Rejuvenation!

Thanks to some really, REALLY good friends, Tom and I were able to get away for a few days to beautiful Ft. Myers Beach in the Sunshine State! We determined to not plan a bunch of activities (which is what I normally do) and instead to focus on sleeping, reading and enjoying each other again! Life can get so crazy, we tend to forget each other and let our most important, earthly relationship slip. And that's what we did. We spent every day at the beach and/or pool with snacks, water and books. And we went out every night for delicious dinners! It was a WONDERFUL 4 days and we hated to see it come to an end as we reluctantly boarded the plane this morning, but are SO thankful for the alone time!!!! 

I didn't take my camera so these pictures are from Tom's phone and either it doesn't take great pictures or we don't know how to use it very well but here are what we have:

 Selfie on our before-dinner walk

 View of the pool area

 IF I had taken my camera, I would have been obsessed with the wildlife. There are awesome birds everywhere!

 View of the condo

 Another selfie on the beach

 Camped out on the beach for the day. (Tom did my toenails. You read that right!)

 There were so many shells to sort through!

 View of "our" beach....we pretty much had it to ourselves most of the time. :-)

One last selfie at the Watermark Grille on our last night there. Delicious!!!!

We did branch out yesterday and took a dolphin tour on a jet ski and boy was it AMAZING! We drove 46 mph, fearing for our lives, but attempting to keep up with our guide until we got to the dolphin hot spots and were not disappointed. There were dolphins everywhere, jumping and playing and swimming so close that we could almost reach out and touch them. Awesome experience!

To those of you who made this trip possible for us (and you know who you are), we are forever grateful and so appreciate your sacrifice on our behalf!