Cayo Costa- house & views, kayak & fishing

The house was build elevated on concrete "stilts," with main level (kitchen/living/2 bedrooms), then stairs up to a loft bedroom and then stairs from there up to a top deck- a wonderful place to look out over the island, watch sunrises and sunsets, and see out to both the gulf and bay sides on the island.

 We drove the ATV's to the state park for an ice cream treat and to rent kayaks

Daddy and the children tried fishing several times but never really caught anything

Cayo Costa beach and shells

Cayo Costa

In September, we had to cancel plans for a trip to the Naples area over Labor Day because of weather/hurricane warnings.  We decided to wait and go on a family trip during Sukkot.

Daddy surprised us by booking a house on Cayo Costa-
an island in the Gulf of Mexico, off of Fort Myers that is only accessible by boat! 
We stayed for 4 days/3 nights and it was beautiful and quiet, we saw a lot of nature and animals (eagle, manatee, fish, tortoise, birds, crabs), we had fun playing games in the house, collected lots of shells and sand dollars, we explored the island (we had 2 ATV's with the house and it was fun to drive/ride to get to the beach, explore trails on the island, and ride to the Ranger Station at the state park on the other side of the island), we relaxed and had a great time together!

Boat ride over to the island!  The house had solar power with fans and lights, full kitchen, bathroom, even tv, but no A/C.  We had to bring with us all food and supplies for the time we were staying.

There was a tropical storm in the Gulf, already much further north than where we were but its outer bands gave us a lot of wind and rain the first night (it woke us in the middle of the night and we had to close windows and move from loft downstairs to bedrooms)

more October pics

ice cream treat while running errands

celebrating Sarah's birthday- escape room and dinner

Mommy went to the Strikeforce 421 Breakfast

Corban's swim meet

October school

Corban had a frog dissection in his Life Science class

Corban's Literature class had a movie night to watch The Chosen (after finishing the book)

Geography with Hadassah

As Hadassah has decided that she would like to stop violin lessons and only continue piano, Asher has decided that he would really like to learn violin!  Hadassah has been a great teacher to help him get started and he is now having short lessons with Mr. Charles.

Hadassah and Asher both really enjoy going to SAINTs on Monday afternoons!

Asher has started his Bible reader and Bible notebook!

Asher's beach picture

Mommy took Abigail, Hadassah, and Asher to see a musical show called Hero in You (about famous Americans) and we met several other homeschool family friends there!

In support of Breast Cancer awareness, Selah classes got to wear pink (even painted nails!) to dance one week!