Florida Day 7

Mom's daily ritual, reading the paper in the morning. This was our last day before heading back.



Holiday Inn Express was our home for the week.

Passing through Alabama on our way home.

We had a tough time finding a hotel because of all of the workers down for the oil spill. Well the one we finally got was so so nice. We wished it had been our hotel for the whole week.

It was such a nice trip and we are thankful for the time we spent with our family.

Love to the Florida group!

Florida Day 6

We started the day by going to Wicki Wachi Spings. They have a water park called Buchaneer Bay. The water was freezing, but it fun.

Amanda, Collin and Kayla on the way in.

Afterwards we went to the Mermaide show. It was really fun.

Since this was our last evening we hung out with the group. I picked up Mom at Aunt Cindy's then we went over to Jimmy and Denny's.

Mom, Kayla, Collin and Aunt Cindy.

Doreen, Mom, Tommy's Girlfriend, and Denise

Denise and Denny (I love hanging out with these two)

Kayla with the snake (again)

Me and Jimmy

Collin with that darn snake.

Florida Day 5

On day 4 we took a break. We hung around the hotel, went to the store to get ready for the beach the next day and went to the movies to see Karate Kid. It was relaxing.

Thursday, June 24th we got up early and went to Clearwater beach. It was so beautiful. It was a calm day on the water. Very little waves and the weather was great.


Shortly after we got there we noticed this ship. I told the kids jokingly that pirates were coming. It was cute.

Collin and Kayla on the beach.

Erika and I hanging out in the shade.

Amanda sun bathing. She read that entire book that day. That is impressive.

Afterwards we got together for a group dinner. It was fun. We ate at Texas Roadhouse, which was a little odd considering we were in Florida and we are from Texas.

Kid table, Adam, Collin, Kayla and Jacob

Little Tommy, Big Tom and his girlfriend, Tommy and his girlfriend and her daughter Sarah.

Robert and Aunt Cindy

Mom and Robin

Amanda and Denise

Denny and Jimmy

Me and Serena

Serena, David and Erika

Jimmy and Tom

Most all of the gang for a group photo.

Afterwards we went for a visit to see Wesley and Christina and their family.
This is their baby boy Cameron, what a cutie.




Wesley and Cameron

Florida Day 3

We started out the day by heading up to Rogers Park. It is a small area that is feed by spring water. So the water was really cold, but it was hot outside so it felt good.

This is Collin, Amanda, Makenzie (Wesley's Daughter) and Kayla.

Of course it was necessary to bury each other in the sand. Kayla was first up.

This is Christina (Wesley's Wife) and Amanda.

Next up...Collin. They really buried him.

Afterwards we headed back to the hotel, showered up, and then over to Aunt Cindy's for a cookout.

This is the gang just coming in from the chicken coop.

Ok, one of my cousins is about to open a pet shop next week. They already have some of their animals. This is Collin holding a Snake. YIKES.

Kayla holding a snake. They are both brave.


Here are some of the cool frogs they have.

We had a cookout. It was really nice. We had about 15 poeple show up. It was fun.

This is Erika and her friend Sean

Denise and Amanda

Robin, Aunt Cindy and Mom

Me and Denise

Sarah, Collin and Kayla hanging out on the swing.

Florida road trip day 2

The second day of driving was a little longer than we had hoped, but we made it! Aunt Cindy came straight to the hotel and meet us here. Her and Mom were excited to see each other.


This is Aunt Cindy and Mom
We ended up going out for BBQ for dinner. Who would have thought we would eat that in Florida, but it was good.

Afterwards, we headed over to my cousin Denise's house. She has horses so of course the kids had to go check them out.

They also just had a litter of kittens. This is Amanda, Kayla, and Collin.

This is the gang at Denise's House. Aunt Cindy, Amanda, David, Robert, Denise, Mom and Dorean. We enjoyed the visit.