Back to the Beach................

I am so excited to write this post!!! Marc's Uncle passed away in July. His house was left to his mom and aunt. They are unable to keep the house due to it being so far away and the up keep. The house is in Ft Myers FL beach. They are planning to put the house on the market next year. Marc and I decided that we should take another vacation out there since we love that place so much and we have a place to stay!! We got on priceline last night and got our plane tickets for the end of September, so back to the beach we go!!! I can't wait and of course Logan is sooooooo excited!!

Logan's Friend Xander

I know this is silly to be weepy about but I honestly did get weepy...............back when Logan was in soccer he made a friend named Xander. He would always talk about him and call him his "best friend". After soccer we started T-ball and Xander and Logan were on the same team. Xander invited Logan to his 4th birthday party. Logan was sooooo excited. When I saw Logan opening the invitation to his party, I seriously teared up. yes Logan has friends that he adores. I guess what I teared up about is that this is his first friend that he made on his own and that we did not know the parents beforehand. This is his first friend that he made. I know that sounds really silly, but all of the friends that Logan had (which he loves) are kids of our friends. We went to Xander's birthday party on Sunday and Marc and I were actually a little nervous because we did not know ANYONE (except Xander's wonderful parents) there. Everyone was really nice and Logan had a BLAST playing with all his new friends. Xander and his family live really close to us and are member of the YMCA so we will be getting together more. heck they may even go to pre-school together :) I dont know what it made me tear up but I feel like we have reached the age where he starts making friends and it makes me sad that he is not little anymore. However that being said, this is an AMAZING age and I love all the the milestones he is making. So, here is to more friends and more memories that come along and make me cry :) I will post pictures from T-ball with Logan and Xander and a couple of the birthday party.

Goodbye Uncle John

We received a call from Florida on July 2 that Marc's Uncle John passed away in his sleep. He had not been to work in 2 days and the hotel where he worked at for 25 years sent a police officer to the house to check and they found him in bed. It was extremely devistating to our family since we were just there 2 months ago visiting him and had a amazing trip. To that, we are thankful. He lived a great life and took care of his mother until 3 years ago when she passed away. I am gld to have known him and to have spent time with him. He was such a great son, brother and uncle. He will truely be missed. Marc flew to Florida on July 7 and came home july 12. We decided not to make Logan make the trip because it would not be very much fun for him. Alot of sitting around and taking care of things. I took the week off of work and spent time with Logan. The funeral was nice and Marc got to meet up with some family members. His mom stayed in Florida to take care of some legal issues. To our surprise, Marc was left in charge of just about everything down there and will have to make other trips to discuss legal issues. We miss you Uncle John!!!!

Our Trip To The Beach...............

We are back from Florida. What an A-M-A-Z-I-N-G trip!!!! We left on the red eye and we were kinda scared how Logan would do, but he did GREAT. He slept the whole entire way. We arrived in Florida at 9am. We had the whole day ahead of us and to top it off it was Mother's Day! We got our car and went to Marc's uncle's house and had breakfast. We then went and checked into our hotel and decided to take a little nap. The hotel is amazing. this is where Marc's uncle works and we had the room for free for the entire week. It opened up to the pool that had a tiki bar that was right beside it. There were tons of palm trees surrounding the pool. It is such a great atmosphere. After nap, we went back to his Uncle's house to enjoy the pool. It was such a beautiful day. The water felt great. After swimming we had Mother's Day dinner at his uncle's house. We then went back to the hotel to turn in and to get ready for the next day.......

Monday...........
Beach Time!!! Beach Baby Logan was all ready to go. After breakfast we set out to Ft Myers Beach. It was about a 7 minute drive from the hotel. Not bad at all. We got to the beach and put up our umbrella and towels and enjoyed the water. Logan had a blast. We went shelling and hung out in the water. We stayed for about 3 hours then decided that we needed to get some lunch. We went to this awesome beach resturant that was on the beach and had lunch. After lunch we walked around some shops, then let Logan go back in the water 1 more time. We headed back to the hotel and hit the pool then got ready for dinner at a wonderful Steak House in Ft Myers. Long day at the beach and in the sun.........bedtime.

Tuesday.............
We woke up and enjoyed the pool in the morning then got ready to head to San Isabel island. This island is known for shelling. We got there and the water was bright blue and the sand was white. There were shells everywhere. We set up our stuff and headed into the water. it was great. you could reach your hand down and come up with a hand full of shells. Logan brought home tons of shells. We spent most of the day there and then decided to head back. On the way back we stopped at one of the many outlet malls. Of course I hit the Coach store and drooled over everything then whined the rest of the day that I HAD to have a certain purse. I think that it may just be waiting for me for my birthday lol. I might have "accidentally" seen a receipt.
We then headed to a resturant called the Shrimp Shack. It was so good! Logan did not have a nap so after the dinner we went back to the hotel to give him a bath and get him ready for bed. Marc and I were secretly glad that he was sleepy so that we could spend some quality time together. We got Logan to sleep and spent time on the porch (right outside the door we could hear Logan) having drinks and great conversation. Had to hit the bed to get ready for Wednesday.........

Wednesday.............
We woke up and ate breakfast at the hotel. We left the hotel and went to Ron Jon's surf shop. Marc had been dying to go there. We got a few souvieners and then head down to Ft Myers Beach. We had reservations for the Pirate Cruise. This is a kids cruise that specialized in kids activities. They did face painting, dancing, treasure hunts and games. Logan had a blast. He loved it. before the cruise we ate on the water and it was beautiful. After the Cruise we went back to the beach area where Marc treated me to a henna tattoo. I got a dolphin on my foot. Needless to say the following day i got sunburned on my feet and now you cant see the tatoo. We headed back to the hotel to give Logan a nap and to get ready for date night. Marc's Uncle got us tickets to a dinner show. We dropped off Logan at his Uncle's house, the headed out. We arrived and had dinner and then the show was "The Wedding Singer". It was alot of fun and it was great having quality time together. After the show we went to a wine/cigar bar. It was fun. I got a martini and he got a beer so no wine there. lol. We returned and picked Logan up and headed to the hotel........bedtime.

Thursday............
We woke up and headed down to Ft Myers Beach. We had a 11:30am appointment...........for........parasailing. It was absolutely amazing. They took us out on a small transfer boat which took us out to the parasailing boat. We harnessed in and took off for parasailing.The boat took off and we shot up in the air. it was so fun. i love it and I am addicted to it now. We were in the air for about 20 minutes then the boat slowed down and dipped us in the after then we shot back up. We dipped again then went back up in the air for about 10-15 more minutes. I am so glad that we did this. It was a GREAT experience. After parasailing we stayed at the beach a few more house to give "beach baby" more time in the water. After spending time in the water we went shopping at some of the stores by the beach. After shopping we went to eat at "Crab Pincher". The food was so good. Afterwards we went back to the hotel to hit the pool then to pack so that we were ready to go on Friday.

Friday..............departure day :(
We woke up and went to the pool then took our showers and headed to the airport. the flight home was long, but Logan did really well and he slept all the way home.

We are home now and are seriously thinking about moving to Florida. It would not be any time soon, maybe a 5 year plan? the cost of living is great out there and I really want beach baby to grow up by the water. Overall it was a great trip with my family and I would not trade being with both of them on a family vacation for anything int he world. I will post pictures when I get them!!!

Heading to Florida..............

We leave Saturday for Florida for a whole 6 days. I can't wait! I really need the relaxation. This should be a pretty low key trip since California 2 months ago was jammed packed!!! Pictures and stories to come after the trip!

A Fun Night At The Baseball Game

All 3 of us love the Sky Sox Baseball games. We got game booklets this year and plan to go a whole heck of alot. We have already been twice since the begining of April. So much family fun! Here are a few pictures from our fun night last night! Enjoy!

Easter 2009 Festivities

What a great Easter weekend we had! I got to start my weekend with Friday off for Good Friday. I went and took care of making my dream dinners then headed to pick up mom to celebrate Easter with her. Our new thing with the exception of Christmas is that for holiday's we will spend the day before or the couple of days before with our families then the actual holiday will be just the 3 of us. This is working out so well and things are so stress free! This way, Logan gets to not be so overwhelmed on the actual holiday and he can enjoy it. So, first up was my mom. I picked her up after dream dinners on Friday. We had some errands to run and we took her with us. We had planned to make dinner but decided on a late lunch instead. We went out for lunch then went back to our house so that she could give Logan his Easter basket and watch him find a few eggs. We took her home later that evening. On Saturday, Logan had a soccer game and the Easter bunny was going to be at the YMCA before the game. We left early and went to the Y and let him take a picture with the Easter bunny. He was so funny he just jumped right up and sat on his lap and said "monkies" (instead of cheese) when his picture was taken. Logan had his soccer game then we headed over to Karen' s(Marc's mom) for Easter there. We had some lunch and Logan did another egg hunt and Karen gave him a Easter Basket. We headed home so that we could get Logan ready for bed cause the Easter bunny had to do it's thing :). Logan went to bed and Marc and I got to relax and stay up a little bit together which is something that we rarely get to do. We put the basket and all his stuff that would not fit in the basket like his skateboard and hot wheels sets (hopefully will have pictures soon) beside the basket. It looked like Christmas in the living room. Marc then hid the eggs in the house because we knew there would be snow in the morning. That morning Logan woke us up at 7:30 am (which is really early for him) saying "come on come on the Easter bunny came", so we had to run downstairs. Marc went first and grabbed the camera so he could get Logan's expression when he made it down the stairs. Logan had so much fun with all his new toys and hunting eggs AGAIN. We had planned on going to the Sky Sox game that day and they were going to have a huge easter egg hunt but with all the snow it was cancelled. They will postpone for another day so that will be good. We made lunch (ham, mashed potatos, green beans, deviled eggs, and rolls). We all then took a nap! After the nap we took Logan outside to play in t e snow. It was a weird snow. The snowballs were really hard. Over all we had a FANTASTIC family weekend and none of us are tired since we spread it out a little :)