New Tables

One of those unsolicited catalogs that fill my mailbox everyday finally worked on me.  I opened the Ethan Allen catalog and saw these tables. 

 I have had the same living room coffee and end tables for 29 years.  I felt it was time for a change.

 So the Handsome Husband and I went shopping and bought some tables, way back in March.  Two finally arrived yesterday and I've been playing around with them since. The little table is backordered until August. 

 We are getting the house painted in two weeks and the red and gold will be out.  The new colors are cream and blue.

 Some roses and hydrangea from my front yard.

Of course, I had to get new lamps to match the tables.  I got these beauties at HomeGoods for $60.00 each.  I have pulled the thread and it has began to unravel...

4th of July Decorating

Patriotism

Printable found here: http://www.landeeseelandeedo.com/2011/06/fourth-of-july-printable.html

Yay! It's Friday!

Have a good weekend!

Katie's Graduation Picture

Katie 2012 Graduation from SDSU

It was so crowded and chaotic on the day of graduation, that I didn't get any pictures before or after Katie's graduation.  I was lucky that they took this stock photo for me.  I'm grateful to have this picture.  

Random Pics From Vacation

This is what I get for telling him to put on his seat belt! 

We rented a Grand Caravan for our Florida trip.  The very back had a bench seat and if you sat back there, you couldn't hear anything that was going on, the kids called it "the cave".

 happy go lucky in love

 Captain America

 thought bubbles

 yertle the turtle

This was in Dr. Suess land at Islands of Adventures.  They had the best Dr. Suess Carousel ever, I wanted the kids to ride it so I could get pics, but they wouldn't.  

 Leaving Orlando - just makes you want an ice-cream.

This sounds like a fun place...

The Everglades

 We looked on tripadvisor and Safari Everglades Tour seemed to be a good one.  We actually went to this same company 10 years ago on our last visit to the Everglades.  I just want to say that the tour guide makes or breaks the tour.  On our first trip, our guide was funny, he drove the boat fast and skidded us sideways over the water, he stopped and banged the boat and the alligators appeared - so fun.  Needless to say, our guide this time was not so great.  He drove the boat like grandma, was deadpan boring and the tour was just ok.

 The seats of the boat are SUPER HOT, they said they put a heat gun on them and they registered at 148 degrees.  They expect you to sit on these hot seats, in your shorts; your thin, short shorts.  It was just too hot to sit down at first.  Everyone was sitting on the edges of their seat.  Bring a towel to sit on! The seats cooled once the boat got going, but there were some painful moments. They should definitely warn people and give them the option to put something down on their seat.  

 Driving out through the mangroves,

 The boat just floats over all the sawgrass.

 Feeling the cooling wind through your hair, natural air conditioning.

 HH and Michael held the baby alligator.  

 Then we saw some big guys taking it easy.

Of course, we were warned not to go to the edge of the water because thats were the alligators will burst up out of the water to get their prey, so that's exactly were HH goes.  

Tranquility Bay Resort - Marathon, Florida Keys

Tranquility Bay Resort, Marathon, Florida Keys

This was one of the best resorts we have ever stayed at.  It was quiet, clean, beautiful and like home.  We had a three bedroom unit with a full kitchen.  We spent about $300 on groceries for the week and we ate like kings using all our extra money to do fun things.  We spent more on the three days we were in Orlando, eating at restaurants and going to amusement parks than we did in our week in the Keys, and we did some pretty fun things.  

Each unit had four balconies, one upstairs off the Master bedroom, one of guest room, one in front and one in the back downstairs.  They were so enjoyable, a nice place to take a drink and catch up on your reading.  

 The keys are not known for their beaches, there aren't any practically, so it was nice to have our own private beach.  The water was shallow for quite a ways before it got deep.  The kids had a great time snorkeling and just being in the warm water.  

There is a place to rent waverunners, kayaks, boats and paddle boards.  The resort is on the gulf side of the island so we got great sunsets every night.

 These sunset pics are not enhanced.  The sunset was that fabulous!  Only two nights we had gray skies and lots of cloud cover, but it still managed to look great. 

 The kids enjoyed volleyball and swimming.  Marathon is about 2 1/2 hours south of Miami and 1 hour north of Key West.  It is a big key with lots of stores and restaurants, no boutique shopping though, just the basics. 

 We saw Iguanas of various sizes every day, this being the biggest one I saw. 

 We went snorkeling, to the Everglades and to Key West based from this resort.  The kids rented waverunners one day and had so much fun.  

We had such a wonderful time and I would recommend this resort to everyone.  So fun and relaxing!

Cheers!