Destination

We met the Campbells in Destin for the first annaul Memorial Day beach weekened. It was the perfect Destin-ation! The water is crystal clear and the sand was so white and so soft!



 Our condo backed onto lake which had a large family of turtles that we loved to feed.

 Super Wells!

 Early morning walks with Aunti Nicki

 The water was perfect for snorkeling - we just wish there were less jelly fish and more actual fish.

I was snorkeling out to meet TJ and Kevin when I heard Kevin scream. Both he and TJ got stung by the jelly fish. I immediately turned around and started swimming for my life! I felt just like Dory as I had to dodge the jelly fish while chanting "just keep swimming."

 Wells loved when I did his hair. I think the mohawk was his favourite.

 Ice cream pie to celebrate Dani's birthday. Kudos to me for remembering candles, just too bad I forgot the lighter.

 Swimming with Wells was hard work. For starters he weights 20 lbs and then once you get him covered in sunscreen, it has a greased pig effect! You have to hold onto him for dear life.

 The sunshade was great for keeping Wells out of the sun. Although the boys could never seem to figure out how to put it away.

 Unky Kevy loved having dinosaur conversations and playing with Wells.

I just love my little MarshWellow.

Visitors

Kevin and I were lucky enough not to get just one visitor but two last week! My Dad came out to see me and Shelly flew out for her birthday weekend. Having visitors helps me remember that Florida really is quite amazing!!

It was Shelly's 20th - party poppers just felt right.

JB's Fish Camp, where the people watching was fantastic and the fish delicious.

Paddleboarding! We even got to see a dolphin.

I really like celebrating birthdays, so sneaking sparklers and a lighter in my bag to eat ice cream in the park was obviously the right thing to do.

Dear Old Antonio hooked us good seats. He didn't tell us about his finders fee until after we had sat down.

We love BBQ!!

Air boat ride.

We picked up Shelly just 15minutes before her birthday.

Love me some shrimp. It was Royal Red season = heaven.

Just a little something I whipped up at the beach.

Dad love riding the beach cruisers up and down the beach.

We discovered Cuban food is super delicious.

The Orlando Wetlands.....proof that swamps can be pretty.

The gators hang out about 3 feet from the trail - waiting for any ankles that get just a little too close.

Home Office

I'm pretty jealous that Kevin gets to work from home. But it does lead me to constantly wondering if he actually works.
I think this answers that question:

Daytona Speedway Race

This weekend Kevin and I got to take part in our first Daytona Speedway Race. Unfortunately we had to run it using our legs and not the fancy Porsches and Ferraris that were parked every 5 feet.

"I only follow the Ferrari's"

We had a pace car lead us out. Pretty cool.

I'm smiling despite the fact that the announcer totally just stole the line I was dying to use "Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines"

Running in full fireman getup - impressive. Not wanting to firelift me across the finish line - not impressive.

To clarify - that wasn't our finishing time!

The embankment turns are super steep (seriously this video makes it look easy, trust me it wasn't.) People would stop to walk up them. Since Kevin feels the need to be better than those around him, he chose to run up the turn. I wish I could have caught all the reactions to this video. Everyone was like "Do you see that guy" - "check out that guy" - "That guy is amazing" Of course I had to get on the bandwagon and make sure I got my 5 seconds of fame.

Kevin's dump valve sound effects are a lot better than mine, so we decided to just let him do the overtaking.