Our trip to Ginnie Springs

David has picked up a new hobby of Scuba Diving. Well actually it's his only hobby. David is so devoted to family time and getting as much in as possible with us that sometimes he neglects things for himself.
So his partner at work decided to become certified in scuba diving although David is already certified he took a refresher course. They did there first dive in the aquarium at Epcot and had a blast. They brought home a video of them diving and the kids love watching daddy on DVD diving.
So, for the boys next dive they planned to dive at Ginnie Springs about 2 hours away and at the last minute I decided to tag along with the kids. Now that the kids are both great swimmers it is much easier for me to handle them alone around water.
We did not tell the kids where we were going just woke them in the morning packed them up and headed out. This has become one of our favorite things to do with the kids just wake them and put them in the car and go!
We had so much fun! The water is a year round 72 degrees and the spot where we went swimming is very shady! But we had floats, food and fun so there was no problems. Once you got in the water it was fabulous!
With me pretty pregnant the water was fabulous. We plan to go back next month to take the kids on a canoe trip.

FHC Celebration for Sadie and Olivia Couch

What a fabulous night!!
  Tonight David and I were thrown a couples shower to honor Sadie and Olivia. The theme was sweet and spicy. So there were lots of sweets (of course) and a taco bar with some spice. It was hosted by our home school group and all of the dads like to hang together so we thought it was a good reason for it to double as a couple's night. So we got to eat and chat and of course share a few gifts for the girls. But I think the best part was the Hot dad contest. The dads were suppose to attempt to eat the hottest pepper they could. I have never seen so many men crying in one room. Of course there was a few smart ones that did not participate including David who said that would tear up his stomach for a few days. So the men did it cried some and then indulged in a big glass of milk out of sippies together.

  A gift that we received also was a cherry tree that they used as a blessing tree. They had this beautiful tree set up and the guests had to write a blessing to our family and pin it on the tree. I can not wait to plant the tree in our yard. What a great memory of a great group of families.

Virginia, Susan, Crystal, baby Kenzie, and Tiffani

 

Susan and TIffani

The non-pepper eating dads!

Joann and Robert

Tiffani and Mike

Kelley

Sally and Paulette

David and I were very thankful for everything that everyone did to make the night so memorable. We all took home jarred homemade salsa and cupcakes (sweet and spicy).