Poke and Poke

Casey brought this picture down. We were on Ship Island in 1994. She and I drove down for a day trip and took the ferry out to sit on the beach and see the fort.  Cringe over those big white tennis shoes.

Surf Camp 2016

A gaggle of boys.  Sally and I hauled 8 kids to the beach for an entire week this summer.  Solon, Luke, Maddox and Liam did the surf camp, and us adults hung with Ansley, Tot, Lulu and Phineas.  Here the boys are doing some relay races at the end of their day.

Meet Jaws!

Well, it is a little belated.  Meet our Rag-doll kitten, Jaws.  He came all the way from Kentucky!  My mom's cat, Jack, was a Rag-doll, and he was the best ever.  So, we decided we need to get one our our own after Jack passed away.  We soon found out there aren't a lot of breeders out there in the world.  Jay found him online and we made a weekend road trip out of it.  Piled into the rented Suburban and drove to pick him up...turned around and came home.  About 18 hours worth of driving, but it was totally worth it.

40th Celebration

Not even sure where to begin with my 40th weekend.  My best friend, Casey (aka Poke), showed up on our doorstep on Friday morning.  I hadn't seen her in 3 years! Jay, Ann, Sally, Janie, Jason...everyone came over that day and night to enjoy a Fiesta! Complete with a pinata...filled with candy and tequila.  Saturday was a beautiful beach day...followed up by a grown-up dinner at my favorite place, The Grand Marlin.  Late night at Captain Funs and The Sandshaker.  Sunday was super chill.  Grocery shopping with Poke and then pizza and talking at the kitchen table.

Everyone blew me away.  It was hard to wrap my brain around turning 40.  I wore my Dad's jersey he got when he turned 40.  I remember his party.  My mom took us three girls out for the day and left a window unlocked.  We came back later that afternoon with our Dad, and walked into the house.  About a million people popped up screaming Happy Birthday! He was floored.

Anyway...great memorable weekend.

My 40th Trip To Miami

Well, Jay and I didn't manage to get one photo of ourselves our entire trip! We took off for Miami on Thursday and stayed through Sunday.  We stayed at our favorite place, The Leslie, right on Ocean Drive.  We had a blast! The first 36 hours was spent enjoying drinks, sushi, empenadas, Herzog/Demureon parking deck, and lots of swimming.  The pool deck is to die for.  The latter half of our trip was spent doing some serious vegging.  It is always so hard to leave this place.

Getting His Time

Solon always has to make sure he gets his due.

My Dancing Gypsy

Tot got this amazing "dress" and bangles from Leigh-B and Co. from Amman, Jordan.