Baby Alligator

The DEC officer came today to help save the baby alligator! So, he's back swimming away all safe! The alligator weighed 15 pounds and was 18 inches long!

Mama Alligator

Tim and the boys went down this afternoon to check on the baby alligator and to see if they could see Mama....well!!! see for yourself! (and yes, we have someone coming to help the baby alligator)

Veteran's Day

First and foremost, I want to say Happy Veteran's Day to all the Veteran's out there!!! God Bless each and every one of you for your service! Thank you!

I just have to say sometimes it's so very nice to be a bargain finder!!! And I just love love love the blogs I follow!

Anyway...I found a program offering up a free bed and breakfast for Veteran's on November 10th thru the 11th. So, of course I jumped on it, thinking eh....I'll deal with finding a sitter later if need be lol. So, we got a room for free at the Inn on the Beach in St. Pete Beach for free! It was so awesome! It was so very nice to have some alone time with my husband. St. Pete Beach was really pretty! My favorite part was seeing a dolphin a couple times just swimmin in the water. It was so close to shore. The last picture you can see it! Can't wait to go back and collect some more sea shells with the kiddos!!! O and if your wondering...NO, we didn't leave the kids home alone! My Grandma and Aunt so graciously came and watched the kiddos overnight for us! It was really awesome and greatly appreciated!

Fish, Snakes, Alligators...O MY!!!!

Gatorland came to Bass Pro Shops today. So, of course Tim thought we should go! Althogh I think he thinks we should go atleast ounce a week. haha The kids had a blast tho! Alex got to hold an Alligator, Eric got to hold a Ball Python, and Ivy just about wanted to take the Alligator home with her! She pratically gave it a hug! It was awesome!

Then this evening, we decided to go do a lil fishing down at the lake down the street from us. Well, I was the only one that caught a fish. A tiny fish but still a fish lol. It was starting to get dark and the mosquitos were starting to come out, so Ivy and I walked home. Well, of course that's when more fun starts...Eric caught a baby Alligator!! The Alligators were funny there because it kept coming after the bobbers to bite them. Well, he moved, and when he went to reel his line it, the alligator came and got hooked, so he caught an alligator. Pretty incredible. Well, of course it started 'crying' or making the noise they make and out come about 15 more baby alligators and then comes Mama Alligator! And of course I missed it! But Eric is just tickeled pink that he caught an alligator. In the last picture you see is the picture of the Mama alligator, but it's hard to see cuz it was so dark. Tim said it was pretty big too. But you have to look closely at the picture.

Thanksgiving Traditions

What are some of you favorite family Thanksgiving traditions? Please share if you will!

28 years

Today is my 28th birthday. I know I'm getting up there...but it's been a fun ride so far. My hubby and kids made me a nice dinner and baked me a cake! In the 9 1/2 years we've been together he's never baked me a cake or even bought me a cake. So that, to me, was awesome! It turned out good too (but mine are still better! lol) They got me some nice gifts too. I have such a wonderful family!!!

Happy Halloween

First we went Trunk or Treating at one of the local churches and then we went Trick or Treating around our neighborhood. The kids were Captain Hook, Peter Pan, and Tinkerbell. They were so cute!!! Here's some pictures of our crew!!!

Pumpking Carving

We carved our pumpkins Friday evening. At first Eric and Alex weren't too sure about the pumpkin 'guts' but Ivy didn't care! She dug right in!! Enjoy some pictures!!

Pumpkin Picking

Definately is not the same as NY when it comes to fall here in Florida. BUT we are trying to make the best of it. We found a place not too far from us that had some pumpkins and we went and got some. I do have to say they were way cheaper than we've paid in the past so that was nice. I know there's some more in depth pumpkin places but they cost too much to go to. Here's some pictures from our lil outing. We'll carve them on Friday.

CHEESE

Alligators

We have a pretty big lake right at the end of my street, and it has some Alligators in there. We took my Aunt Kay down to see them today before she left to go back to PA. They were scurring all around today. They are just babies. We haven't seen mama or daddy yet and sort of ok with that! lol