Marco Island 2017

We trekked down to Marco Island again this summer for our family vacation.  Pete had recently renovated his condo so it was nice to get down there to check that out and have an extended, ten day trip as a family.

There were a couple of hiccups along the way:  Quinn fell and tore her perineum so she couldn't swim for a couple of days, the mosquitoes were everywhere and on attack, and the ocean was really churned up and murky.  However, the kids didn't let these things stop them from having fun.  They had a blast swimming in the pool, digging in the sand, and Nolan LOVED fishing daily with Eric.

We hit up some of our favorite dinner spots including a trip to Quinn's to get Quinn's picture and watch a performance by the "fire guy."  This is still one of Nolan's favorite things to do in Marco and reenacts the fire guy routing for weeks following.

All in all it was a good trip to reconnect as a family, relax, and have fun!

Little weirdo at the airport.

Swimming day #1.  This was right before she fell and hurt herself and couldn't get back in the water or sand for a couple of days.  She was a trooper about it though.

Morning coloring on the porch.

Stilts restaurant had this giant game Connect 4.  It was pretty cool.

Fishing by the dock.  He begged Eric each day to walk across the street to pick up shrimp and go fishing.  He ended up being a pretty good fisherman by the end of the trip.  Caught a handful of fish and was baiting his own hook.

Even Quinn gave it a whirl.

Happy Father's Day to Eric!

Daily Popsicle by the pool.

Daily Shirley Temple at dinner :)

Soaking in the fact that they had no where to be and could spend a little extra time relaxing in bed.  My kind of kids.

Nolan's Sheephead.  He referred to this as "the most beautiful fish."

Lots of time was spent at the pool with these two.  Nolan is a really good swimmer and Quinn is slowly getting the hang of it as well.  She would ask to take off her float to do "practice" and was a maniac in the water.  Overly confident so you couldn't take your eyes off of her when you were in the water with her.

Photobombing Nolan.