Joe's Pictures

Joe's camera takes the best pictures... so here are some from the Kennedy Space Center!

Jacksonville Beach

Like I promised, here are pictures from Jacksonville! And I guess this will answer Gillian's question that I never answered... Yes, my belly button IS pierced. :)

 A view from under the pier. Thank goodness this was here or Brittany and I would have never escaped the heat!

 Coming back from the water. We definitely do know the goof in the background withthe Cheez its.

The boys decided to take a long walk on the beach. If you notice... Brittany and I are significantly more tan than these guys are (that's what happens when you go to the pool!)

 Unfortunately Jacksonville cancelled their fireworks. Luckily Joe managed to catch some pictures of people setting off their own personal fireworks.

 That night we decided to see what kind of night life Jacksonville has to offer. The highlight of my night was when I got stopped on the street and was told that my hair was "fierce". If that doesn't make a girl's Fourth of July a good one, I don't know what does!

Brittany and Eric :)

We at at this place one night. It was featured on "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives." Of course we had to stop here... due to the fact that Joe and I drool over all the food we never eat on the Food Network. We tried fried alligator tail. It wasn't all that bad... a bit chewy though.

Compliments of Brady

I just got two letters from Brady and I thought I would share some interesting facts that he read about Georgia! Did you know.....

1)The state fossil is a shark tooth?
2) Atlanta has one of the best zoo's?
3)The Atlanta Aquarium is the largest aquarium in the world?

Cool!!!! Thanks for sharing Brady, I just finished writing back and I will make sure it gets in the mail on Monday!

Cape Canaveral, FL

As a last minute decision to our Jacksonville, FL trip, we decided to head just a little bit further and go to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. (We were only a mere hour and a half away from Universal Studios where Hogwarts is, but we just didn't have enough time). Although it was no Hogwarts, the Kennedy Space Center ended up being pretty cool :).

 Joe testing his skills at landing a capsule on the moon

 There were some great pictures from space at the museum!

 I think I would make a pretty cool astronaut.

 Umm... Joe too.

 At the IMAX theater about to watch a film about satellites that take pictures of deep space.

 The first ever space suit made.

 An updated space suit that actually let astronauts leave the aircraft.

 The space suit we use today... this one was Neil Armstrong's. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon!

Joe took all the pictures at the beach, once I get those on my computer I'll make sure to put up pictures from Jacksonville Beach!

Thin Mints

What do you get when you put together a chocolate shortbread cookie... peppermint chocolate... and a little love and patience?

 That's right... Thin Mints. Like I promised. It really was surprising how much these actually tasted like the real deal!

Beautiful Picture

I wrote to Hannah letting her know that I would add a picture of her painting up onto my blog. See, Hannah, I told you when you gave it to me that it would find a very special place in my living room. :) You should also know that all the way down to Georgia I heard your voice playing in the box, something must have been pushing the button!

cookies, cookies, and MORE cookies

I feel like I should be changing this blog from a personal blog... to a blog solely about cookies. I love chocolate way too much, my first graders can attest to that! Tomorrow we are leaving on our trip to Jacksonville and Brittany is bringing the salty treats, so of course I have appointed myself to bring the sweet treats. My sugar cookies were such a success that I decided to branch out into the unknown and through the inspiration of Pinterest I have done the impossible.....

       Can you guess what these are?

 If you guessed homemade Girl Scout Tagalong cookies... you would be....

CORRECT! (Joe says they are even BETTER than the boxed kind!)

But that's not all! Tonight I will finish my personal favorite, Thin Mints! Oh, don't worry, pictures of finished the delectable treats will be up as soon as they are done.