The "long" ride to Anna Maria

We have been planning this trip for over 6 months, and it finally came! Billy took Friday off, we got everything ready, boarded poor Sofa, (she cried), got the kids out of school early and took off...the kids fought before we even left.  Billy was getting stressed, but as we drove, through torrential rains, road construction, in the middle of the night, we somehow-thanks be to God, remained calm and took moments to remind each other how blessed we are to have one another and to be headed to the ocean!