Happy Anniv"ARRRRR"sary!

My parents just celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in true pirate style! Not only are my parents huge Tampa Bay Buccaneer fans but their very first date was to a Buccaneer game...so how fitting that they should renew their vows at the Buccaneer's Raymond James Stadium!

The party was in The Press Box which was just awesome and what a view of the field! After the ceremony the immmediate family got to go down to the infamous Buccaneers Pirate Ship and take pics and even play around a little. My mom kept us all to the pirate theme and bought us all costumes...although she did make her dress! Afterwards we headed down to the locker room and to see Gruden's gameday office.

We had a great time and while I can't share ALL the pics we took, here are just a few!

Fabulous FlaminGals LIVE!

Cruise to Cozumel!

Steve and I went on our first cruise last week...Feb 7-11, to Cozumel Mexico. We went with another couple, Jim and Janelle -- it was in honor of Jim's 40th birthday. We were on the Carnival ship The Inspiration.

The interior of the ship, in parts, reminded me a bit of vegas and the 80's, and they did do some of those cheezy things like hairy chest contests (BLECK!), conga lines and such...but we still had a great time...and learned when and where to avoid the afore mentioned cheese factors! ;) The weather was really nice, although windy at times and our favorite part was the stop in Cozumel, Mexico. We took a mini jeep excursion with snorkeling...I ended up not being able to do the snorkeling but Steve said it was awesome and the water so clear...he saw so many fish and even a couple of sea turtles. We climbed to the top of a lighthouse while we were out too...

MEEEEE Time!

This past Tuesday and Wednesday I got to spend some time with a friend of mine from Seattle in Orlando -- some me time away on my own. Things didn't start out so well when right after I picked Sindea up from the airport I get a call from Steve telling me he "had a little accident!" Ummm...what?! It seems he took the kids for a walk around the lake near our house and they wanted to try and swing from a vine. When he pulled on it to see if it was strong enough to hold them it came loose...and also brought a tree limb with it! Stevie yelled out to him and he had just enough time to shield his head with his hand before it hit him....right on top of the head.hand and knocked him down! THANK GOD the kids did not get hit and he wasn't knocked out or more seriously hurt. I thought I was going to be heading right back home but Steve was pretty sure his hand wasn't broken although it was swolled pretty bad. By the time I got home Wednesday night it was pretty nasty looking and still ugly swollen -- but he said it looked better!

Steve insisted I stay and so even though I was worried about him, Sindea and I had such a great time! We strolled around Downtown Disney Tuesday night and then headed to the Magic Kingdom Wednesday and, can I just tell you, it was one of the most relaxing times I have had at Disney. I must admit it was a little weird to be there without Stevie and Alyson...especially when we were standing in line to see some of the characters...but oh, I just loved how easy going the whole day was!


Speaking of characters, I was so excited to get up close and personal with some I have never seen before...Jiminey Cricket and Maleficient were my favs on the day...never before have I seen them out while I was there! And Maleficient was absolutely just the COOLEST! I was actually a little tongue-tied and just down right giddy! Seeing Stromboli was a first too!






I had a lot of fun just playing with my camera too and taking pics of the park that I wouldn't normally be able to do...actually got some pics of the castle with no one around! I got really "crazy" and pulled my camera out while we were on Big Thunder Mountain...can't wait to do that again! Got some fun shots!

And the Jungle Cruise...we had the best captain EVER! He was awesome...he was jumping all around, hanging off the boat, he made even the same jokes I have heard a million times funny! LOL! Sindea got a picture of me with him but I have to wait for her to get back home to Seattle and share...can't wait to see! We were sitting right up front next to him so I got some oh so fabulous shots on this ride too!

We had so much fun...I dropped her off at her hotel for her photography conference and then headed back home to leave on my cruise the next day! Yep, that will be the next post!

We have a Rock Star on our hands!

Alyson is quite the little fan of The Naked Brothers Band (NO, they are not actually naked -- thank goodness!) She is especially fond of the drummer, Alex, who is 10. She tells me all the time that she loves him. (God, help me!) She got a drum set for Christmas...along with a Barbie guitar and microphone, so she and her friends are always putting on shows for us. I couldn't help but get some video of her rocking out! She is a natural! LOL! We even put her up on YouTube and she has gotten quite a few hits---I think big brother is a little jealous and is trying to come up with his own thing so he can get a video on YouTube. LOL!

I know some of you have already seen her debut on YouTube but I figured I would add her videos to my blog as well...my favs are I'm Out! and Fishin' For Love...she is quite the little character!