Short Vacation

This summer I had planned on doing several things with the boys, but one thing after another changed my schedule.  We did get away for a long weekend to my sisters house in Ormond Beach, FL.  Nothing like a day relaxing on the beach.

Kevin ready for the sun

Garrett and his cousin Cody heading out to the sandbar

Vacationing with someone that's on a gluten free diet can be hard, but when you throw a casein free diet in the mix it gets even harder.  Thankfully we were heading to my sister house, so I didn't have to worry about much of anything.  For the road trip down and back I took lunch meat and made sandwiches at the rest areas.  Plus we had simple snacks for in the car just in case anyone got hungry. During our stay at my sisters I already knew where the local heath food store was located, so that was the first stop in town when we got there. The only mistake I made was one night running to the health food store to get Kevin a frozen pizza and not getting one that was gluten free.  Slap my head!  When I got back to the house with it I realized I didn't check for gluten free.  I was so caught up in looking for one that was dairy free that I didn't check for gluten free on the box.  Luckily I had just bought it and Holly, my sister, called them to make sure they'd take it back when I went back to the store.  LOL I had no choice but to go back for another pizza, but we weren't sure if they would take the one I'd just bought back.  The manager did check it to make sure it was still cold before ringing up the return.  Thankfully I had one of the hot/cold shopping bags with me when I bought it and in the end things fell into place.  Kevin and I had pizza along with everyone else.

It was nice getting away for a few days even if it was just for a long weekend.  I needed a break from the house and the boys needed to get out of the house.