FLORIDA RECAP.

i'm back!

 

sob.

 

it was fabulous. i mean, i left this:

 

 

which was so beautiful, but so, so cold.

 

and went to this:

 

 

and i had such a fantastic time. the people at this event are young and fun and so welcoming. it's like we've all been friends forever. it helps that there's next to NOTHING to do in this town but hang out together.

 

i flew in thursday night. dave picked me up in west palm beach and we met up with everyone at the tiki bar for some drinks.

 

friday i took a five-mile walk around lake okechobee (spelling = wrong) in the morning with allie and we took a terrible picture. but the scenery was beautiful and we chatted the entire time. i just love that girl!

 

 

i had an awesome day just being outside, wearing shorts (!) and hanging out with my husband. it is so nice to have that one-one-one time without the kiddos. i think that spending that time together, just the two of us, is so important!

 (looking for gators!)

 

(dave working hard in the sun)

 

friday night we ordered in pizza, watched the opening ceremony and played mad gab and head's up for hours. we were all literally screaming with laughter. my abs were SORE the next morning from laughing so hard. seriously, this was my favorite night.

 

i love a good game night. 

 

saturday was more of the same - i worked out in my hotel room to TurboFire DVDs and then met up with dave. i got a ton of studying done and just enjoyed the weather! 80 degrees and sunny. sitting in the shade was a DREAM. a light breeze, sun when i want it, etc. just perfect. we met up at the tiki bar for our last "fun" night. drinks and a few (awesome bands) and some pullups. i rocked the pullups thankyouverymuch. so fun.

 

 

 

(scott, scott, allie, daniel) 

(dave and his boyfriend/bff, josh peck)

 

sunday was...more of the same! worked out in the room and hung out with dave! joshn thompson performed at the event, so that was fun. we tore everything down sunday night and got everything packed up for an early morning.

 

i flew back to the ice and snow monday, and it was negative ten degrees when i woke up this morning.

 

take me back to florida!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

FLORIDA RECAP.

i feel like this today:

 

  (this guy sacked out next to me on my first flight - sorry mister!)

 

but it's time to regroup and get back into a good routine. i got back monday and dave returned home yesterday. tonight we will have a normal family night and celebrate valentine's day a day early! we are going out to dinner as a family tonight since dave has a job tomorrow night.

 

i think the last time we took henry out to a restaurant was in early december. and he threw his food on the floor, so that's awesome. something to look forward to, i guess!

 

anyway, florida was fantastic. it was warm, breezy and sunny - everything that florida should be. i was smokin' hot and ended up buying some shorts at the walm-martz to get me through. there is absolutely, 100%, NOTHING to do in the town of clewiston, florida. which was good, because it meant we spent 100% of our time together :) except when they were tearing down for 8 years, which was really boring. but i watched some good trash tv, so it was all good. and now i'm rambling.

 

i flew in to west palm beach on friday evening and a group of flw-ers came and picked me up with dave. we went to the beach and collected a few seashells, tried to catch a jelly fish (MEN!) and got nice and sandy. it was beautiful and would have been romantic except for the jellyfish thing. which was a...shingle? anyway.

 

saturday was so nice. i had down time to workout (?!), lay poolside and hang with dave. saturday night we spent at the tiki hut, which is the restaurant/bar that is part of the marina resort place we stayed.

 

and they had a band.

 

and i danced (?!).

 

and it was soooooo much fun. i love these flw people so much. i am seriously so grateful that mason sound connected with them and now dave has made some lifelong friends (and me too!). it does such that he travels long and far with them, but hopefully we can meet up like this on some of the trips.

 

so, here are some pictures. not very good ones, and NONE OF ALLIGATORS - HUUUUUGE disappointment and not for lack of trying.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and then i was reunited with these jokers and all was right in the world again. the end.