Weekend Getaway

We spent last weekend in Jacksonville with Brian's brother Eric and his wife Audrey and their son Ethan. We had a lot of fun and it was nice for Rexford to have someone his age to play with the whole time. The only problem was that Rexford wakes up at 7am and Ethan wakes up around 9am so we had to keep Rexford from running to Ethan's room and waking him up! He wanted to play with him so badly it was very hard to keep him entertained every morning. He wouldn't even watch Word World or Caillou! Sorry Eric and Audrey for the morning noise...

The first evening we went to the beach. It was so quiet with no people and no hotels, just the beach. Rexford and Ethan had fun throwing sand back in the water and scooping up water with the bucket. I was surprised but Rexford was very daring and kept running into the water - until he fell down and then he was a little more cautious!

Rexford liked to make footprints in the sand

Playing with Dad

The next morning we went to the zoo. It was a great zoo and it was actually not too sunny so that was nice. Brian fed the sting rays and the kids got to brush goats. Rexford loved the animals, especially the giraffes, elephants, and goats. He's still talking about how the giraffe was eating lettuce and how he got to brush the goat. They had a great splash park there but we didn't last long there since we were all pretty tired and hungry by that point.

That night we went to the beach again and unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me. Eric caught a big crab and the kids loved it. They followed the poor crab around for a long time. They also enjoyed throwing shells back into the ocean.

The next morning we went to church with them and then got ready to head home. Before we left I captured this fun video of the two boys playing together. Rexford didn't want to leave and he has talked about Ethan, Eric, and Audrey since we got home.

The boys loved jumping on the air mattress

On our way to the car, Brian and Rexford had to stop for a picture on Eric's motorcycle. This is the closest they'll ever to get to driving one because I would never consent :)

Thanks guys for a fun weekend! Come see us soon!