October 14, 2017

The girls and I woke up to another full day together.

We went for donuts at The Donut Shop.  Then we sat on the veranda at the hotel and stuffed our faces.

Donuts for breakfast!

We checked out bikes and had a fantastically fun ride around town!  It was seriously so enjoyable riding along the canal and over the bridges and around the shops and little streets.  So fun!!

The girls said, "Mom, you have the biggest smile on your face."  Yes, I admit, I was having SO much fun on the bikes.  I just kept telling the girls, "Follow me!"  And off I'd go!

We ended up shopping some more.  The massive, four-story mall was just too enticing!  We picked up souvenirs for the boys in a Southwestern shop.  It was fun picking out their gifts.

Rindi, Emma, Julia.  I love my girls!

We ate lunch at this adorable pizza place with tables outside.  It was called Grimaldi's.  We all agreed it was super yummy!

We relaxed by the pool all afternoon.  I just started to blissfully doze off when Emma said, "Mom!  This is getting boring.  How do adults do this?!?"  I sat up, looked around at all of the adults lounging around the pool, reading or napping, and thought, "How is this boring?!?  This is heaven!!"  We laughed and decided to make it fun.  So we swam a little, soaked in the hot tub, talked about everything I could think of, then got dressed and played chess for a while.

We had a nice, quiet ride back to the airport.  We were really early so we ate some dinner and then settled in to watch a movie.  We were halfway through "Miss Congeniality" with Sandra Bullock when it was time to board our plane.

It was a nice, quick flight home.  And then a short drive to our house.  It felt like we had been gone for days!  We had done so much in the two days we were gone.  But it really blew our minds when Emma said, "We were here just yesterday!"  We had had the perfect little getaway.  Everyone was in bed, and Greg had the house so clean and organized.  We all fell into bed exhausted.  But first Emma hugged me tight.
 
She told me that was the best present ever.

I think so, too.