Our first full day in Florida was so much fun. First, we woke up around 630 to watch the sun rise. It was beautiful. I've never watched the sun rise over the ocean before. I definitely want to do it again before this trip is over. After going back to bed, waking up, getting ready, and having breakfast, we went to the Lauderdale by the Sea Craft Show, and walked around to the different booths. On our way to the craft show, we saw that someone pulled a little prank by putting soap in one of the fountains. I thought it was hilarious, so I took a picture. Ha ha. Anyways, at the craft show there were a lot of different types of artwork and jewelry. My sister bought four pairs of earrings, and my parents bought a really cool piece of artwork to put in our living room. I didn't see anything I wanted bad enough to spend my money on, but it was neat to see everyone's artwork.

We made lunch, then it was time to go to the beach! The weather was 73 and sunny, but the ocean was a little too cold to get in, so we got in the pool a couple times instead of the chilly salt water. It was so relaxing to just lay out and soak up the sun. I got a little sunburnt on the tops of my wrists (which is really weird), and my sister got burnt on her chest/arms. Mom and Dad didn't get much sun because they just


Not wanting to worsen our burns, we decided to stay inside until dinner time. I took a little nap while everyone else got ready to go out. We walked down to the pier and ate at the Beach Cafe. It was delicious.

We had to make another trip to Publix to pick up a couple groceries that we forgot yesterday, then we came back to the hotel to relax. Amy and I took some fun pictures out on the beach while Mom and Dad enjoyed the view from the balcony.

I took another fabulous bath in the jacuzzi tub, and now it's getting close to bed time. Daylight savings time is taking an hour away from us tonight, so the sun will be up a little later tomorrow. We'll have more time to enjoy it, though. :)

A panorama of the view from our balcony