Better late than never...

I forgot to blog these pictures in January since we had a busy month and so a little late is better than never! Mom and Scott Neuman came to visit us for a long weekend and we tried to show them a piece of south Florida! I think they thought it was a crazy place but that's pretty obvious if you've ever spent time here! We had a great time and hope that they come back soon to visit us again! These pictures were taken when we spent a day in the everglades.


Scott and Paula

These alligators were caged in at the Billie Swamp Safari place but the one on the right was huge!! You can't really tell in this picture but take my word for it!

Joshua and his mom
Lindsey and Josh with Scott filming some gators and the beautiful scenery!

Naples!

Our friends were going on an overnight trip to the Gulf side of Florida so Josh and I tagged along. We went to Naples and Ft. Meyer area which is just a bit south of Tampa area and only a 2 hour drive from our place in Miami. It was beautiful and actually reminded me a lot of the Keys but with beaches (and of course a lot more houses and people!). We spent our day on Ft. Meyer's beach and it had beautiful white sand that felt like flour between your toes! It was soo soft! And the beach was covered with shells! It was fun to watch the sunset over the ocean-we've finally become accustomed to the sun going behind us as we lay on the beach so it was fun to be able to watch the sun as it got lower in the sky! We brought some snorkel gear but unfortunately the ocean was a bit cloudy so we couldn't see much of anything-well honestly I didn't even try but Josh was sad about it! We'd love to go back again and enjoy another day exploring the area.

Ft. Meyer's beach...soft white sand!

Jamie and Punj Recalde!!

sunkissed!
I'm a bit embarrassed by this picture but was excited about taking it so I'm posting it anyway!

Josh and I dropped our camera in December and since then it hasn't worked quite as well as it used to...but I'm posting this picture anyway because I think it's cool!

Again, forgive the broken camera but I was trying to be creative with the moon and this palm tree! :)
Josh and I cruising around downtown Naples...match match!

Valentine's Day...

I just thought I'd post the beautiful flowers that my husband got me for Valentine's Day! It was really cute (I thought)...it was getting late on Wednesday night and I needed to take a shower before going to bed. So when I got out of the shower it was after midnight and I walked out to where Josh and Punje were playing video games and saw that the table had a beautiful vase full of 2 dozen roses, a cute card, and the V-day decoration that my mom had given me! I was excited! Aren't they beautiful?

Cute huh?

This was the card that Josh gave me...when I opened it Shrek just burped! It was unexpected since it was a Valentine's card! Haha! Luckily Josh had written some cute things in it to make up for the belching Valentine!

My weekend In Utah...

I went to Utah for a quick weekend to go to one of my old roommates wedding. It was a very fast weekend and I missed not being with Josh (he stayed home to hold down the fort), but it was also very nice to see my family and friends.


Angie is the one who got married, then there's Di and Janell holding the flowers. We all used to be roommates and had so much fun!


Here is a picture of the snowy mountains from my parent's house. They've been hit hard by all the storms this year! But it was very beautiful to look at!


A picture of the new, happy couple!

Josh's birthday...we celebrated for a week straight!

For Josh's birthday this year Scott and Mom got us a sweet condo in Orlando for the weekend so we invited a few friends and all went to the Universal's Island of Adventure and Universal Studios theme parks! We had a great time and were so excited that our friends wanted to join us. We wish even more people could've come...maybe next time! Wednesday was Josh's actual birthday and we were both busy all day. Josh took the evening off of work and went over to Barry to play soccer with our friend Punj and his intramural team. Then we had a bunch of our friends over for what I thought was going to be ice-cream cake...I guess I made a mistake in the freezer at the grocery store! Oh well, it was great to have so many good friends around us this past week to join us in our celebrations!



Josh was very excited about his birthday present!

The new shoes and clips for his road bike!
I tried to get a picture of the party goers..

All the boys in our Orlando group

Josh and I at City Walk in Universal after playing at the parks all day.

This is a picture of us in front of the Hulk ride which was our favorite! We went on it 3 times in a row at the end of the night and all felt a bit dizzy after! I think we might be getting old or something! Josh loves skunks!
The girls-we all workout together so we tried to show our muscles!

More Christmas vacation photos!!

We went sledding on Christmas Eve this year...after all of the family festivities of course. We headed out around midnight and it was snowing like crazy! I was worried about getting up the canyon since we were in my parents Lincoln towncar! But, we made it safely and had a great time playing and sledding in the new foot of powder! It was a great way to bring in the Christmas holiday!!


Josh putting on his gear...

Most of the group

Josh and I

Christina...a little snow bunny!!

Christmas and New Years...

Happy 2008 Everyone!!
We took a trip to Utah for Christmas and spent a week...we had a great time playing in all the snow! It was great to see the beautiful mountains and spend time with family and friends! I tried to get most of our activities on camera; however, as usual my camera stayed in it's case the majority of the time! Whoops! So here are a few snapshots from some of the fun times we had while visiting Utah. We hope everyone had a great holiday and a happy new year. We hope all is well with you...enjoy the next few pictures!

This is actually when we got back to Miami on New Year's Eve...Josh was rockin it out on guitar hero at a friends house!

Josh did most of the packing for home since we had so much stuff to haul back to Miami. He tried to take Roxie home with us too but I guess she didn't like being in a suitcase all that much!

This is us snowmobiling in the Uintah's...it was a cold day (about 4 degrees!) but so much fun! Josh, me, Christina, Dad.

Dad took this picture, don't mind his glove in the corner!! This was one of the 4 snowmobiles we had that day.

Madeleine, Garrett, and Chloe on the snowmobile (my uncle and 2 cousins). Garrett was the reason we got to go snowmobiling...he has a share with his doctor group so he can get them whenever throughout the winter! Thanks again Garrett!

Josh loved it and only got stuck once!!

These are two of my cousins...Andrew (5) and Adam (11) singing together on Christmas Eve. They did a great job!

Josh's first experience with the Day Family Christmas Eve tradition of figgy pudding! It's delicious!! Not really but we eat it anyway...every year!

Mom and I at temple square seeing the Christmas lights! It was cold and snowy and beautiful as always.

Josh and I with the reflection pool and temple behind us.

Temple square pictures cont...these lights were mom's favorites because they were orange!

The reflection pool again.

Christina, Josh, and I