Our Trip to Florida

the kids enjoying some cool treats on the deck.

Micah and Charlie are eating buddies.

this kiddie pool was great for both the kids and us.

Bryce and Charlie catching some z's on the couch

Micah hamming it up for the camera.

Ginger, Kolly and Micah.

Max was thirsty.

sunset in Panama City.

Max wearing Kadence's princess hat.

The great house we stayed in. Thanks a million Ginger.

We left our House on June 17th at 6:30 pm. We picked Jason up in Owosso and headed for Atlanta. The boys did really well. Jason and I were machines stopping only three times for gas. We got to Atlanta at 8:30 am and just played catch up for the day. When Ryan got out of work we headed for Panama City. It was a five hour drive and that drive seemed longer than the entire 12 hours to Atlanta. The way to Panama was through a ton of little towns and mostly 55 mph. We did make though and it wasn't too bad. The house was beautiful and the view was amazing. Ginger and her girls and Bryce and Suria and their kids didn't show up until Friday night. The kids had so much fun playing together and so did the grown ups. Jason had so much fun he lost his brand new eye glasses in the ocean.

Max and Kadence just "chilling out"

Micah took this from Charlie and he wasn't too happy about it.

Micah looking like Florida.

Bryce, Max and Kadence at Crabby Bills.

At least Jason and I are looking at the camera right?

self portrait by me...........sorry about the top of your head Jason.

Grandma and a sleeping babe.

we had an ocean but Max and Micah only wanted to play in the water to wash your feet.

Its hard to believe that 5 years ago Jason and I walked through this walkway to get married.

We left Panama City on Monday Morning and embarked on the 7 hour drive to Treasure Island. We made great time following Speed Racers Bryce and Suria. We got to Treasure Island around 5:30. My stepmom Geri was already there waiting for us. She stayed with us the 3 days there. We stayed at the little place we got married. We just love it there. Bryce, Suria and the kids were able to come and hang out with us a couple days too. It was nice and low key and relaxing.

Max hanging out with pseudo grandpa George

Max had a blast jumping into Jay's arms. Fearless that one

Pseudo grandma Chris trying to get Micah to stop fussing.

Thursday morning we left Treasure Island and headed to our friend's in Port Richie. The boys were both exhausted and out of control. Its always embarrassing when your kids act that way because you know people think your kids are always like that and probably that you are bad parents. Anyway, we had a lovely lunch with Chris and George and had a good time swimming in their pool. We only stayed a couple of hours and then headed to Atlanta. We got there around 11:30 and crashed for the night.

Jason and the boys hanging at the aquarium

Kentucky on the way home.

Mom and the boys

ooh scary

Friday morning we took the boys to the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. Its the biggest aquarium in the world. It was quite amazing. They have whale sharks, giant sting rays, a number of different sharks and beluga whales. It was very impressive to see these creatures in real life. They also had different areas for kids to pet sting rays, little sharks, shrimp, sea urchins and a lot of other things. Max thought this was awesome. After the aquarium we headed home. It was about 1 in the afternoon by the time we got out of town and headed North. It took us 14 hours to get home. We thought this was pretty good given the fact that Micah pooped liked 6 times. I felt like every time we got going, I heard Micah grunting from the back and we had to stop again. We pulled in our driveway at exactly 3 am and stumbled into our beds. Its always heaven when you get to sleep in your bed. It was a great trip and the boys did so well.