Not on my side

Today seems to be on of those days where my husband is not on my side.  We all have those days...but didn't he know that when he signed our marriage license that he was actually signing to always agree with me NO MATTER WHAT?

I guess he forgot....I'll go remind him in a minute :)

I just showed him this really cool video that my mom showed me this weekend. 

Me: Isn't that the coolest thing! 

Martin: They sure wasted a lot of gas flying him all around the world.


ummm that wasn't really the response I was looking for. 
Maybe you'll like it better...it is pretty cool.

Raking, bangs, and Easter

I can't believe school starts again tomorrow...why does the week always fly by so fast when you don't want it to?

I had another pretty busy weekend. Yesterday I drove home with my sister and brother-in-law. We had our annual raking day at my parent's house.

We were instructed not to leave a single stick in the grass...I think we were successful.

Then I was off to my hair appointment where I boldly made the decision to get bangs.  You may be thinking, "What's the big deal? It's just bangs."  But bangs can change everything about the way you look!

 They're slowly growing on me. My husband hasn't even seen my new hairdo yet...I hope he at least likes them. 

We celebrated Easter today together as a family...minus Kate and Bobby and Martin. I hated that he had to work on a holiday and I hated that Kate and Bobby were 2,000 miles away.  It just doesn't feel the same without everyone.  Ho hum...maybe next year.

After eating lunch we were able to go on a nice walk around the neighborhood. It felt just like spring today...finally! 

Hope you had a nice springy weekend too!

Florida Adventure #2

My sister works smack dab in the middle of the Everglades.
It's a pretty cool place to work if you ask me...when people ask me where I work I say, "Between a scary street and another scary street with gangs and dollar stores."


When she steps outside she is surrounded by tropical foliage, birds chirping, panthers, bears, and alligators...oh my 

What's also cool about where my sister works is that she works on the Seminole Tribe Reservation.  The tribe is it's own sovereign nation so the tribe doesn't have to listen to anybody if it doesn't want too...just kidding (kind of), but they do have their own laws, police, schools...etc. Hmmm maybe someday I'll be working at the Seminole Tribe's elementary school :)

The tribe runs the swamp tours of the everglades and that is exactly what we had come to do. 

We also stopped by my sister's work... 

and walked along the mile boardwalk...only screaming a few times because of the large dinosaur-ish insects

If you ever get a chance to visit the Everglades you won't be disappointed. It's a world of it's own and it's beautiful beyond words...plus I know a pretty good tour guide named Kate 

Florida Adventure #1

We drove up to Boca Raton for a day at the beach.

It was a little cloudy.

A little windy.

A bit chilly.

So much for my bronzed golden skin I was going to get.

We still had fun

...we found our new home

saw lots of jelly fish

had a picnic 

(Martin ate a Lunchable...well tried anyways)

Florida Adventure

We're Home!

We had a great trip!

It's always good to be back home...but it was really hard saying goodbye and I wish I had had just a few more days. I guess I'll just start planning my next trip...

Kate and Bobby live in a really nice neighborhood...surrounded by lots and lots of retired people. Their place is cute and even though I don't think my sister feels like Florida is really home yet, she's done a good job making her home feel like home.

I'll post some more about our trip later! Right now the laundry is calling my name.