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July 9, 2022

 Teddy and Rocky woke up first this morning and woke me up. We got dressed and went to the lobby to check out and back in to our condo.  Then they wanted to go to the playground. We made a little trip to the playground before heading back to meet Thom. We had run a few errands so we loaded up in the convertible and away we went. Our first stop was Dick’s Sporting Goods to remove the security tag from Rocky’s shoes. Then we enjoyed lunch at Johnny Rockets. The boys liked the plate with the smiley face. I thought the burger was pretty good.  After a quick stop at Publix and Dollar Tree we headed back to the condo.  It took some convincing, but the boys went down for a nap before the rest of the crew arrived. I got an elliptical work out in before they arrived. The Alt family arrived about 3:15. We hung out for awhile and once the boys were awake we headed to the pool. The McDougall family arrived about 5:30 and joined us in the pool. We had dinner at Tony’s poolside as...

July 8, 2022

 Our travel day began with swimming lessons, Renegade Running Club, cleaning and some last minute packing. We were waiting for the dog food and new shoes to arrive, but FedEx was moving rather slow. I called Solutions to see if they had the number of the FedEx driver and they tried to reach out. As we were just past New Virginia they called and said they had our packages. We turned around quickly to go get them. Unfortunately, when I opened the box we found that the magnetic security tag was still left on one of Rocky’s new shoes!  Nita and Jess generously dropped Mom off at the airport where we could meet her with the car seat and she could take our van with the dogs. Check in went smoothly and they allowed our 41 pound bag through (40 pounds was the limit).The TSA agent was so kind and gave the boys a junior officer badge sticker. Once we were through security we grabbed some sandwiches and went to the gate.  Our flight was only 10 minutes late taking off! Unfortunately...