like i said in a previous post, i was really hoping to get into fort de soto campground for this leg of our trip, so when we managed to secure a monday – friday slot, i was super excited. we were barely pulled in, when i whisked the kiddos off to the beach… here is […]
beach
weekend layover in saint pete.

after our big day at legoland, we spent saturday morning packing up and cleaning and getting ready to head down the road to st. pete for the weekend. this leg of our trip was the only part that wasn’t mapped out in advance. we were hoping to get into fort de soto campground, but they […]
lake louisa state park

our campsite is about 5 miles down the road from lake louisa state park, which is the number one rated “thing to do” on trip advisor for the clermont area. we had also heard good things about it from some camp neighbors, so on friday, with cool temps, we decided to give it a go. […]
action packed saint augustine day.

the sun was out on our first morning in saint augustine. i had spent the evening before looking for possible fun things to do with the kids, but everything seemed kind of boring for a 9, 5 and 2 year old. lots of historical tours and such. so, we set off for the beach. we […]
charleston. doctors and beaches.

ok. i’m going to attempt to get this blog up to date. starting with last monday and tuesday. in charleston. i left off with a miserable annababy. well, she wasn’t getting any better. high fever. symptoms very similar to hazel’s when she had the UTI at christmas. she was ultra miserable. we found a pediatrician […]
family beach trip 2015. the last day.

the last day. we started out at the beach. derek took isaac out in the deeper waters for a long time, so i wandered about with the girls. collecting bits of shells. and writing in the sand. and snapping as many photos of the sister love as i could. making beach soup. beach soup sous […]
fam beach trip ’15 (part 3)

hello. and welcome to another installment of the lidbom family beach trip. today, i will be blogging about wednesday and thursday. buckle up. it’s super exciting. (not really.) on wednesday, we did the same thing we did most of the week… headed for the beach. for some reason, this was the day we were obsessed […]
family beach trip, 2015 (part 2)

our second day at the beach began slowly. we worked a little on a puzzle (and hazel worked on wrecking it). had a lazy breakfast. and eventually got ready for the beach… at the beach, i made a feeble attempt at a family picture. hazel was not super agreeable. the boy. the girl. the toddler. […]
myrtle beach-ish, 2015 (part 1).

last week was our annual family trip to north myrtle beach. we left saturday mid-morning and began the four hour road trip to our salty and sandy destination. while i have been doing a lot of traveling this year, derek has not. this was his first real vacation. and it was nice to have a […]
homeland pilgrimage. part 5. (the last one!!)

welcome to my final post about our trip to ny! i think at this point it’s thursday on our second week. jake had the day off (a rarity). and i’m pretty sure it was rainy and gross. so we had a lazy day. and i made jake pick us up some subs. from southside. i […]