Friday, July 20, 2012

Sawgrass Part 2

 For as long as I can remember... I have hated feet.... I don't like them to touch me... I hate mine... they are short, fat, and nothing about them is appealing.... I guess my foot fear was started at a young age.... This toe that you can see... was photographed by the person it belongs to....I would never take this picture... and just because HE took the picture...I am posting it... I do hope everyone who see this will go to his facebook page and give their thoughts on it.... I think the only hope is amputation, but he continues to dig and pick....on a daily basis.... He usually gives us an update at Mama's on Sundays after lunch.... G R O S S....this isn't Mark's toe... Daddy doesn't know how to run a camera.... and Jim and Cole had already gone home when this was taken... I would never reveal who it belongs to because it may jeopardize his business....who would want to deal with this???? Anyway...this is real!

 My two precious babies at the beach for the first time in several years!

 Two peas in a pod....they could both be cats...you know... have someone bring them food... sleep all day... and watch tv!
 James and Thomas didn't have their mama with them this week.... Christie had surgery so I made sure I got their pictures for her to remember the trip by!
 He is winking.... precious...if only he was as sweet as he looks!
 Almost as tall as her mama!
 Mark wasn't coming due to work, but look who surprised us!  I think he just wanted to avoid the ride down with the other 12 of us!

 Mama was supposed to be on lifeguard duty....
 Oh how I wish this picture didn't show my fat legs.... I have always said if I could cut one of my legs off.... and split the other in half.... I would be a happy person.... thank goodness KB doesn't have my shape right now!

 Letting the water run through their feet!
 Precious Jamesy..... never complaining...except when he is hot!
 Mark decided to throw chips on the beach when we were leaving.... in seconds 20 or more birds were attacking us... .he thought it was so funny!
 They didn't want their picture taken...but James has been around Christie enough to know to smile!  Love it!



 I love this picture with Daddy and the babies....
 Guille and I felt the children needed some education on this trip!  We took them to the big fort in St. Augustine... They were miserable, but they really did learn a little something!  You can tell by all their faces that they would have rather been playing Nintendos!

 Ben thought the worker needed a little help changing the light bulb... He and James supervised him!




 On the way home I stopped in the middle of the road to take this.... Booma is always with us....even on vacation!
 Guille and I took the children to a restaurant on the beach on the way home from St. Augustine!









 Yes....a shark on the beach!
 The children enjoyed the pirate party on the last night of the convention much more than Mama and Daddy did....They stayed out until 11 dancing and running around....They brought this hat back to Daddy in the room who was already in the bed... We made him wear it for pictures!  I am sure he was ready for us to get out so he could go back to sleep!
I have a few more pictures from my phone that I will post later~  We headed back toward home yesterday and the family dropped me off in Savannah to go to a conference with Mark!  Great trip...memories of  a lifetime.... and smiling children!  Perfect week!

Huddle House Convention 2012 Sawgrass

 For some reason this first picture should be the last, but.... my life is a little like that now...all twisted... one thing here....one thing there.... dear school.... let's start so I can't get these wheels off my butt!  :)
 Each year Mama and Daddy attend the Huddle House Convention.  They go as a vendor for Franklin Insurance.  This year's event was at Sawgrass~ Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.... near St. Augustine.  We left on Sunday and headed down for the pool, the beach, and some alligators!  All the Mattison grands.... I wouldn't let them in the water until they smiled!
Sis thinks she is too grown to do a lot of things these days... but that middle school guard came down when she saw the waves and jumped right into the water.  My children haven't been to the beach to play in the ocean since they were old enough to do it without life jackets.... we travel during the summer, but not to the beach... Call us bad parents... I feel guilty!
 Ben thought the ocean was wonderful... He would have stayed 24/7 if we let him! 
 These two had a blast playing!
 Many, many moons ago.... when I was in college, we were headed home from Daytona Beach and Daddy pulled into the Alligator Farm.  He said he wanted to show me where a monkey got after him when he was a little boy.  We visited and saw all the gators~  With Swamp People the favorite show of the little boys, we knew we had to go to the Alligator Farm for another visit!  Ben got to hold a gator and a snake... yuck... they all had a turn!

 Inside the Alligator Farm...didn't realize that Ben was shooting one until I uploaded this picture... he watches too much tv!
 Back to the beach...???? The lifeguard!
 Snake and alligator....yuck!
 Holding a gator....
 Can't believe Sis did this... I would never!
 Thomas didn't mind!
 And James.... how precious is that smile... he loved it!
 Julianne isn't afraid of the devil....so why would she be afraid of a gator!!!
 She was brave enough to hold both!
 For those of you who know Dabo, our boxer, this picture is in honor of him... notice the teeth!
 What started as a family, friendly game of Spades ended up with a cut-throat, card slapping game of revenge with Mama and Daddy being the ring leaders!  You can tell Cole is losing at this point by the look on his face!  He and Guille were partners....I just have to say....I believe that Cole takes after Guille... their eye signals give away all the cheating tactics!
 Mama, Daddy, and all their favorites!
 We ate at Santa Maria Restaurant after the Alligator Farm... Yelp said it wasn't that good of a restaurant, but we went for the atmosphere...child friendly.... the children LOVED IT!  (The adults did too... the food was delicious.... don't always believe yelp)