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August 9, 2019

After our wet trek to Secret Falls, we got all cleaned up, had a good lunch and then hit the course to play a few holes!

golf

golf

golf

All was going well until Maxwell tried to go retrieve his ball that was out in the drained lake. Not his best idea! I didn’t see him go out there but then heard him yelling, “Help!! It’s like quicksand!!” hahahaha! I looked over and he was shin deep in mucky mud!

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Needless to say, he was not a happy camper!

golf

Samantha and I took our cart and went to the house for some towels and clean socks. We got him cleaned up as best as we could and finished a few more holes until the rain came. A great afternoon!

golf

golf

That night we had dinner with our friends the Woods. We had gone to the club with them on Friday night…

golf

and on Saturday night we went to their house for a great meal and some marshmallow tennis (which sounds exactly like what it is!)

tennis

There was also some Pie in the Face…

pie

and a pretty remarkable sunset!

sunset

It was a great stay in the mountains! We all loved the break from the heat and we sure loved having the whole family back together again!!

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Secret Falls

August 8, 2019

On Saturday we decided to try out a new hike, Secret Falls.

secret falls

secret falls

It wasn’t too bad on the way out – a little muddy but not too steep and easy enough for Samantha to do with only a little help.

hike

hike

hike

You can go to both the top of the waterfall and the bottom – it was pretty awesome!! Lots of great photo ops!

secret falls

falls

falls

falls

falls

Headed to the bottom of the falls…

secret falls

falls

falls

falls

falls

Unfortunately it started raining while we were at the bottom of the falls and didn’t stop raining for our entire hike back! We were soaked, muddy, and cranky (well, some of us were cranky! ha!) We stripped down before getting into the car and all took hot showers as soon as we got home. Adventure!!

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More Naples

July 19, 2019

For our final few days in Naples we went back to the beach…

beach

beach

beach

beach

beach

beach

beach

We swam and swam and swam in the pool!

pool

pool

pool

pool

Of course, we had to celebrate the 4th with some fireworks!!

july 4th

july 4

Overall it really was a great week with my sweet family.

naples

Sadly, we had to go home to go back to work. Thankfully we had smooth flights home.

naples

naples

We love Naples and can’t wait to go back!

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Naples Adventures

July 18, 2019

While in Naples we did a few fun things besides just swim and go to the beach. Robert and Maxwell played golf at Tiburon. I think it was really really hot but they made it through. We might turn Maxwell into a golfer yet!

golf

golf

golf

While Maxwell and Robert were playing golf, we played our own game of Pinball at home! the best!

pinball

We also all played golf together – just of the mini variety! We sweated it out on the mini golf course and, I have to say, it was actually a lot of fun!

golf

golf

golf

golf

Guess who got a hole in one? This guy!

golf

and this guy!

golf

and this girl!

golf

and this girl too!

golf

My hole in one ended up being on the “hole of the day” so we got a free pass to come back and play again! woohoo!

Finally, the boys all went on a fishing adventure with Captain Chris. They had a great day. Spencer caught 25 fish and Maxwell caught 21!

fish

fish

fish

fish

fish

We sure did have fun in Naples! A few more pics to come tomorrow!

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We flew south

July 17, 2019

Over the week of July 4th we flew south to Naples! It was hot here, it was hot there, didn’t bother us…too much! We just hopped in the pool every day to beat the heat! For the first time, we didn’t check a suitcase but took 3 carry-on size roller bags. Thankfully we had good helpers to roll them!

suitcase

suitcase

suitcase

We didn’t waste anytime getting in the pool and the ocean as much as possible over the next few days!

ocean

ocean

ocean

ocean

ocean

ocean

beach

Of course we made cookies in our favorite yellow bowl…

yellow bowl

Had breakfast at Skillets…

skillets

and swam in the pool every single day! We also went on a few adventures. More tomorrow!

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