)

Here is Ethan with his mommy all dressed up for the party

and here are the Mommy and Daddy to be :0)

Ethan got to see his Great-Grandma who lives in Miami

We visited with more of our family for a while and then headed back to our bus

it was time to chill out...it had been a LONG day!

Here is Ethan with his Mommy and Daddy...winding down from the day

So, our weekend had come to an end (as all fun things do, ha ha).

Next day we headed home...thankful for the fun time we had with our family.

May we always be mindful to make the most of our time with family and friends.