Pumpkin carving

Our first set of pumpkins, last weekend. Dave carved the large pumpkin. Parker drew a face on the smaller one and helped me carve it out. How cute is his little pumpkin!? : )

"TA DA!!!"

Road Trip to Gainesville!

About 2 weekends ago we decided to take a road trip to Gainesville. It was a GREAT trip. All of us has so much fun and Parker was able to experience new things. It was an all around good day.

Our first stop was Lake Lochloosa. We stopped to see if we could find some gators for Parker to look at. We didn't find any gators but did find some small bugs, flowers and great scenery!

Dave and Parker looking for gators

The super cool tree canopy

A grasshopper Parker and I found!

Dave and Parker having fun!

A neat flower in the lake..

Our next stop was Tony's Taxidermy. I laughed when Dave said he wanted to stop here but it was actually very neat and Parker had a blast!

"whoah, Mama! What is that!?"

Then we drove by THIS place in Orange City. It was supposed to be some kind of outdoor antique trade center but it was really acres of JUNK! Dave and I saw it when we drove by and both agreed we HAD to stop and check it out!

A pretty neat old Tractor that Parker thought was pretty cool.

Dave and Parker being silly with some "treasures" they found!
Dave being silly!!!

A headless dinosaur? More JUNK!!

Antique "Open" sign... pretty neat

Our next stop was Micanopy, FL.... this was by far my favorite part of the day and can not wait to go back! Micanopy is the oldest inland town in Florida. Its is so quaint and filled with old antique shops and great old buildings.

For example, the Herlong Mansion!

There was a wedding going on as we walked by!

A cute old church!

The stairwell in one of the stores. Love this saying... "Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and look up at the stars"

My sweet boy.

The next stop was Paynes Prairie. Did you know there was a prairie in Florida!? I didn't!

A snake!!

Then, we finally made it Gainesville. Of course we headed straight for the University of Florida Campus. Our first stop was Lake Alice. And we found those gators we were looking for!

Then, heaven on earth.... THE SWAMP!

The gator chomp!!!!

Go Gators!

Just two silly pictures from the cookout at my parents house on Saturday. We all got together to watch the Gators beat Tennessee!! Check out all the food Dave cooked on the grill, yummy!!!

I took these with my cell phone so the quality isn't too great...

Uh-oh

I got behind updating this again... whoops!

Let's see, the weather is starting to cool off in Jacksonville. Thank goodness...it was getting pretty darn unbearable on certain days. Many weekends have been spent at the beach or in the pool. Here are some pics of Parker and Dave in Parker's little pool. (Dave looks kind of silly in there doesn't he!?) They had so much fun playing in there..... : )

Back in July we had some pretty severe weather. I stayed at the office late one night and looked out the window to see this....a water spout.. RIGHT outside the 10th floor of my building! I couldn't run fast enough to get the camera!