Fun in Brandon/ Valrico/ Lithia

AT THE PARK



 PLAYING WITH COUSIN QUINN

My cousin, Marcus and his wife Sarah, have a very cute and friendly 2 1/2 year old daughter!

She and Evie had a great time playing together. T

hey were both so busy, I never did get a "GOOD" picture of them!

PLAYDATE WITH EVERETT AND MICHAELA

(I didn't get a pic of Michaela)

When I first started teaching I worked with their mom, Eliana. We first met at Lakeshore Learning teacher store. She was kind enough to let me go ahead and use the laminating machine, since I was a brand new teacher! A couple days later we then realized we were at the same school when inservice started! We then realized we both lived in St. Pete, about five minutes from each other. That was eight years ago! Through getting married, changing schools, moving, and having kids, we've managed to keep in touch. So glad.



Bath Time!

Party and Pics

On July 3rd, we celebrated Meaw's 80th birthday! Pretty much all of Judd's family was able to be in Florida for this! It was really nice to have everyone together.

Uncle Dick is her favorite uncle.

Late that day we met at the beach to have our pictures taken by a photographer. Judd took some action shots. It was really tricky trying to get Evie to sit still. She just wanted to go run and play on the beach!

Hold up a football, jump around!

Do whatever you can to make a toddler look- maybe smile too!

Evie is NOT cooperating...

Luca is part of the guys

As soon as we walked in the door after pictures,

Evie crawled on the couch and said, "night, night".

Family Time

We had so much fun enjoying the beach and pool with my parents, Judd's parents, as well as Aunt Charlie, Uncle Gio, and Luca. It felt like a small family reunion. Our days consisted of playing at the beach in the morning, eating lunch, nap time, and swimming in the pool in the afternoon. We stayed at a very small condo complex, so the beach was very low key and NOT crowded. It was everything we needed for a relaxing vacation!

Evie eagerly awaits Luca's arrival

beach girl

Evie and Luca warming up to each other

cute cousins

playing cars



the condo complex

that black thing is a manatee

we were screaming. "get out of the water" until we saw its snout surface for air

Uncle Gio caught an injured crab

sea turtle nest (there were two on our beach)

Papa grilling steaks for dinner

Evie loved time in the hammock

Grammy caught runaway Evie

(Evie decided to run out the door toward the beach!)

Evie and Uncle Gio

(Uncle Gio caught a runaway Evie)

Can you tell Evie really liked to explore beach!

that must have been hard work pushing that in the stand 

Luca saying "hi" on his shell phone

Evie saying "hi" on her shell phone

Luca didn't like standing in the sand bare foot