Thursday, June 23, 2011

Trip to FL

We took a trip to FL for Franco to attend InfoCom. In true fashion, I forgot to take pictures most of the time, but here's what we did. We stayed at Westgate in Orlando and went to the pool each day while Franco attended the conference. My friend Polly and her daughter came over and played with us on Thursday and Friday and Summer spent the night on Friday night. On Saturday, we went to Aquatica and all got sunburned! Late Saturday evening, we stopped by to see Pop and Rosita at their friends' house. The kids were so exhausted, they passed out!We met with Pop and Rosita for brunch on Sunday morning. The iPhones were the hit of the morning as everyone played games and checked out all the fun apps.We went down to Tampa on Sunday afternoon and had dinner at Boppy's house and then gave he and Joanne a concert. We returned Monday evening. Daddy had arranged for me to do some recording at his neighbor's house, who has a recording studio in his home. I got a small start on my CD. Maybe someday we'll finish it!Then, it was on to Grammy's house where Mali enjoyed the jacuzzi and Alex and Anna chased the dogs and each other around and around.On Monday, we decided we were tired of the sun and so we took the kids to the Tampa Children's Museum. They had so many cool things there. We had a great time! Pop and Rosita came down and joined us there.The children's favorite activity was the theatre where they made up plays and performed them for us. I guess they got the acting genes after all.We ended the day with Mali, Alex, and Anna running through the fountains on the way out and spent a soggy ride home.Before heading out, we attempted to go to the beach on Tuesday but the storms had made the beaches not so wonderful. So, we headed back to Grammy's pool instead. Then, on Wednesday, we headed on home. What a wonderful vacation!



























Memorial Day 2011































The Boy Scouts dress the graves at the Marietta National Cemetary each Memorial Day. It was such a meaningful day for us, I want to be sure we do this every Memorial Day.

Summer 2011













The plan for the summer...swim, swim, swim. Since our neighborhood doesn't have a pool, we joined a nearby neighborhood pool where we have spent every day since school got out!