Tampa Zoo

It's been an eventful week and weekend. I'm finally getting around to posting about our trip to the Tampa zoo on Friday - so I'll go ahead and fill in the weekend as well!

We went to The Brooks' in Ocala on Thursday night to sort of break up our drive. Tampa is about 3 hours from our house. Going Thursday was perfect and I was soooooo excited to be able to shop at Macy's. It's the closest one to our house and I picked up a couple of things I can use for our trip next week!

Friday we finally headed out around 10am and arrived around 11:30am. First thing we see when we get in the gates - fountains for the kids to play in. To a 3 year old....those are SO much more fun than looking around at the animals - at least to MY 3 year old!! We didn't bring suits - but did that stop them from running straight there? Nope! Trevor and Sydney played for about 1/2 hour in their clothes. It was great. Then we learn they sell suits at the gift shop - but of course they do! So the kids get suits and we move on through the park. It was a warm day - almost 90 degrees! So Sydney was proud to show her suit off throughout the park as her dress dried on top of the stroller. Five fun-filled hours of the Tampa zoo and I would go back in a heartbeat! It's a perfect thing to do on a hot day! We didn't get home until around 8pm so the kids were straight to bed!

Saturday Lyndon went deep sea fishing with some friends from work. The weather here was not good - thunderstorms, heavy rains, wind. Needless to say I was really worried not having heard from Lyndon all day but of course they don't make floating cell phone towers so I didn't get a call until almost 4pm when they finally got back. He brought home a ton of sea bass for us to cook up and he had a great time with the guys.

We've been making lists and checking them twice for our upcoming trip. My parents arrive Friday night and we're heading out Saturday morning for Mirimar Beach on the Gulf Coast. . . .located just east of Pensacola, FL in a town called Destin. Our resort is right on the water and we're towing the boat, bringing the fishing poles, the tube, the sunblock, the beach chairs - you get the idea. Fun in the sun!!! We're so excited and this is finally a TRUE vacation for us. Usually our vacations are trips to WA and filled with trying to fit in visits with family and friends which sometimes doesn't really end up being so much of a vacation for us....as much as we LOVE spending time with everyone! So this week is about packing and preparing - and maybe a trip to the local beach tomorrow....