Tampa Bay

Hello Just a quick update from this past weekend. We went kayaking/fishing in Tampa bay tim caught a creepy creature that he did not want to touch and I caught some shells stuck together but not cool shells it was beautiful so we still had fun

Ahhh at last!!

Well after being sort of homeless for 2 weeks we are in to our house and officially out of our apartment. We have had a super busy holiday with lots of out favorite guests! We ended up at our 550 Sq ft apartment for 4 nights with 9 people!! Not just 9 people but I swear 25 bags. Next time we are giving guests a limit on bag like on the airplane I swear they all thought they were coming for a month. Some how it worked out amazingly and we all had a blast. It would have been less eventful if we weren't all in one room a little claustrophobic at times but always great fun
This is a picture of all 9... in the center of it all Matt, Ryan and Angie, Joe and Susan, and Chad and Gwen
Relaxing in the Sun!
Ryan and Angie Kayaking
HAPPY NEW YEAR! ( a little late but still)
This is how i felt at times and after Chad decided to toast the champagne on my head which he claims that he said with all do respect so hes entitled to do what ever he pleases I think NOT

Joe and Susan ..... We found a hat box it was just fitting

the remaining crew at the beach after Matt left it was sunny but still really cold for the beach

The Girls

This was taken on january 4th. 1 day after the remaining guests had left. Thanks to Joe, Susan and Gwen who helped move alot of our things while I was at work and Tim at school They were a huge help. We cleaned everything and turned in our keys after Tim thought we needed to mark the moment by taking a picture. ( totally Tim's idea i swear) We are in a quite neighbor hood on the completely other side of town its such a blessing we love having the space and the sense of security back.

~ Thank you everyone that came down I was dreading the Holidays seeing that nothing was the same and everyone knows how well i adjust to change but it was great to see everyone we had a blast. We were getting ready for bed one night and tim said he could taste it now we were finally on the home stretch. Just being with our amazing family and friends made us realize what a great circle of people that we have around us and made us all the more excited to come home. Only 7 weeks left!! See you soon

Christmas Break with the Speyer Family

Halle in the pool

The Castle at night

Of coarse the dutch girls at " Its a small world"

Becky, Brent and Halle

Look at tims snazzy new glasses!!

Oh this is when i was trying to be helpful and wash dishes last at night and my mother inlaw brought with her a travel size of dish soap but it said on the bottle dishwasher safe..... opps i will no longer try and be helpful!

Halle and I building our ginger bread house my mom sent down with the Speyer's for a Christmas it kept us busy for a while thanks mom!!

Whhhooooa baby!

Hello All,
Sorry its taken me so long to post something new its been a crazy couple of weeks and will stay crazy till after Christmas! Well first off we have moved... we are staying in a home that my company manages its absolutely wonderful!! We are completely on the other side of town it almost feels a little like the country. It a 4 bed 2 bath house with a pool! Some times we have to pinch our selves to make sure that this is true we feel as though we are on vacation. Its nice to feel safe again. We had a few guests our friends Brandon and Mindy were here for a weekend and today I picked up Matt times little brother (although hes no very little) today so him and tim are talking what else... boats. The rest of his family is coming in Sunday. I promise to update with pictures soon we get internet at the house on and off when we can steel if from next door :) love you all

Much needed weekend away!!

Tim and I went to the everglades this weekend it was a much needed weekend away.

I am officially taking a Kayak off my Christmas list!! I did well all day but toward the end the trees were not moving out of my way and it was very narrow. It was all good and well until I ran over an alligator I didn't care for that much I felt it was the same as if I were in the a tube or if i dangled my feet over the edge we promptly headed back for home

by the marina

Don't worry mom we were far away and he's just sleeping :)

Mangroves

Yes thats really how narrow it was now just add corners.... we had to split our paddles in half and use it as a canoe paddle.

We have raccoons are our state parks they have turkey vultures

After found out that there was no where to buy firewood we decided that we needed to go for a walk. While adventuring in the dark we started gathering sticks and palm tree branches and made our selves a fire at night!

Our brand new tent never used from our wedding!! It was perfect it rained the last day and then tent was great!! We can't wait to use it again

It was an amazingly clear night and we thought that the stars just seemed brighter because it had been so long we forgot what they looked like but after much star gazing we both new we had never seen something so amazing it left us both speechless ( haha I know right) it was that good!

We had a rough start to our holiday weekend but still made to best of our camping adventure. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers we appreciate your support and love were just taking it a day at a time.

Shuttle Launch Cape Canerveral #2

Our Latest Visitors....

Kate and Craig came down last weekend for a long weekend. We packed ALOT of things into this weekend. Tim and I both had the whole weekend off it was soo great. We stayed in one of the condos that my works rents out it was 2,000 sq. ft. it was like a kid in the candy store it was HUGE!!

Friday we hung out at the pool during the day and went down town to church street at night.

Our friend Erika came out too a fellow Michigander

Craig having tons of fun!!

At Joe's Crab shack Another surprise our friend Chad is in the (navy) and is home from Germany for a leave and I haven't seen him since our wedding over a year ago..... He drove up from Tampa with his brother josh for a few days it was an unexpected but a great visit!!

All the boys fishing in the ocean at the beach

Thank you Kate and Craig for visiting we had a ton of fun I am finally recuperated!!