Wishing

Yesterday's post was on our Florida trip for the 4th but today Hubs was able to go back, without me. Why you ask? Work. Sometimes work can take you to the greatest places. I wish I were with him in Orlando hanging out but he'll be back tonight. For now I guess I'll just look at more pictures from everything else we did while we were both down visiting Florida and family.

Us big kids cooked a Salmon dinner one of the nights for Mom and Dad. Sis made some yummy yummy basil gimlets!

Mom made her famous carrot cake! You will never taste anything better! Ever!

The guys hanging out and of course playing on phones, blackberry, ipads, etc.

Little man and Mom playing in his tent - I love his face in this one

Dad giving little man his haircut - he sat very still :)

Papa and little man wearing the same outfit - just in different sizes. I should add that this was not at all planned.

We saw a lot of jellyfish to poke

I wish he were with me in NYC!

Floridian

As I looked through the hundreds of pictures I took over the week I spent in Florida it made me desperately want to go back! We had so much fun at our beach place in St Augustine, FL. St Augustine is a special place in our family. While my parents were dating in college they use to drive over from the University of Florida and spend the day at that beach. That continued through our childhood (although we would rent a place for the week/weekend) until they finally broke down and bought a place around 10 years ago. Every Memorial day we would go to the beach and Sister and I would get to pick out our "junk cereal" for our stay. Even though we're grown, we still like to continue that tradition!

Beach time is a bit different now that there are little ones in the mix. I used to bring just a book and a drink to the beach. We now leave our books back at the condo and instead bring buckets, shovels, snacks, balls, fruit pouches, etc. I love relaxing on the beach but there is just something about watching a 2 yr old's face light up while seeing waves or holes in the sand! We also don't eat out as much as we used to now that there are bedtimes around 7PM. However, it gives us more down-home family time. We do still have time for great life-long friends! It's also a tradition and a great one at that! I wish we could celebrate the 4th of July every month!!

Jumping some waves!

Digging some holes

Out like a baby

But now ready to laugh

Little Man watching some intense paddle ball

Great friends to go with a great weekend!

Florida Shows

There is so much to blog about currently I'm not sure where to begin. I guess I'll begin with the start of the Florida trip - the awesome trunk show! This trunk show was the best yet! We had lots of people stop by as well as old dear friends that I haven't seen in years. It was such a great time not to mention successful! Thank you to all who came out. I can't wait to see you all again sometime.

Since I was wiped out (which is a great thing) I have been working on new pieces but will be working long and hard this week before we leave on Friday for Cape Cod! Here are some of the new pieces.

On another note, Hubs left town on business which means I have girl's night tonight! We're ordering sushi and watching Friday Night Lights. I've never seen the show before but hear its great. Have yall seen it?!

Behemoth and Pipsqueak in the forest

Hello Friday! I'm back from my travels throughout the northern/central parts of Florida. It was absolutely wonderful and I wish I were still there. However, it's good to be back home! I haven't had time to sort through all the pictures from the past week or even scour the internet for fun finds so I'll leave you with this lovely little video of the Little Man. He's really into telling stories about the big elephant named, Behemoth and the little elephant named, Pipsqueak. He's a very talkative 26 month old!! I hope this starts off your weekend on a fun note like it does mine!