Weekend in Vero

It had been a while since we saw Ryan's aunt, uncle and grandma in Vero Beach so we took the weekend and went down for a visit. Sarah joined us for the trip and we arrived in time for dinner at Grandma's house on Friday night. N was tired and acted pretty shy at first, refusing to eat anything, but he soon warmed up once he realized he could get attention from the group!

Sadly, Grandma took a spill late Friday night and Barb and Phil were called away to check on her injuries while the paramedics tended to her. Thankfully, it wasn't too major, although she had to spend the weekend in the hospital and we ended up seeing very little of Barb and Phil.
 

Since we had a lot of solo time, we drove over to the beach on Saturday morning to take N to a playground and walk the beach. It was chilly but we all really enjoyed the sand between our toes and the brisk breeze. We had a nice lunch overlooking the ocean before heading back to the house.

Ryan's dad ended up driving over to check on Grandma, so we got to spend time with him, too. N loved being in a new place and exploring all the exciting features of Barb and Phil's house. Uncle Phil/Guppy taught him how to climb on the pool table and roll balls into the pockets.

He spent lots of time with Grandaddy checking out "Nemo" and the other fish in Guppy's aquarium. Feeding time was obviously a hit!

We even got in a little football time, running back and forth in front of the intracoastal and tossing a ball into the bushes and rocks. It was silly but fun and we all had a blast, laughing the whole time.

We packed up pretty early on Sunday to make the drive back home. Even though the weekend didn't work out as we had hoped, it's always nice to get away and stay in such an amazing setting. We're lucky to have relatives that live in a vacation home full-time!