Last Day at the Beach

For our last day on the beach we went to an island called Howard Park! It was so gorgeous with palm trees all around. There weren't as many people either!

They had some beautiful scenery on the island with some rocky beaches, bright yellow flowers, and sea shells everywhere!

Random fact: Marlin bought us two hot dogs for lunch from a near by vendor. Sadly I dropped my hot dog in the sand like a silly little girl, but Marlin was sweet enough to go and get me another one, and then we shared a root beer float!

We just had such a great time! Before we left we snapped a few pictures by a gorgeous rocky beach. We are on our way home now and I will certainly miss the beach!

Hope you enjoyed the pictures as much as I enjoyed taking them! 

As crazy as it sounds we are headed out to Colorado in two weeks to do some camping and to hang out in the Rocky Mountains for a while!

I am super excited about going out there! We will be hiking, four wheeling, camping and exploring! I'm sure my blog will be flooded with tons of pictures from this trip, so if you enjoy keeping up with my jam packed, photo filled post then stay tuned for tons of awesome Colorado pictures in the near future!!!!

Beach Vacation

We have had so much fun at the beach here in Florida! It is Little Marlin's first time to the beach and he LOVES it! He is having so much fun! He loves the sand, he loves the water, he loves the sea gulls. 

We went to Clearwater Beach today! 

We played volleyball with some friends and family that were down here for a wedding!

After volleyball we set up our stuff under a cabana for the day! Then played in the water, sat in the sun, played more in the water, went for a walk down the beach and laid in the sun some more! It was such a fun day! 

We then went to Hudson Beach and ate supper at a delicious Italian Bistro then we went to the beach  for a cloudy sunset! It was very pleasant, then on the way back to the hotel we got an ice cream cone! Such simple pleasant times we are enjoying!

Tomorrow will be our last day on the beach! Then almost as soon as we get back we will be heading to Colorado for a camping trip! Such exciting times. I'll probably have tons of pictures to post of that trip as well so check back next month for updates! 

God bless!

Little Marlin's 1st Birthday!

 

 

(First of all before you read this post, I must say I am terribly sorry for the bad quality pictures. I only had my iPhone to take the pictures with so they are sort of blurry and grainy. I am totally not a fan of low quality photos so Marlin has to remind me that a lot of time people don't really care, they just like to see pictures. So that's that!)

 

 

 

 

Sometimes I can hardly believe I have a little boy that is all mine! It was sort of strange to sit and think, "wow this time a year a go I was in the hospital in lot's of pain, but my heart filled with joy, as I held my sweet baby boy in my arms".

 

We took the Chukar to The Cheesecake Factory last night for his 1st birthday celebration! Obviously he really didn't know what was going on but Marlin and I celebrated anyhow because he is such a special gift that we are both so thankful for! He has added so much to our lives! Mostly joy, and laughter, but sometimes a bit of stress because he can be quite mischievous! I'm usually laughing at is mischievousness though! He's just so darn cute.

 

Before we left for the Cheesecake Factory Grandma Rowe brought him a little birthday present! He wasn't quite sure what to do with it at first!

 

Thank you Grandma for the gifts! He loved the animal crackers, he's little air plane, and the books. He laughed when I read him the farm animal book and made all the animal noises!

 

 

 

Here we are at the restaurant. I don't think Little Marlin was too impressed at first.

 

 

 

I orders a delicious "Everything Pizza" I would definitely recommend that if you ever go! Marlin ordered Huevos Rancheros and the Chukar enjoyed sharing that with him.

 

 

Then we ordered our cheesecake!

I got Reese's Peanut Butter Chocolate. It was very rich and a huge slice. No, I did not eat all of it!

 



 

So that's pretty much all we did. We enjoyed each other's company and had a simply wonderful time! My life is full of times like these and I am very thankful!

We certainly love our little guy. He is one of the greatest blessings of all!