Florida ~ Three AMAZING Destinations

Alden and I have spent the last week in Florida

and what an amazing time we have had!

Orlando ~ Holmes Beach ~ Longboat Key

We left last Friday for Orlando, where we enjoyed a few days at Alden's work conference. 

It was good to connect with friends and co-workers.

 

At the completion of the conference, we headed over to the Gulf coast ~

 to Holmes Beach.........

to visit with some VERY dear family friends, Bea and Bob.

Ohhhh, how we love this couple.  They are my parents' best friends ~

I grew up always knowing them.  Bob and my Dad were in the AF together.

Bea and my mom had such fun together ~ raising their kids and being special girlfriends.

We have so many memories with this couple.

They truly are family to us. 

We enjoyed our first glimpse of the GULF ~ ahhhhhh,

so beautiful.

Bob gave Alden a tour of his golf course ~

We talked.....and talked.....and talked some more.

It is SO good to get caught up with each other

and just spend time together.

It was such a fun, relaxing time.

We are simply filled up with special times ~

We said our goodbyes.....reluctantly.........

and headed a bit farther south to ~

Longboat Key.

 This was a wonderful respite for Alden and I ~

we LOVE the beach.....

and oh my, the gulf beaches are simply BEAUTIFUL.

Longboat Key is where my parents retired ~

we love the memories we have here with them.
I appreciated just "being" here.

We enjoyed many sunsets during this week ~

and oh my, they were all just beautiful.

We are beyond thankful for this week away ~

I will be posting more of each of our 3 "destinations".

I HAD to give you a little glimpse into our time this week.

We head home tomorrow...........