Fabulous Florida in May 2009!

F L O R I D A !
Spending the last week of May in sunny Dunedin. It rained for 12 days straight, and it's still raining on the Atlantic side, but the sun gods cleared the clouds for our week in paradise. The weather has been absolutely great. I see why people move here from all over the world!

Salt Rock Grill, Indian Shores Beach, FL - Darlene, Vicky, and Ann



Cheers to a great Florida vacation!



Dinner at Ann and Bruce's Tiki Hut Condo in Cove Cay, Clearwater FL. Darlene, Vicky, Casey, Ann and Bruce



Sun down at St. Pete Beach FL

Sunday Drive through Southern Idaho

We took an 80 mile Sunday drive lovin' the heat and enjoying our first 90' day. Drove to Bruneau, Strike Dam, Black Sands, and then through Grand View and the Simplot feed lot. We were talking about an old friend, Marolyn Markham, who had retired to Grand View a few years ago, and low and behold, I looked right and there was Marolyn standing next to her truck at a storage unit! Me bad, I was so busy talking and catching up with Marolyn I FORGOT to take HER picture. :(

Old building in Bruneau, dated 1901



Canyons and Reservoir at Strike Dam - beautful natural Idaho


Rocco checking out the cold water, and thinking there is no way he is getting in


Simplot Cattle Feedlot in Grand View, Idaho - capacity of 150,000 head of cattle. So, me being me, I stopped the car in front of a "no parking" sign and parked, for just a minute, to take a picture of a few cows. There are 750 acres of thousands of cattle in Grand View, and the Simplot feedlot boosts the largest holding capacity in the United States. But from the minute I took the first picture, a herd of cattle came toward me running, thinking I am their new best friend, or at least a ranch hand with a pitch fork full of feed.



Little calves wanting some dinner. I had no idea they could move so fast at the sight of a human.

I am one lucky momma, on Mother's Day and every day!

Can I say how good the Mother's Day Brunch is at Eagle Hills Golf Course? It's incredible, I can't decide what I liked best. The champagne, the bread pudding, baron of beef, shrimp, chocolate dipped strawberries, did I say champagne? I have the most wonderful daughter and soon to be son-in-law, in the yes, entire wide world!

Cute couple don't ya think?


And having a big sparkling diamond ring to go with your champagne is oh so sweet!


Finding tadpoles in the pond is every little boy's dream - Remington and Griffin found a few tadpoles and frogs in the pond. Grif is showing us a tadpole, but check out the precious little girl behind him....she really wants to head to the restroom but is so much more interested in Grif's tadpole.


Grif and Rem .. .. and who would have thought right after I snapped this picture they BOTH were trying to get the other one in the water! The tales of two brothers, always up for adventure.


Fred and Wilma Flintstone, no, no, I meant Fred and Ethel Mertz, well actually, really, it's just us.