More East Coast Adventures!

Last week Steve, Max and I returned home from Miami. This was Max and my 2nd time out there....and Steve's 4th. Crazy. We had such a fun trip though. Lots of time to relax and enjoy being a family. We went to the beach everyday - and what's wonderful about Miami is that if it's 9am or 9pm....the water is a beautiful 79 degrees. It was like swimming in a giant bath. Definitely had to keep our eyes open though. Steve was out in the water and out of no where a huge manta ray was swimming by him. The next day we saw a man catch a shark from the shore. THEN we saw a dead blow fish washed up into the sand!! It's scary to think that these fish are in waist deep water! Be careful!
Max had an awesome time out in Florida. I took him to the Palm Beach Metro Zoo. It was his first time going to a zoo and he LOVED it! His favorite things to look at? A rooster that roamed the zoo, flamingos and the swan that was bathing himself and splashing us! Lots of giggles and lots of babbles! I also took him on a 130 mile drive up north while Steve was working. I went on an adventure trying to find some fun things to do. We went to the Manatee Observation in Port Lucia and the Treasure museum in Sebastian. I should have saved our time.....so LAME! Now I have driven the Florida coast from Sebastian to Key Biscayne. Super cool. We hung out in Juno and Jupiter that day and had some fun in the sun after Daddy was done working. Some more fun things we did was go to the biggest flee market in the US - pretty cool. Visited an ancient Spanish monastery shipped over from Europe - very neat. We went to Viscaya - a huge mansion/museum on the ocean with beautiful gardens - it was stunning. Then we went to Lion Safari. This was awesome. You start out by driving through 7 miles of roaming animals. We saw Rhinos, Lions, Antelope, Zebra, Water Buffalo, Ostrich's, and tons of others just - roaming around. I thought Max would get a kick out of the drive but instead was more interested in the sticker on the visor....isn't that how it works though?? Great times though!!

Fun On The Trail

Had an awesome time the other day walking through and discovering some new parks in our area! Max really seemed to enjoy all the flowers and bugs!

California Dreamin'

A few weeks ago we flew in to California for another of Steve's business trips. I love that Max and I get to tag along - I love being able to go home and have Max see our families. So, while Steve was off working, fishing and golfing....I know - he's got it rough - Max and I spent time with the family. We did a lot of work around Keri's bridal shower....super fun....and tooled around Folsom. We had a really fun dinner with Steve's family over at his Grandma's house and also enjoyed some good food with my parents, brother, sister in law and nieces. We had a great time walking around the neighborhood, taking pictures in the backyard and enjoying the sunshine!!