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It’s summer, and that means summer vacation! We just spent the last week with my immediate family in beautiful Naples, FL.

Everyone started flying in on Tuesday and we drove down from the Tampa Bay Area to Naples that evening. My brother had procured a four bedroom vacation home on a golf course (a perk of his company) where we were all staying together. We spent the first day relaxing around the house, bike riding, barbecuing, swimming in the pool, and we also got to meet my new niece for the first time.

We didn’t spend the entire vacation in the house (although we could have!). We spent one morning at Barefoot Beach, played Safari Mini Golf in Bonita Springs, had dinner at Cafe Luna in downtown Naples and checked out Thursdays on Third, went shopping for souvenirs at Tin City, drove to Miami for a day, and even saw dolphins at the Naples Pier (although sunset was a bust).

Overall, it was a nice, relaxing vacation week with family … and we’re going to see everyone again up in Ohio in two weeks.