Ponte Vedra Beach - Relaxation!

Our departure from NY was quite a bit less lucky than our arrival. The bad weather finally caught up to us, and we sat in McArthur airport on Christmas afternoon and watched the cancellation of the first leg of our flight. We had hoped to get down to PVB on Christmas, to enjoy the last bit of the day with TJ's family....but we had to resort to plan B.

After a quick call to Sparky and Kathy, we had a solution. Due to Kerry, Kevin and Charlie spending the holiday with the Dillons, their apartment in Manhattan was free. We switched our flights to fly out of Newark the next morning. I quickly stood in line at Avis, while TJ got our bags and called Hertz. We literally got the last car available and headed to Manhattan.

We spent a fun Christmas night ordering Thai take out, and were saved from too much trauma.

We couldn't wait to arrive and let the PVB festivities begin!

It was a fabulous week, (we'd been looking forward to it since our last visit in May.) Charlie was the center of attention, and I loved waking up to hear his sweet squeels of laughter downstairs each morning!

Aunt Sheila and Uncle Don stopped in for a few nights on their way from the Cape to Marco Island. It was so sweet to see everyone with Charlie and to catch up on what was new with Kevin, Jen and Emma.


We spent the week lounging, catching up on rest, running, eating well, and generally relaxing!

I got plenty of snuggle time and tried to the best of my Aunt-ly abilities to get as much 'Charlie-time' as possible. We had a few eye-to-eye moments where I swear we bonded, and I turned into a pile of mush each time it happened.

We played golf a few times - it was a true miracle week for my game! I actually made a true par on a hole! I jumped up and down and shouted with glee as a I sunk the put. My swing is coming along and I think it's due to my back feeling great and the amazing teaching and encouragement I get from everyone each time I play there.

I am inspired, and already looking into a weekly outing that the KCWC does each Monday....

Just thinking about the trip relaxes me...we're already booked to go back in May!