Hey, Chick! What the Heck are you Doing??

Who? Me?

Doesn't she look so darn big?

Florida Seis through Doce?

I haven't blogged in four weeks, obviously I'm not going to ever finish my cute Florida theme. Here's some pictures.

Pappy and Mads in the pool:

Cecilia and I before someone's anniversary dinner. Mads is just an extra in the photo, she didn't go. Neither did Jimmy or Jeff. Punks.

This is the cake I made for Jeffrey and Josh's birthday. J.A.P X2 because they both have those initials! That's Madelynn's cake on the side, after all, she wouldn't be here if Jeffrey didn't have a birthday.

These are from a fishing trip. I caught a trout! Jeffrey drank some brew,

and caught the bottom of the ocean.

Haha, I'm kidding, he caught a fish too. Just not in this picture, he's really pulling on the ocean when this was taken.

Woo-hoo Florida! We had a fabulous time and I was only one day past home-sick when we left. Good timing!

Florida Day Cinco

Today we went to the Homosassa Wildlife park. As soon as we walked through the door, an alligator bit Madelynn's toes.

Traipsing through a mock rain forest in 100 degree weather is never a good idea. I was too hot, Mads was too hot, the boat driver drove too slow and the underwater viewing room wasn't air conditioned. Yuck.

Jeffrey and I met Jovan at Hurricanes, there was a keg that needed to be kicked and I'm pretty sure I did it all by myself. Tome mucho cervesa. I don't know how to say "yuck" in Spanish so... yuck.

Florida Day Cuatro

Today was a sleepy day. We hung out in the pool:

and then on the pool:

(table, that is).

Madelynn played with her new best friend, Flash:

I think we ate pizza. The end.

Florida Day Tres

Today Madelynn went to breakfast with her grandparents, her great-grandparents, and her great aunt while Jeffrey and I played Wii with Josh and Jennifer. The rest of this 103 degree day (I'm not kidding, 103 was the high for today) was spent at the most fabulous pool I have ever been to. This pool had a separate pool for Madelynn's age group, water slides, diving boards and a ton of other things that I can't remember now that I'm suffering from heat stroke.

The water was like, three inches in places. It was the coolest pool ever.

Even though Mads was slathered in 60+ SPF, she still received a little baby tan line on her butt cheek. Unfortunately I had forgotten to SPF myself, so I walked out with a Rudolph red nose and crispy shoulders. Grandpa set up a huge pool for Madelynn and made us ice cream cones.

Jeffrey and I hunted for Jovan again and found him exactly where we knew we would. (?)

And now I'm going to roll the whole way to bed. I'm too exhausted to move. It's so damn hot here, 103 degrees takes a toll on your body after twelve hours. This is why I live in Pennsylvania, I just can't take the heat. I miss the north (and my friends, my apartment and maybe even the cat [I miss you, too, Mum and Daddy!!]). I plan to invent the "punctuation check" button. Don't steal my idea!

Peace.

Florida Day Dos

Jeffrey's little brother, Joshua, graduated from college today. Now I know you're supposed to get to graduations early, you want a good seat of course. Graduation was at 1:30, Jimmy hustled us out of the house well before 11. Unnecessary, Jim. We were a little more than slightly early:

Of course the members of my tiny family were still feeling the lag from the ridiculous day before, so it was pretty hard to get them in the Kodak-moment-spirit:

After graduation (longest twenty-seven years of my life) we came back to the G-Parents for a wonderful little party. We drank beer, we played pool, and Babe went to bed right on time.

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