After staying up late for way too many nights in a row, our family needed a little pause to catch up on rest and to spend time together, just the six of us.
Our kids are always so fabulous to play by themselves or with other children while the adults visit, but every once is a while, I need to some to just play with my kids.
On our honeymoon, Aaron and I visited the Whetstone Chocolate factory, so during our trip to St. Augustine in 2008 we tried to take the kids on the same tour. This time, we were able to finally enjoy the tour together.
Sarah thinks we need an industrial size mixer in our own kitchen!
We got to sample seven different types of chocolate made in the factory,
and we learned a lot about the process of making chocolate from the cacao bean. While in Papua New Guinea, we actually got to sample fresh cacao.
After checking into the hotel, we met friends (I'm not supposed to say they are old friends, but we've known them for more than twenty-five years)
at one of our favorite restaurants, the Santa Maria.
at one of our favorite restaurants, the Santa Maria.
The restaurant is right on the Intracoastal Waterway,
and you can feed the fish and the birds from your table.
Between the two families, we had four July birthdays to celebrate,
We are so grateful they chose to drive over to St. Augustine and celebrate with us!
Friday morning, we took some time to visit the Castillo de San Marcos.
I love visiting the same places again and again and watching our children grow and blossom in a history of pictures.
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