Our move to Florida

Hello friends and family! If you click on each photo it will make it bigger. Hope you enjoy!

We visited family before we moved to Florida. We stayed with mom and dad for a week. Here we're visiting and playing aggravation with the family and Nana Dyson.

Visiting with Nana and Papa VanHoorebeke and Aunt Gail and Uncle Tim in Illinois.
Hugging mom and dad goodbye before we drive away on July 1!
We drove separate cars which were packed to the brim with all our things! Shiloh rode in Sarah's car because of the air conditioning, poor Matthew had to sweat the whole way there. :(
Shiloh had fun in her little spot on the way there.
We made it! This is in Cocoa Beach on the east coast our first morning in Florida.

We got to see some truly gorgeous views.
This was Shiloh's first time swimming in the ocean. She was apprehensive at first, but when she realized it was fun she took off all the way down the beach splashing in the waves as she went, it was so cute!
We went to the Fourth of July fireworks in Palm Beach, which is a gorgeous town. The fireworks were shot over the bay. We started out on the left there with tons of people, but decided to sit on the bridge to watch the fireworks. It was a much better view, we got to see the reflection of the fireworks off the water.
It was a great fireworks display, Matthew said the finale was the best he's ever seen.
We found a temporary place! We're staying in Sarasota, on the west side of Florida for a month while we look for a more permanent place. It is fully furnished, with a king size bed woohoo!
The furniture came from a condo here so it's fun that the whole place has a beachy theme.
We love the huge shower.
These lizards are so cute! They run around everywhere and eat the bugs, go lizards!
This palm tree is right outside our patio door, we really love it.
Siesta Key! This is the 3rd best voted beach in Florida. The water is crystal clear so we often search for shells under the water. The sand is like baby powder, we love it.
There are so many beautiful birds here.
These are weird seagulls that we haven't seen since then. We like all the different kinds of birds.
That parasailing company is out there everyday. It looks like fun! That little area near the beach is what we call the kiddie pool. It is about 6 inches of water where lots of people have their kids play, then as the water goes out there is another bank so the kids can't get pulled out to sea. There is also another bank even farther out so Matthew and I swim out to it and enjoy the waves.
We love that there are areas that are just full of people, but if you walk down not too far you can also be almost completely by yourself. It's a very fun atmosphere.
I was excited I got this picture of a seagull! :)
We found this awesome shell, but it turned out there was a snail in it! We brought it home and planned on keeping it as a pet and getting a fish tank, but then decided he would probably be happier in the ocean so we let him go. I named him Shelldon. :)
We have lots of fun here looking for shells, enjoying wildlife and watching sunsets over the ocean. We absolutely love living in Florida and hope we will be able to stay here for at least a little while longer!