Family Beach Trip

Joey and I joined my parents, my sister and Mike (and Anna and Caiden), as well as Mike's mom and his sister at Seacrest Beach (between Destin and Panama City, close to Seaside). It was beautiful! There was no oil!




And we stayed in a great house with a private pool just across the road from the beach...




The guys tried skim boarding for the first time...



even Dad!


We went to Fudpucker's...





But the hands-down highlight of the trip was swimming with the wild dolphins!!!
I can't even begin to explain the awe of these animals. It felt like, in a way, I was experiencing God through one of his magnificent creations.



They even swam up against us (they don't feel wet or slimy at all, more like velvet or very soft skin). And they squeeked and clicked at us!



If you ever get a chance to do it, I highly recommend it!

Caiden's 2!!

I can't believe my little man is 2 years old!!! (Well, he has been for over a month
now, but Aunt Boo has been slow on the blogging).

He had his party at KidVenture and wasn't scared of anything!



Maybe it wasn't meant for Pop...


But Uncle Joey had fun.


And of course, Caiden had his "ga-ba-je tuck" cake (AKA garbage truck).



The guys in the fam...

Cammie (Mandy's (Mike's sister) husband), Joey, Dad, Mike and Caiden, and Rick (Mike's dad)

Lake Days

I know it's been a while since I posted something, but I'll catch up, I promise!

Days on the lake are back! Maggie had not been on the boat yet, but she actually did really well. Unlike Tyson, she stayed IN the boat. He, on the other hand, likes to jump out into the water after anything that moves, including the trolling motor!!





All is at peace on the water...

Bedside Table

Joey finished my bedside table, and I must say I think it turned out very nice!





I'm so blessed to have such a handy hubby!

New Lamp

I love taking old things and making them new to me...

And I love that I have a hubby who doesn't mind helping me do that!



Found an old whiskey jug for really cheap on ebay, then Joey wired it up as a lamp for me!

Now a bedside table is in the works...

We ended up getting a good amount of snow yesterday. I think about 3 or 4 inches.




Maggie and Ty enjoyed running around in it for a while (but then their feet would get cold, and they'd want to go back in).




Joey had fun too. He used my 4-wheel drive Explorer with winter-rated tires to pull several people out of the ditch (he wanted me to make sure I wrote that there was one Nissan, one Dodge, and one Chevy).

I'm a little embarrassed to admit...

that we went to Monster Jam in Atlanta (monster truck competition), and not just that but also that it was kind of entertaining. Joey and one of his good friends, Jonathan, love going to watch these things. So me, Jonathan's wife, and another couple went with them this time.






Like I said, it was actually entertaining to see those huge trucks do all that stuff. Aside from the minor panic attacks while walking out smushed in a huge crowd and riding the MARTA (oh and the seeing the large man's butt crack way too many times when he stood up in front of us), it was a pretty good time!

Not really sure how I feel about the fact that I could have been seen on TV here with this crowd (evidently it was the first live broadcast of Monster Jam on Speed channel).