Arrived!

Made it to Fort Lauderdale! We were about 45 minutes late in landing due to a mechanical difficulty in Atlanta (we left late) when the cargo door would shut properly. But that's ok! Picked up the luggage, took the shuttle bus to the car rental area and picked up our rental car - a brand new white Nissan Altima, with only 10 miles on it!

I don't even think when I bought a new car it had as low mileage! We then drove to the Beachcomber Resort and Villas in Pompano Beach, which added 9 miles to our odometer and took abot 20 minutes. We arrived and checked in, but our room was not yet ready so we put our stuff in my mom's room and then changed into our bathing suits for some lunch and pool time with the kiddos! Mollie and I spent some time playing in the ocean as well, and then back to the pool.

After our room was ready, we unpacked and got cleaned up to head for our traditional pre-thanksgiving dinner at Benihana!! This was a special occasion, since this is the first Benihana that Abra and I ever went to when we were kids, and it was nice to go back. it's also right on the Intracoastal waterway, so has a beautiful view

I have to say the meal was spectacular, and the staff was COMPLETELY top notch. Our server, Tracie, was absolutely the BEST EVER! She was super fast with keeping up with the drinks and took excellent care of the kids, bringing them everything they ever asked for and more. Our chef, Saha, was also excellent and did an awesome job cooking the food and joking with the kids at the same time. They were completely mesmerized when he was going throught the show, and got their pictures taken with Tracie at the end. All in all, a very memorable experience and it's just too bad we don't live closer!

We stopped at Publix to pick up a few things on the way back, and then we headed back to the hotel for the night. We watched the making of the Sound of Music live in Abra and Chip's villa, and then headed back to our room with Mollie in tow for the night, she was having a sleepover with us. We brought the cushion for the outside chaise lounge in and made up a little bed for her on the floor, since our room only had a single bed. We played some card games and then it was time for bed, since I could barely stay awake. Chris claims we were asleep 2 hours earlier, but just hadn't closed our eyes yet. I would agree actually, since we were asleep before 10pm!!!

 

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