Saturday, June 15, 2013

Gold Head


Today we visited Gold Head State Park. It's tucked away in Keystone Heights and it's wonderful. There are several lakes for fishing and swimming. There are also plenty of places to camp and bike. We just went for a swim and Amelia loved it!

The shoreline




We lathered up in sunscreen. 






Geoff, always the clever one, buried his feet so they wouldn't burn. 




And then we did what we do best...swimming, of course!









Friday, June 7, 2013

The Waldo Flea Market

The Waldo Flea Market is a north Florida tradition, and an all around cultural experience. There are a couple of things about the flea market that are always certain. First, the boiled peanuts are delicious and you have to get some. Second, you'd swear there was a ZZ Top look a like contest nearby. Seriously, those ZZ Top guys would be waaaay jealous of all the long, wispy beards if they ever made their way down to Waldo, Fl. Pictured below you'll find a few examples of all the treasures one may find at the flea market!


The PRETTIEST Holly Hocks. Ever.




Who wouldn't want this gem?


Notice the soft and gentle curls of this gentleman's Tennessee Waterfall . Notice the bird too.


A bucket full of shark's teeth.

Goat skin,cow foot - tomAto, tomato






Giant pecan trees provide a nice shady parking lot

Changes

So many wonderful changes! Becoming tired of job searching Geoff was offered a job and started working at Geico. It's a pretty sweet gig so far. He enjoys the people he works with and the banker's hours aren't too shabby either.
Amelia is growing like a weed. She dances now. It's so fun to watch. If there is music playing she starts to wobble her head back and forth. Besides dancing she's perfecting the art of crawling. She did the army crawl briefly, and has moved on to a slow and steady crawl on all fours. She claps too! She also may have said her first word, or maybe her over eager parents just hear what they want to hear. While playing with a frog toy in the bath tub she made noises that sounded like "froggy-gy-gy-gy". I'm pretty sure she tried to say it.
 I was called to teach youth sunday school. I was nervous at first. The Come, Follow Me curriculum is very loose and my only other teaching experience was with the 3 and 4 year olds. The lessons for those little Sunbeams were pretty short and we always played a game of some kind or drew pictures with  our extra time. I love teaching the youth. They're so smart and creative. Anywho, here are some pictures. We know that's what you really wanted to see.






Mebane Middle School's band performance

Happy birthday!

I prefer eating cake to decorating cake.




"A surge protector? Well, maybe just a taste"


This is how I found her after her nap one afternoon.  Smiley and sitting up.