FLORIDA VACATION

Josh and I were blessed this year to be able to go to Panama City Beach with our family and then to Titusville. This is the 1st year we've been able to get away with them and hope we'll be able to do it every year! We had tons of beach time and soaked in the sun every day. The FL beaches were beautiful with no signs of the dreaded tar ball.



We spent 4 days in PCB on the beach or by the pool. We also wandered in to Pier Park where there were lots of folks fishing...including the dolphins! We saw so many of them just swimming around right off the shore looking for a meal. It was super cool!

Josh and Tyler checking out the waves.

On Wednesday we were off to Titusville for the next 3 days of fun. We started out with an air-boat ride and spent most of the rest of the time on various beaches in the area.

Josh and I look like air traffic controllers :)

We had dinner in Cocoa Beach on the patio at the Sunset Cafe. While relaxing and enjoying being together a dolphin popped on by to say "hey" - right off the pier again. It was so peaceful to be part of such a beautiful place! We can't wait 'til next year, Lord willing!

Good Times...and lots of traveling :)

Just wanted to take a minute to share some of our recent fun. We've been doing quite of bit of traveling in the past couple months to Wisconsin and to Nashville. In May, Josh and I got to be in Tomah to celebrate my niece's 2nd birthday and enjoy a game of golf at the Veterans Golf Course. June has been filled with tons of birthdays in the family and we were there to celebrate them too this year. Happy birthday to Papa, Elissa, Alex, Tom, and Mom! Of course, there was the small matter of Josh's SWEARING IN!!!! So proud of our attorney!

Here are a few photos to share.

Josh waiting with Rep. Kent Coleman to be sworn in at the War Memorial Building in Nashville on 6-4-10!!! What a great day.

My oldest nephew graduating from high school...starting to feel a little bit old :)

Me and my youngest niece having some fun in Wisconsin. She's cheesing pretty hard in this pic!

The 5th annual Jim Thielen Memorial Golf Tournament was great this year! First year we've had in a bit with no sprinkles and with warmth!

The three stooges...

Mom and Tom had a lot of great shots.

Sadly, we were missing one of our star players this year. Alex broke his leg during a Motocross race and had to sit this one out. Hitting from the wheelchair just didn't seem the best idea out there...

Surprise Birthday Present

Finally something out of the ordinary (and time to post it)! This past Saturday Josh was surprised with an early birthday present. The St. Louis Cardinals and Memphis Redbirds had an exhibition game in town, and low and behold...we happened to have tickets at the Will Call box! lol Needless to say (but I will anyway), Josh was ecstatic to see some of the best players in the league. He also loved the ice cream in a helmet :-P.
After the game we dropped by the Botanical Gardens and meandered around taking in all the flowers and the great weather.
If anyone is wondering, "What's up with the plastic doll?"...well, here it is. My niece has a school project based on the book Flat Stanley. The plastic doll is Flat Mikayla (my niece) and she needed to have some fun in Memphis then go back to WI with photos, souvenirs, etc. She went to the Pyramid, "M" bridge, Redbird's Stadium, The Peabody, rode a trolley, and looked at flowers at the Garden. And yes. People thought we were nuts holding a plastic doll. We loved it!

School's Canceled?

The big talk of the town yesterday was the snow that came in the morning. It even stayed around for more than 24 hours which doesn't happen that often. School's were canceled...but not law school! Josh still got to enjoy his early morning class.


Seriously though...school was canceled for this? Here's to all of you with the piles of snow that you can play in and make snow angels!

Welcome to Fort Short

We are officially secure! We've been waiting for our new security doors to come in for the past couple of weeks. Well...they're here and were installed earlier today. We're very happy to have them and had to get the wreath on right away.We also made a quick trip to Nashville this weekend for the Short Christmas. We got to see everyone on Josh's Dad's side of the family and see all the little one's running around. There were 4 there and there's another one on the way that we'll get to meet sometime next year. The family just keeps growin'!

This is the best pic we could get - it's hard to get 4 children all looking in the same direction...they're wigglers!