As many of you already know, at the beginning of June we made a two-day drive to Florida to spend the week with Grandma Connie, Aunt Ana, Uncle Clint, Maddie, Uncle Will and Aunt Emily.

Clint's mom and dad, brother (Brian) and his wife and kids went as well. Our condo was right on the beach and as Carina said when she woke up one morning "were still at the beach!". She had a really good time playing in the sand and swimming in the ocean (as long as someone was holding her). Jeff had a really good time sleeping during the day at random times, playing tennis and boogie boarding, oh did I mention that he also rented a kayak on the ocean?!

I think in all we covered 10 states: Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin (last two are routine states in our drives back to Indiana). On our way back to Minnesota I-94 going east was closed by the Wisconsin Dells because of all the flooding this is what we saw from our car window...


this water is up to the highway...