Sunday, March 7, 2021

The Gruia Family Visit

In high school and beyond, one of Amy's closest and dearest friends is Carmen (we roomed together Senior year of high school).  She and her family came down to Florida to visit for a long weekend in February.  They have 3 kids - Anique (18), Ava (15) and Andon (11).

The visit was too short for sure, but we enjoyed having some time to catch up and make memories.  We can't wait to see them again - love you guys!

They know several families down here, so on Sabbath we went out to the beach after church so that we could enjoy some time together -- without anyone having to worry about a large crowd in their home.  Plus the wind and sun hopefully would kill any Covid germ right? :)


We were joined by the Tkachucks and Pastor Alex's family from Spring Meadows -so there were lots of kids and adults running around! 

Adults and kids alike enjoyed playing soccer

Ervin was brave and got on the one-wheel -- did pretty good for his first time!

Addison and Andon really got along swimmingly all weekend - they had a great time playing and hanging out.



Addison out of all of the Z kids probably enjoys the beach activities the most - she loves to get into the water and do the boogie board, and to be buried in the sand!




We brought a few of Zach and Kaleb's friends to help even out the count of girls and boys, as there were mostly girls going to be joining us. 

On Sunday, we headed out to Disney's Animal Kingdom, so that they could experience the Pandora / Avatar ride.  That is one very cool ride!  The parks haven't been as packed lately, so that it a relief.

While we were there, we did Avatar twice, the safari, Everest, Dinosaur, the kiddie-ride and game area.  That pretty well packed our day but it was lovely weather and great fun.




Waiting by the dinosaur gift shop - never know where you will run into a dinosaur! :)



The safari ride is always one of our favorites - so many animals that God created!

Doing the little kid land while the big kids did the scary Dinosaur ride

And in a random picture, Ava and Addison went to church on Sabbath while the rest of us had a slow day - they were so pretty in their dresses! 

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