C Goes to Sea World with Aunt Tori

Splashing, Splashing!

With Aunt Tori at Sea World

Starting our day with a visit with Shamu

With daddy and the cute flamingo friends

As expected, the weather was extremely hot but we went for it. The park was packed and we were hoping to get together with my brother's family but right after we watched the Shamu Show (fabulous!), we headed to the Shark Encounter to make our reservation at Underwater Grill and the sky broke open. Rain, rain and more rain came down and thankfully, we were under cover and our table was available about 10 minutes later. Lunch was wonderful even with a screaming toddler who, thank the Lord, fell asleep about an hour into it. (Mommy Break!) There were a lot of people doing the deep dive experience that day so every time I looked over to enjoy the sharks and other fish swimming around, I noticed that there was a cage of two people staring at us. Kept thinking...Can they see me? Can they talk to each other?

After lunch, we walked around and saw some seals as well as the horses. Happy Harbor was hopping so we changed the baby girl and let her run loose in the splash park. I have posted the picture at the top since it's one of my favorites ever!

So glad we got to spend the day with Aunt Tori. Baby girl was so good all day long and had a great time. We'll be back, Shamu!

Animal Kingdom

Happy 4th!

A traditional 4th of July

baby girl and her leaves...it's all red, white and blue.

Happy 4th of July!

My BeFrie and her Little Guy and her favorite yellow balloon.

she loves running in the forest. :-)

Love the Farmer's Market But Not as Much as I Love My BeFrie!

Love, love this girl!

Nature BeFrie

Zoo-in' it with Friends and Baby Girl Friends

@ the Zoo Splash Park...So fun!

J. all cutely dressed and ready to go in the water.

He kept saying, "Not going in the water."

J. and Baby Girl splashin'

J.'s ad for The Real Yellow Pages

BeFrie Mommy and her Baby J.

Baseball with the Nephews

This very small walkway was her favorite area to run through and hang out in.

She had such a great time at the baseball tournament.

Baby Girl with Uncle Todd and her cousins

Spider Monkeys!!

Coach Todd and Craig

Matt getting ready to hit

Happy 21st Birthday to my Cousin Shelly!

Baby Girl on the Wagon...She loves it!

Mr. Wonderful pulling the Wagon

with Baby Girl.

that's my baby girl!

My Visit to PRville

at the Sunshine District Board meeting

Current chair of the Sunshine District and I in PRville!

We visited the locker room of the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Love this picture of Amy Lyn and our new favorite Jaguar player.

Really good presentation about the Peanut Butter Crisis...Made

me want Peanut Butter.

Something to know about DragonFly...I love to sing!

It's not that I'm any good, I just love music and singing.

So, I guess you can tell that I had an absolute blast during my visit to PRville.

Bravo to all the cool kids who made it happen!

Class of '94 Dinner at Guavate

Iris - Coordinator of the evening

Robin and I - Love this girl! She can do
anything or go anywhere in 15 minutes.

David and I - David was my Student Government Buddy

Ashley and I - We were on Homecoming Court together.

Danielle, April, me and Monica -- I have known these girls for over 25 years.

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Welcome Joey!

Josephina Jean "Joey" was born Wednesday, June 3rd @ 2:43 am.

She was 12 days early. Joey was 6 lbs. 6 oz. and was 18 1/2 inches long.

Biting the BIG APPLE

In Central Park

@ Carmine's on 44th

Gershwin Theater where WICKED lives


my awesome French Toast on Sunday morning

Shari and I at Cafe Cluny, Meatpacking District

Really great place!

GO FIGURE...From On the Job

Thanks Anita B. for sharing! This is only a part of the post so click on Anita B. if you want to read the whole one.

What is something these leaders have in common that you feel was critical in them becoming so successful?

I have a saying that you haven’t lost the game until you quit. These people, most of them anyhow, have an immense reserve of pluck, will and desire.

Call it grit. Call it stick-to-it-ness. Call it tenacity. They just don’t know how to give up. I call it the GO FIGURE factor.*

Observant.They are acutely observant about how people commit, but not just commit to buy something…they know how to get people to commit to groups, initiatives, companies and efforts.*

Fun. These people are Fun, usually, and that’s important because we spend so much of our lives at work, that most people want to spend time working with and working for somebody who is fun.*

Inventive. They are immensely Inventive and see opportunities that the rest of us don’t notice.*

Gracious.It’s not often thought of as an important trait but I think it may be the most important attribute. Having manners and being gracious tends to compel people to want to give you their labor. You can get work from people with a paycheck but for a person to offer their labor, well, that’s something else. And people are more likely to offer their labor to somebody who is courteous.*

Unsatisifed. Successful people are usually unsatisfied with what they’ve achieved and always want more.*

Resourceful. Successful people are creative about how to achieve market share and their intelligence will usually open up new pathways.*

Execute. Finally, they have strategies for individuals and teams and they know how to make those strategies work. Put it all together, it’s the G.O. F.I.G.U.R.E. factor.

40 and Fabulous: Shari in NYC

Central Park

Where was this taken? Lincoln Center, maybe?

Cafe Cluny

1/2 way through this year...

HAPPY JUNE!

This year is flying by. I hope everyone is having a great 2009 so far. I find myself incredibly grateful for my family, for friends that have been in my life for years and years and for the new friendships I've found over the last few years. I thank my Mr. Wonderful for his love. Mine still grows deeper and deeper every day for him. For my baby girl who's now entering toddlerhood, I'm so proud and amazed of how fast my little 6 lb. baby has become a walking, very curious and helpful little girl. Milestone after milestone, I am so excited about watching her walk through each one.

To my friend, Melissa -- CONGRATULATIONS! She and her husband, Trevor, just welcomed their first little one home. Little Joey! So excited for them and for all they are about to experience. I actually have photos from Heather's Blackberry but they're a bit too dark to post. Hoping to get some new ones soon.

Heading out of town in a day to my old "traveling stomping grounds". Love to get away but now my heart is much heavier since I not only have to leave Mr. Wonderful, but my precious baby girl. Thankfully (there's that word again), Tori is cominng to town to keep them both company. THANK YOU TORI!

So, here's to June! All that will be and all that has been.