After our horseback riding adventure yesterday, the fun didn’t stop. Ryan and I had a sneaky surprise up our sleeves and drove to my parents’ house in St. Pete with Sadie to surprise my dad for his birthday!
When we arrived, my dad was working in the garage, so we quietly let Sadie out of the car and she made a beeline for my dad, which totally confused him and then made his face light up. Surprise success!
About half an hour after we got settled, it was time for dinner and we ate a delicious grouper dinner with my parents, sister and her boyfriend.
Plus birthday cake and ice cream for dessert!
I had more than my fair share of the cake (I went back for seconds and a sliver of thirds), and between the six of us eating the cake, we completely polished it off.
Breakfast
Since my dad’s real birthday is actually today, we wanted to make his birthday breakfast extra special and woke up early to take the boat out to a restaurant in Pass A Grille.
After a 30-minute boat ride, we docked across the street from The Seahorse Café and headed inside for some eggs and pancakes.
The Seahorse Café is a family favorite because of its laid back, beachy atmosphere and quality, inexpensive food.
I ordered the Sweet Baby Ray’s sandwich on whole wheat toast.
The salty ham, creamy egg yolk and cold, fresh tomato made this breakfast a slam dunk in my book. I never think to add tomato and lettuce to a breakfast sandwich, but I really liked it a lot and must recreate it at home.
Once our bellies were full, we took the boat back to my parents’ house where we spent the afternoon opening birthday presents, eating lunch and hanging around the house until Ryan, Sadie and I hit the road back home to Ocala. We’re all a little pooped at the moment, so I have a feeling we’re going to be taking it easy tonight.
Hoping to sneak in a little evening reading!
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Happy birthday to your dad! Have a great day! 🙂 xoxo
yayyy what a fun and blessed day together! Once you get married, visiting your parents can be THAT much more special~He looks really happy too. And that yolk~it’s calling mah naaaame
I’m glad your dad was surprised when you guys arrived – surprises like that are always good.
Looks like both birthday dinners were delicious!
You looked like you had a good time! Glad your dad was surprised!
Happy birthday to your daddy!!! Sounds like a great surprise :D. I got a surprise yesterday too…they are the best! So glad it sounds like you had a great weekend Julie!
That’s such a nice surprise for your dad. And how lucky for you guys to be able to boat around for transportation!
Ahhhh I’m so jealous you took a boat to the restaurant! That’s the kind of place I want to vacation someday, I love just boating to places and docking!
Happy Birthday to your dad! What a fun surprise!
Julie , last night on Diners, drive-inns and dives they featured a seafood restaurant in Jacksonville and I thought of you. Next time you are there you should try it and give us a review. It’s called Singleton’s Seafood Shack. Glad you had a great weekend
oh awesome! i’ll look for it!
awww “The Seahorse Cafe” is such a cute name! I would have definitely been persuaded to go there just based on the fact that I love anthing realted to mermaid/things in the ocean. Was it decorated with cute seashells and such?
yes! there was beachy decor and just a general laid back feel to the place. i love it there!
that sounds like a perfect birthday! happy birthday to your dad!
Happy birthday to your dad! Breakfast looked amazing.
You and your family are so cute!!! 🙂 Happy birthday to your daddy!
Looks like a great and fun day with the family!
I love adding veggies to my breakfast sandwiches (and a little bit of veggie cream cheese too). One of my absolute favorites. 🙂
Awe that is sweet to surprise your Dad!!
Such a fun surprise! Taking a boat to breakfast instead of a car sounds like fun!
Aw, happy birthday to your dad!! The wheels must have been turning when he saw Sadie, what a great surprise!
That birthday cake looks amazing…looks like an awesome weekend
This post is making me wish I lived near the ocean – what a great birthday surprise!
What a nice surprise!
Happy Birthday to your dad! What a fun surprise!
Man your parents always seem to have such fresh delicous dinners! And always around seafood which is right up my alley!
yes! we are a BIG seafood family! 🙂 looove fish, shellfish… all of it!
My dad’s birthday is this week too. I love family birthday parties.
happy bday to your dad!
Happy birthday to your dad! How sweet that you all surprised him like that, I’d never be able to keep the secret!
I miss having a boat! Before we moved here, we spent almost every weekend at the lake. The lake scene here just isn’t the same.
What a special surprise! Happy birthday to your dad!
Enjoy every moment of your time with your dad. My dad passed away a few years ago and I miss him everyday.
Awww! What a nice surprise for your dad! It looks like he had a wonderful birthday! 🙂
It is so cool that you took a boat to breakfast.
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how fun! and that cake looks delicious!
Awesome! I love that you can take your boat out for breakfast. That is amazing!
was it his 60th? (i saw the number 6 candle…) for my dad’s 60th bday a couple of years ago, i surprised him by flying down from MD for the weekend, and showed up at his birthday party. everyone started singing happy birthday, and i walked in the front door holding his lit birthday cake. most adorable thing ever, watching his facial expression go from smiling as others were singing, to confusion at seeing me, to recognition of what it meant, to more smiling/yelling/crying. so cute.
surprising poppa is the best!
aw, i love this! and it was my dad’s 59th… the big 60 is next year!
ahh, now i see the bottom part of the candle that sticks into the cake 😛
What a fun birthday celebration – it’s always best with lots of family around! 🙂
I love that swim suit cover up! So pretty
Is that some kind of salsa you had with the fish? It looks yummy!
Hi Julie! I’m totally creeping back on later posts and love the coverup your sister is wearing!! I don’t know if you get notification or not for comments on previous posts. Buuuut where did she get it?! In going on a cruise in march and have been searching for a coverup similar to it and can’t find one anywhere! 😀
tjmaxx!