Mini vacation!

Did you know we have been married for almost 9 years? In the 9 years we have done a lot of really great things, but the one thing we have never done is go away, over night, sans kiddos! Can you believe that? So I decided that it was time to go on a little trial overnight without the kiddos. Most of you who know me know how hard it is to leave my kids. So this was something that was really hard to do. Luckily I have some of the greatest friends, whom I trust with my kids, & who were more than willing to take them in for a night. Seriously, these people are some of our best friends that we love like they were family. The kids were so very excited to go to The Foster's house, & we were kind of excited to get away. So I booked us a little vaca in St. Augustine. I had it all planned out & could not wait for a romantic night with my hubby.

First we went to this yummy restaurant on the bay front in downtown St. Augustine... Acapulco
great food, & a beautiful view of The Fort & Manatzas Bay.

Our dinner view

Then we headed out for a spooky encounter on Ghost & Gravestones trolley tour. It was filled with spooky ghost stories, old haunted places, weird hair pulling experiences, a crazy story telling ghost at the jail, & a very strange capture on my cell phone camera. 

My hott date & myself

Our tour guide for the evening

Death Row at the Old Jail

The Gallows

After we had our fill of ghost stories, & unbelievers BE DOOMED, we headed to our hotel on the beach.  We even had a nice late night stroll on the beach. 

So the next day we went to get the boys and they did not want to leave! They were swimming & having a blast at The Foster's. Luckily we were able to talk them into jumping on the hotel beds & hitting the beach :) 

So that is what we did. They body boarded, build castles, & had a blast. For dinner we hit this really great grille across from the hotel. I personally cannot wait to go back to the grille. We got back just in time to do some evening pool swimming! The next morning I woke up bright & early to watch the sunrise. The guys did not want to get up so I went by myself. Can I just say that it was beautiful. Listening to the waves, watching the colors in the sky change. Absolutely breathtaking.

Of course our adventures were not over yet! We headed to this place.........

We walked through the museum & then headed across the walk to the St Augustine Lighthouse. We climbed these to the top....

219 steps

I was really proud of the kids, they climbed up with us! That is really good for two kiddos 8 & under. 

View from the top

Once we were done exploring the Lighthouse we headed to the Pirate Museum... arrgh! The kids loved it & so did the hubby. It was full of artifacts, a real jolly roger flag, a cannon you can fire, & much more. Outside there were these....

Hee hee hee

It was a great mini vacation!