July 31- Last day in Florida

We had planned to come home on Thursday, but there were several things we didn't get to do or see. So we decided to stay a few more days. This was on Friday the 31st, our last day in town. We took the kids downtown St. Augustine.

These are part of the original gates of St. Augustine.

This is an old wheat mill.
This is the New Bridge of Lions (I think).

They had a new "welcome" center there. It was really nice and cool.

We ate at a yummy seafood place. I of course got a cheeseburger, which was really good. And the fries were really good too. But guess what? They were cooked in the same oil as the shrimp. And yep! I'm allergic. I took some Benadryl. I kept having weird flare ups all day.



The kids held out their hats and hummed a little tune. Unfortunately they didn't get any money. They just weren't loud enough or I'm sure someone would have stopped.

It was hot so we didn't stay outside long.

We then took a little trip out to Ponte Vedre to the AAA out there. I got each of the kids triptiks so they could follow the map all the way home. Along the way back we went by one of the places Greg used to work as a kid. We didn't stay long because there was a big storm coming.

We went back to Greg's parents house. And we took a several pictures around the property.
Greg had talked about taking a canoe ride with the kids. And I am almost always up for a canoe ride, but after he told me that I think it was his sister just recently saw baby alligators back there. And after last year when Greg got frightened because he thought he saw a shark, which luckily turned out to be a dolphin. I said, NO! We are not taking our children out there when there are alligators known to be close by. NOPE! NO WAY NO NADA! It's beautiful but I'm not going to take the chance of me or my family being alligator food.

Then a dear friend of the family came by to see us before we left. She wanted pictures of us. My children were VERY cooperative!

And we said good-bye to Karley and Shaina.

That evening was supposed to be a restful evening before heading out in the morning back to Nashville.

BUT...I had a bad allergic reaction. My mouth was swollen. And my throat felt like it might start to close. So I decided around 1AM that I better go to the hospital. So Greg took me. By the time I got in there I know I looked miserable.

OK do this: Put your bottom lip out like you are sad. Now roll your tongue up over your upper lip. Now go look in the mirror. That is probably close to what I looked like. I could barely talk. They got me in immediately. They hooked me up to an IV. The doctor said luckily we treat all allergic reactions the same way, since I didn't know what I was allergic to. Some of the medicine they gave me made me very loopy. I felt like I was going to fall out of the bed. Apparantly this concerned the nurse and she started working really fast. I'm not sure why. But Greg came over and helped me so I wouldn't fall. The medicine made me sleep, but it was still hard to go to sleep because there was someone SNORING loudly. I couldn't see the person so I was very frustrated that I couldn't kick him or throw something at him! And I think I would of in that state of mind if I could see him.

Anyway I was given an epipen for emergencies and sent home around 5ish. I didn't think Greg would go, but he slept until 9AM and we left for our 14 hour drive home.

On our way home, I put a piece of gum in my mouth and had a slight allergic reaction. Oh my Goodness it was the GUM! No wonder I had flare ups all day. I had been chewing it all day. I bet that combined with the french fries cooked in shrimp grease is what put me in the hospital.

Disney World on July 27th

FINALLY Blogging it! Happy 7th Birthday to my kiddos! We went to Disney World on their birthday. They got in free and was given these birthday pins to where during the day. I set my alarm to go off at 10:30 so I could take their picture at the time each turned 7 exactly. I may have already written about this. I remembered the time change so I set my alarm for 9:30. Dummy Dummy Dummy Me! Florida is an hour ahead not behind. So I ended up taking their picture 2 hours early. phooey!I love this picture of my family. I only wish I could have been in it.





We had a super time at Disney. We went with their cousins. Only cousin missing is Kaitlin.



My very favorite ride was the Buzz Light year ride. I don't know what it was called, but we shot at targets. It was lots of fun. I got a couple of pictures.

It rains in Florida just about everyday. It helps to cool things down. Before we went into the park, I ran into Target and bought some rain ponchos. We didn't even need them. It did rain, but we happened to have been eating lunch at that time. Lunch was excellent! They gave our kids Winnie the Pooh bears as birthday gifts and cupcakes with candles.






Nana and Papa came for 1/2 the day. They left after lunch.
It was nice having the cousins with us. Ashley and Karley went on all the rides together. I was usually with one of the boys and Greg would take the other one.

As you can see I skipped this ride and Greg rode with both of the boys. It was probably right after I got off the tea cup ride with Aussie.
I rode the tea cup ride with Aussie. He wanted to go fast fast fast. We were flying we were going so fast. And I was sick sick sick after getting off of it. I was NOT going to ride it again, but somehow little one talked me into it.

I took Ashley on the race cars. AND she will NOT be getting her license until she is at least 16!
She said, "Aaaaa I can't control this thing!"


The kids loved the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. All of them bought swords or guns and they had a GREAT time fighting with this guy outside the ride. He was good sport. They kept coming back and back, but he kept playing with them.

We tried to leave before the big crowd left, but it didn't happen. We were stuck in lines waiting for the trolley to take us to our car. The kids were terribly tired. Greg ended up carrying 2 of them. Mason was a trouper!!!! He would have loved to been carried but he stayed awake and walked the whole way. We presented him with $3.00 the next day for being such a good sport.