Weekend Fun...

Hi all! Josh and I have had 2 busy, fun weekends in a row! The first one was a planned temple trip to Orlando where we also went to the Universal Parks again since we have a 3 month pass. Angie and Matt also met us there from Alabama which was a lot of fun. This past weekend was more of an upexpected adventure! We found out around noon on Saturday that Kenny Chesney was having a free concert that evening in Key West...well we rushed through our chores and hopped in the car around 2:00pm to try to make it to a concert that started at 5:30, and that was 4 hours away! You see, Key West is only about 170 miles from our place; however, the majority of the way is a small 2 lane highway with water on both sides and bridges when there isn't any land connecting the Keys. Sooo, 170 miles takes around 4 hours to drive! It's a gorgeous drive though, one that I'd recommend to anyone...bright blue waters, white sand, and very tropical. Anyway, we made it to Key West around 6:15 but still saw plenty of Kenny! He was playing in a local bar, basically just partying and enjoying his weekend in the Keys. The "concert" was very casual, he sang a lot of his own stuff but also a lot of other artist's songs and he sang for about 4 hours including a bathroom break! It was very fun and very cool to see Kenny up close and personal! Jamie took pictures of him while my camera sat in the backpack but I'll try to get some from her and post a couple.

This is outside of the bar he was playing at, called "Sloppy Joes"

The concert/Key West goers: Josh, Jamie, Storm, Brooke, Lindsey, Taffy (the woman who informed us of and invited us along for the free Kenny concert), Punj and Casey

We ate dinner at the original "Margaritaville" along Duval Street then started the trek back to Miami-we didn't get home until very early Sunday morning!

Jamie and Punj at Universal during the Orlando temple trip weekend

Me and Angie
Michelle met us in Orlando to go to the Universal parks with us.

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!!