FLORIDA ~ our sister's trip

Last week me and all my sisters went on trip to Florida to surprise my brother Derek. It was all his wife, Lindsey's, idea and I'm so glad she thought if it. Florida is absolutely beautiful and we all had so much fun just hanging out at the beach, spending time with Derek, Linds, our adorable nephews Nixon & Miles, and having our sis time. Here are some of the hundreds of pictures we took on our 5 day, super fun, Florida vacation!

*Warning: this is a very long post with tons of pictures.*


Our first full day there was 4th of July. If you don't know already... me and my family are quite patriotic, so 4th of July is always bound to be a big celebration. It was fun because we all got dressed in out red, white, and blue old navy gear (thanks mom) and headed to a small town parade. It was so much fun and kinda crazy, with all the different cultures there! We loved it.

Nixon putting his hand over his heart for "The Star Spangled Banner" Showing off our cute shirts that mom got for us

This reminds me of that vintage "I WANT YOU" poster. haha
"Save Our Sisters" float...we tried to get a picture in front of it, but it didn't really work

...being very patirotic...good job Nix

Yay for America!

A couple days later we went to the Billie Swamp Safari. It was pretty cool. We saw lots of animals and of course creepy alligators. (Lindsey, Nixon, and Miles stayed home for this adventure)




Out of all the crazy animals and gross reptiles we saw that day these big birds are what scared me the most. We're not sure why, but for some reason my initial reaction to seeing these birds was to scream and then push Brooke really hard towards thier cage. Wierd, I know. I guess you had to be there to understand, but we all thought it was pretty funny.

We went on a fan boat ride through a swamp to find some gators...it's absolutely crazy how close they got to the boat.
After admiring the HUGE alligators, we decided that we would eat some. That's right...I am eating some fried alligator! It was actually pretty good. (please excuse my hair...it was sooo hot there and I just threw it up without looking, embarrassing.)

BEACH TIME!! Clear, warm, clean water...just amazing. It was so fun to play with Nixon and Miles in the sand and the water. Nixon is so brave and just jumps in the water even if no one else is with him. Me and my sisters all did a night time stroll down the beach and of course we had to take some jumping pictures. It took a lot of tries but we finally got a good one.


Look at those cheeks on Miles! I just need to squeeze them! I love my babies.




Nixon loved the last little bit of my Pina Colada...he loved it so much that he decided to do his pirate face with the little umbrella.







night time...


I love Brooke




Finally! Haha I know, we're wierd and kinda embarrassing...but we love it.



We did so many fun things on this trip but to me, the best part was just getting to hang out with my gorgeous nephews. I love them so much.




A few weeks ago Miles slammed his finger in the door and while we were there he kept trying to put it in his mouth so Lindsey put a sock over his hand. Clearly Miles did not like this. It was sad but the picture is just too perfect...down the the coordinating pajamas, rug, and couch.

I hated saying goodbye...I didn't want to leave. I'm going to miss them more than I can even explain. :(


Thanks again Derek and Lindsey...we love you!