A Week in Pictures

 My Pigtailed Cutie before her Preschool Picnic

 Goofing off with "Daddy-G"

 Attending a Fairy Garden Birthday Party

 Spending Every free minute in the park and enjoying the sunshine.

 Glow sticks in the bath = Magical Fun

Hiking Season Begins with Persy and Friends

A Tropical Celebration

Gabe and I are celebrating our 10 year anniversary this year and were lucky enough to take a trip to the Florida Keys to commemorate the occasion. We spent a lot of time reflecting all of the adventures, challenges, and sweet moments of the last decade.  We hotel hopped and scouted out kitschy diners on our way from Key Largo to Key West.

The trip highlight was scuba diving and snorkeling some of the shallow reefs.  Gabe is an avid diver. We went with a dive group out about 5 miles from shore and while Gabe went down with the divers I was snorkeling by myself and came face to face with a giant nurse shark!  We've done cage dives with sharks before, but nothing compares to the adrenaline rush of seeing one while you are floating in the middle of the ocean alone.  I also saw a sting ray and countless parrot fish.

Gorgeous tropical blossoms

Downtown Key West

Sunset tight rope walker in Key West

Laid-back Duck Key

Hemmingway is a favorite author, so we made a trip to his home in Key West.  We then drove back to Miami for our final two nights.  We went Latin dancing and ate divine food in fashionable South Beach.  I just love when we can have memorable moments like this together.  Here's to the next 10 years!

Searching for Neverland

Wishing I could freeze time and keep her little for much longer. Absolute Perfection.

Mischief

We tried making traps to catch the leprechauns this weekend. We hoped that they would show us their gold, but instead they got mad and made all kinds of green mischief around the house. It was rather hard to get Persephone to sleep with the excitement of leprechauns coming to our home. At Christmas, she scoffed at the idea of a person going down the chimney, but little people that come to your home and make a mess? Well, that made perfect sense to her 3 year old sensibilities.

What a Week!

This week I participated in a flash mob, our car was totaled and Gabe's brother got married! I need a nap. Here are some pictures from the wedding. It was a fabulous affair with flowers galore. My favorite part was dancing cha-cha, waltz, and swing with Gabers after the dinner party. Still pretty stoked about that guy!

Time to Get Tough

In less than 3 months, Gabe and I are headed to Colorado for the toughest physical challenge of my life. We will run through fire, swim through ice, dodge live electrical wire, and test our outer limits of endurance. Time to get serious with the training!

"Let's Shoot Daddy!"

We bought a family set of Nerf guns for Christmas and Persy and I love to hide out and ambush Gabe. There have been many battles waged in our home the last couple of months and this is one of Persy's favorite family activities. I just wish she wouldn't keep saying, "Let's shoot daddy," outside of the home. People are going to wonder what we're up to!