I flew to Virginia on March 17 to surprise Josie! The small plane was worth it to see her face when I landed -- first was the scream "Aunt Ginny!" and next was "Can you spend the night?" She turned 6 on March 9 and although I missed her birthday I made up for it with this trip! I got to visit her school on March 18 - ate lunch with her, met her teacher and classmates, and saw her classroom. Even got to play on the playground!
She is in Kindergarten at a wonderful school in Williamsburg and is learning to read. I got to hear her read three books!
I loved having sister/niece time with my family! We also went to Norfolk Zoo on Saturday - it was the perfect size for an afternoon visit.
We went to the prairie dog houses and saw lots of animals like kangaroos!
They also had an African exhibit with lions, elephants, and giraffes!
It was an amazing afternoon with two of my favorite people!
We especially liked the elephants, although Josie was scared she'd fall in the elephant habitat!
Josie took many pictures with her own camera, she's now a scrapbooker too - must run in the family!
Missed Dave so much on this trip but got to see Phish's favorite spot - the Hampton - from the interstate! Emailed him the picture so he'd feel like he was with us too!! :)
We made our way down to Palm Beach County with a stop in Jacksonville. Dave got to play golf with his parents and we had dinner at Ponte Vedra. It was a great two days in Jax!
We stopped in Cocoa Beach on 95 and did lunch and Ron Jon's surf shop. After 29 years of seeing the signs on the way to Gran's house, I had to stop!
It was just as cheesy as I had imagined, did not disappoint! And the conch fritters at lunch on the beach weren't too bad either!
We loved our hotel in Boca, The Ocean Lodge. Right on A1A and just perfect!
The first night we went down to Deerfield Beach to dinner, it was beautiful and good food - just didn't think we'd end up in Broward County again, oh lawd! Glad we got out alive, haha!
We also went to lunch at our favorite, Two Georges, in Boynton Beach. Great Mahi fingers and beer on a sunny Tuesday afternoon! The best part of Boynton for sure...
One of the best parts was hanging out with old friends. We went to Jill and John's house in Boca and had dinner with them in Mizner, it was great! And I also got to see Giulia - good Pope John Paul memories! Can't wait to live closer again!
After a long day on Wednesday we went to Dada in Delray for dinner - forgot how much we loved this place! Amazing food and atmosphere! The BLT is to die for!
Thursday was a super exciting and successful day for Dave and I! We went to dinner at Uncle Julio's in Mizner Park to celebrate!
We were super sad to leave Palm Beach County but knowing we will be back very soon made it ok. Spanish River Park and beach are so peaceful...the smell of the salt water makes life good!
Bye Boca, we will be back soon - we love you!
