After years of being invited to go down to Florida and stay with my family for a vacation, I finally took them up on the offer. My friend and I went down to my Uncle's from Friday morning through Monday morning and had one of the best weekends!
We got down to Tampa on Friday where my cousin picked us up from the airport and we went to meet my aunt for some lunch. Shortly after my friend and I were lying out by my uncle's pool enjoying the great Florida weather (that was apparently only great while we were there as it's rained before and after our trip). We then proceeded to go for a little joyride in my uncle's "spare car"--a Mustang convertible. We basically just spent an hour driving around and enjoying the Florida life before going home for dinner with the fam and going out with my cousin and his friend.
Andrea and I went to bed planning to wake up at 9, have my uncle's delicious pancakes, and head out to Busch Gardens for a day on the roller coasters. But instead, we were woken up to my cousin's 7:40am phone call inviting us to the Red Bull Flugtag with a bunch of his friends. By 9:00 we were picking up some people and heading to Tampa...along with 100,000 other people who decided to spend the day outside in the 100 degree weather. Well we only lasted an hour and a half and by 2:00 we were having some lunch at Hooters before heading home for some more lounge time by the pool and another yummy family dinner and some hang out time with my cousins at their house.
Sunday was AMAZING!!! My cousins have friends who have boats so 15 of us took 2 boats out and spent about 5 hours in the water hanging out, tubing, and just having fun. We had SUCH a good time! And of course, what would a day be like without spending some time in the pool before the family dinner? Then it was out with my other cousin and some of his friends for our last night there. We ended up at a bar where the bartenders hula hoop on the bar and my friend and I got a chance to hula hoop too...but not on the bar. We even got free t-shirts. It was a great end to an incredible day and such a good weekend!
I can't wait to get back down there and spend some more time with the fam and their friends :)