Ten Years

Fourth of July

Yesterday was a bunch of fun! Tyler and I headed over to Ponce Inlet to meet up with my friend Dianna and her friend Lu Anna, and their kids to hang out at the beach. We headed over there pretty early because we knew it would be packed for the holiday. We were able to get a really good spot just a few feet away from the life guard. For me, it's a sense of security when we can have an extra eye watching out for us (I mean sharks). It was really hot, so we spent most of our time in the water. As we splashed around, so did the fish! All of these little silver fish were jumping in and out of the water all around us. It was as if they were trying to play right along with us. It was fun to watch the kids get excited over them. The kids had a great time boogie boarding, skim boarding, playing soccer, and pestering us adults to swim out to the sandbar with them. The sandbar was about 10 yards out from the shore. Tyler kept saying, "If Dad where here, we would already be out there." Which is true, Steve and Ty love to swim out pretty far to play in the bigger waves. There they stood in a row, Tyler, Bailey, Michael, and I forget the other kid's name. They were staring at me with this pleading expression on their faces. Well, I gave in and before I knew it they were already swimming towards the sandbar. I had to swim pretty fast to keep up with these kids! It took about five minutes to get there. Once I stood foot on the sand, I turned to see Dianna and Lu Anna waving at us. I was ready to swim back right away, and luckily the kids wanted to too. It was allot easier swimming back because we caught the waves coming back into shore. The kids were happy because they got to swim out to the sandbar and I was happy because I made it back alive! We hung out at the beach for a bit more, then headed home to clean up to get ready to for a BBQ over at Dianna's house. We had a great time at Dianna's house. We ate great food, watched the kids run around, and enjoyed fun conversation. Soon after the BBQ, we traveled over to the Port Orange City Center for fireworks. Despite it being really busy, we were able to set up our blankets in front of the field were they were shooting the fireworks from. It was exciting to be so close, because every time they shot one off we felt the ground tremble a bit. It was a great show and a great day. I'm hoping next year my hubby can be with us to enjoy the holiday. I'm so blessed to have such a hard working husband. We are definitely looking forward to going back to the beach where we exchanged our vows 10 years ago! Captiva Island here we come!!! I hope everyone had a great 4Th!!

New Camera

As you know I've been on the search for a new camera. Well, I found one! Here is a link to all the specs I read before I went and bought it, and a couple of pictures I took.

Flowers Steve bought for me...

and a hibiscus flower right outside our apartment.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9250892&type=product&id=1218068108922

Another One Bites The Dust

I went kayaking yesterday over in New Smyrna. I got into my kayak with a working camera, and got out with a broken one. I was brave to bring it along, but figured I would take the chance and hope that nature's elements wouldn't work against me taking pictures. I was wrong. My camera was soaked by the time the first few waves poured into the kayak. Anyway, I'm on the search for a new camera. I'll let you know what I find.

Hair

He wants to keep it growing!!

Mother's Day

Tyler and I went down to Fort Myers to visit the family for Mother's day weekend. Steve had to work all weekend, so I decided to travel instead of staying home. We woke up early Saturday around six -thirty and were on the road a little after seven. We arrived at my mom's house around eleven. We had our usual greeting of hugs and kisses, seeing how we hadn't seen each other since January. Afterward, I called my brother Jason and my brother Adam to let them know I was in town. Within the first half hour of talking and planning we agreed to spend the day at the beach. It was great to see everyone. My nieces and nephew are so cute, and have grown so much. We talked and caught up with one another. Soon afterward, it was time to play some beach football. Before you knew it we were jumping all over the place and each other. I ended up winning the game for my team (Me, Jason, Shawn) by intercepting the ball from the other team (Adam, Shani, Tyler) and making a touch down! The beach and the game were so much fun, but it made us tired and hungry. This meant it was time for some Mexican food! We all got cleaned up and went to Jason's for some grilled chicken, fajita steaks, lemon corn tortillas, and homemade salsa. The food was gone in no time with little leftovers. I didn't want my time to end, but Ty and I had to rest up so we could visit more family in the morning. Ty and I said our goodbyes and went to my Mom's house to spend the night. Sunday morning we woke up and had a nice breakfast with my mom, then packed up the truck. We said goodbye to Ma, and told her we would be back in July. We left excited, because we were going to go make a surprise visit at Ed and Sue's. They didn't know we were in town. But first, we had to stop and pick up some flowers for Sue. It was great to see her face when she opened the door to see Ty standing there with her flowers. They couldn't get over how much Ty had grown. We sat around and talked for a bit. I wish our visit could have lasted longer, but it was getting late and we had to head on home. It will be nice when all three of us go down to visit in July (plus celebrate ten years of marriage). For now, here are a few pictures of the kids at the beach.

Ty and Josiah

Rosa
Baby Lilliana

On The Go

Tyler started soccer a few weeks ago, which means I've been on the go. I bring him to soccer practice twice a week and then to his games on the weekends. Here are a few pictures of him in action.This is Ty and his good friend Shivam. They have hung out together since the 6Th grade. Ty's team has won all their games so far. I'm crossing my fingers that they keep up this winning streak!