ANOTHER ENJOYABLE WEEKEND....YESSSSSS!!!!!

Dear Sisters,

The kiddos and I have really been taking advantage of the nice weather. This past weekend Ray took us and smelly Daisy to BayView Park.  This is another place I would love to take you guys to whenever you all decide to come down.  It has a nice playground and picnic area, docks for fishing and also to stroll on, a fenced in doggie park and it even has it's own lil doggie beach :0) I wish I took pics of the whole place because the facilities was quite impressive. Anyway, I got some pics of the kiddos playing w/ their uncle......

Oohhhhhh, to be young again......

This boy is FOREVER hangin' on his uncle!

Smelly Daisy had a great time @ the park as well =0P

Such a nice time we had..... I wish their Dad didn't have to work that day :0(

So that was on Saturday afternoon.  Sunday was even better because I got to have the WHOLE afternoon aaaaalllllll to myself.  First, I brought Mar and Jr. to church.  After church, we rushed home and I made sandwiches for lunch.  After I inhaled my sandwich, I said my goodbyes to the kids and their father, ran out the door, jumped into the minivan and sped off to the beach. 

That day I decided I wanted to go to a different part of the beach. I usually go to Casino Beach ( where that ginormous pier is located),  but instead I drove 2 more miles down the road to the beach that is next to the Fort Pickens entrance.  The beach area is sweet, but the public bathroom is gaud awful.

Doesn't this pic make you wanna visit me ASAP!

This is the view facing east towards the condos.

And this is the view facing west.  There is no residential development on this side and it seems like you are on a deserted island.  I decided to walk westward in search for a whole sand dollar.  I have been on this quest for the whole summer and I have always came home empty handed :0(

No luck in this pile.......

and no freakin' luck here either.

I keep on finding half dollars...... it's too bad I can't super glue these two together =0P After an hour of walking, I just simply gave up.  I went back to my beach chair and just......

C  H  I  L  L  E  D

It was nice.  I mean really, really nice to just be able to lounge on my trusty beach chair, just reading my book while listening to the waves and not have a care in the world for a good 5 hours =0P. Don't get me wrong, I love going to the beach w/ them, but there's no relaxing there cuz they are  in the water 92% of the time and I can't even turn my back on them for a split second.  Well, that sums up my weekend!

Miss you guys a whoooooooole bunch,

Joy :0)

P.S- Oh and btw, as I was slowly dozing off in my chair, I heard a little girl screaming w/ delight in the water and you know what she found ........  A WHOLE SAND DOLLAR....... UGH.

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY ALYSSA!!!

Dear Sisters,

I just had to post this pic!  This is my most FAVORITE pic of my lil Alyssi taken @ my going away party.  I miss her soooooooo much and I wish the kids and I were there to celebrate her 2nd birthday.  Please do not forget to send me some pics from her birthday party and please give her and big hug and kiss for me!

HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY MY LIL ALYSSI!!! I MISS AND LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!

Miss and love you guys,

Joy :0)

IT WAS A GREAT WEEKEND!!!

Dear Sisters,

I had a fabulous weekend!  Lately I've been feeling down because I've been jobless for a while but that is all going to change.  Yesterday I finally took my CNA exam and I passed both my written and clinical!  The written test was pretty easy because it was all common sense, but the clinical was the part I was very worried about because most of the people  who took it before me (I was the last in line to take it) failed :0(  There were about 15 people there to take the clinical test and only 5 of us passed.  I feel bad for the people who failed because half of them were on their 2nd or 3rd try.  But yeah, I passed and I should have a job in a couple of weeks (I'm hoping).

Today we all went to the seafood festival in Destin (which is an hour away).  Ray felt bad that I missed the one in Pensacola last weekend so he took us to this one.  I've been waiting all summer for this and it was definitely worth the wait :0)

Here's my lil pumpkin sleeping on the way to Destin and yes she still likes to "eat" her blankie.

This was the food section of the seafood fest. The smells coming from this section was so intense that you can taste it! There were 4 other rows of tents which I did not get to visit because we got there an hour before it closed plus I was too busy stuffing my face.

I got the jumbo shrimp skewer and crab fritter platter from this booth.  Stupid me did not take a pic of my food because I dove right into it :0)

Ummmmmmmmmm..........

look @ all of this fried goodness!!!

I did however remembered to take a pic of my second plate which consisted of fried crab legs, sausage gumbo and seafood jambalaya.  Man, that gumbo was insane!!!!!

Daddy had a headache, but he was still able to enjoy his food :0)

Shown in this pic: a very happy me after committing gluttony.  Not shown in this pic: my stomach busting outta my pants ;0)

Poor kiddies, I was not paying attention to the time and they were only able to go down the slide once (which is shown deflated in the background).

After eating, I wanted to check out the beach because I heard the beaches in Destin are gorgeous.  Man, the beach we went to was SWEEEEEET.  The sand felt like baby powder on my feet and the water reminded me of light blue sea glass.  I can't wait for my next visitor to come down because I will be taking you to Destin!

And again more beach pics. At least the children are wearing something different ;0)

I wish we had our bathing suits because the water felt really nice.

The brats got their shorts wet..........

especially this one here and that is why she is not wearing any pants in this pic.

So, I hope you guys had a nice weekend as well.  I really wish I was home for Alyssi's bday party.  She must have been so cute blowing out her candles.  Please send me some pics of her bday party via Kodak Photo Gallery or something like that.

Miss you guys sooooooooo much,

Joy :0)