Our Latest Traveling Adventure

This past week James and I drove down to Florida to meet up with my parents and spend some time with them traveling on the boat. I was really excited to go see them since we hadn't been able to see them since Christmas time so it was a long overdue trip! We drove down there on Saturday and they met us at the sponge docks in Tarpon Springs (we left our car there) and then they took us down to where the boat was at. On Easter we were able to spend the day boating up to Tarpon and enjoying the absolutely beautiful weather. It was a very relaxing and fun trip and we even got to see a few dolphings! Unfortunately James and I didn't bring our scuba gear...otherwise we may have decided to jump in after them! Here is a picture of the boat when we got docked in Tarpon Springs and a few other pictures of our trip!


James as the self proclaimed "skipper" of the trip!

Captain Paul getting his headset on and ready to dock the boat...NOT an easy task!

There's Mom getting ready to do her docking duties as well...man she has gotten good at "lassoing" the pole!

Cody...doing his usual duties...

Here are a few pictures of one of the dolphins that we saw while we were on the trip. It just stayed right with our boat for the longest time and kept doing tricks for us...we loved it!

We also saw lots of pelicans on our trip. They kept landing on and near the boat when we were docked also and Cody did not like that one bit so he would have to run out and scare them away!

The trip was short but fun and it was really neat because we used to go to Tarpon Springs every year for spring break as a kid so I got to show James and lot of the things that we did growing up. I think he liked most of it though by the end of the trip I think he was a little sick of seeing sponges!

Enjoying Spring Weather!

We have started off with a great spring so far this year! Last Sunday we had some wonderful weather and James and I went to Cane Creek to take AJ out for some exercise and our friends Matt, Molly, and Tacori came along too! We took one of AJ's water toys to see if he wanted to go for a swim in the lake while we were there but it was unsuccessful to say the least.

A few family pictures!

AJ running away from the water when we threw his toy. He ended up getting in just a little but definitely wanted nothing to do with the idea of swimming out there to get it!

A sad Dad when his pup would not go fetch in the water. If you look closely in the background you can see a little orange thing floating in the water...yup that's AJ's toy!

After our hiking we decided to go over to Matt & Molly's and have a BBQ with them and some other friends from work. Matt grilled up some burgers, chicken, and potatos...yum!

A picture of the girls!

This past week James and I also taught intersession at our school with an underwater theme! When we found out the theme we jumped at the idea of taking some of the kids to the pool and doing a scuba demo for them. Our instructor from Neptunes Locker Diving (click on the name to check out his site!) was nice enough to arrange everything and teach the kids a little about learning to dive as well! It was really neat to hear the kids talk after the demo and hear so many of them say that when they turn 10 years old they want to lear to dive too!

James and I hanging out in the water. The kids would throw some water toys and we would race to see who could get it first...good times!

We even got to be TV stars at school also when they kept our picture up all week as the background of the clock...James and I definitely got our 5min of fame this week!

We are getting ready to leave tomorrow on a trip down to Tarpon Springs, FL to go visit my parents on the boat so hopefully we will have some pictures to update with from that soon!