Flip Flops and Sandcastles Part II

Here is another set of Florida pictures.  We had such a fun filled week I took over 300 pictures but I will spare you that many.  I just have a few more that I captured our adventurous and fun week!

We spent one morning at Myakka  state park.  We checked out the alligators which Jonah loved to growl at and then hiked around and enjoyed the scenery and beautiful weather.

 Dad and Jonah found a fun log to ride on and Papa made it go up and down.  Oh the little things that make them laugh!

 Grampop had a bottle of wine from 1977 (the year Tim's parents got married!)  So we poped it open and enjoy a few glasses before heading out to some yummy seafood for dinner.  This was also a little pre-anniversary celebration for us!

 Fun with Mimi.  Jonah thinks she is the best and think it goes the other way too!

 And of course if we are on the beach with beautiful weather I had to do another photo shoot.  Here is Jonah Bear enjoying his freedom on the beach.

 I tried all night to get a perfect picture of Jonah and he kept running away from me.  Well there was this guy who was taking pictures of the sunset and soon began taking pictures of Jonah.  Jonah loved the attention.  The next group of pictures are Jonah totally posing for the guy.  It was so funny to see and we laughed and laughed at his performance.

Flip Flops and Sandcastles Part I

We are getting back into a nice little routine with most of our days spent outside.  When we left for our vacation it was cold and in the 50's.  When we returned it has been in the 70's and 80's, whoop whoop. So that means little house work is being done and lots of playing and getting dirty is happening.  And the trees were full of leaves with the beautiful lime green color of fresh life and spring in it's glory. We had amazing weather in Florida, I think it was overcast one day.  So we spent lots of time roaming the beach, eating amazing seafood (which just happens to be one of my favorite foods to eat), family time, watching Jonah run around, and getting some sun.  It was good to get away and just relax and not think about anything.  Tim was able to sleep in a few mornings and we were able to go out on a date because Mimi and Papa offered to watch Jonah for us.  We had oysters, clams, and mussels and ate all we could stuff into our faces.  It was amazing.  Now I am having withdrawals. Here are some pictures to recap our starting fresh and feeling anew again.

 Some pictures of where we stayed.  The condo was on the first floor and right outside our back door was the pool.  And we were really close to the beach so it was a quick and easy walk.

 Jonah eating his favorite summer fruit, watermelon.  He was a mess but we didn't care.  He was enjoying it and having fun all at the same time.

 Jonah and his Mimi.

 He loved the aquarium.  We took him there one morning and he saw lots of fish, sharks, jellyfish and we got to see a sea lion show!

 And mommy always has to get some sort of photo shoot in.  Mimi and I took him to the beach one morning and I was just snapping away.  I loved this little outfit he was in and got some good beach pictures.

 Airplane!!!

Springtime In North Carolina

Easter was 2 weeks ago and I am just getting my blog updated with our pictures.  We took a little family trip to Duke Gardens and tried to get some pictures of Jonah.  He is a very busy 20 month old who is always on the move.  So getting any pictures when him still is near impossible, but I captured a few.  We just returned from a wonderful week of vacation with Tim's parents and grandparents in Florida.  It was just what we needed.  Family time, a date night, and lots of relaxing.  More about that trip to come.  Here are some pictures of springtime in North Carolina.

 We had some friends over for an Easter brunch.  Wyatt is on the left, Lillia in the middle and then Jonah.  We had a wonderful time eating, watching the kids, and doing our own little Easter Egg hunt!

Here are the sweet little couple Lillia and Jonah!  Mark and Julie are such great friends and we have already decided Jonah and Lillia make a great couple and bonus we will have wonderful in-laws that can get together for holidays and go on vacations together!!

 So happy looking at the fish with Dad.

 I love flowers.  And Duke Gardens is the place to go if you have a love for flowers or anything that grows.  They do such an amazing job.