happy "BITHDAY" adam!

Last Sunday was Adam's birthday.  He was in town visiting all week, so I had planned and promised to bake him a birthday cake...but since Mamaw Dean so graciously baked one for him, I reneged on my promise (and in the process hurt his feelings :( ...which EVERYONE knows about since he spread the word quickly!!)  Anyway, even though I didn't bake a cake myself, I was determined that he should have a cake on his actual birthday (since he ate the WHOLE cake that Mamaw made well before the day!)  so, on our way home from dinner we stopped by Publix to pick one up.  After choosing a cake, we asked the bakery lady if she could write "happy birthday adam" on the cake...."Sure!" she said.  I went off to grab some milk and extra icing....that's right, EXTRA icing...because there just wasn't enough on there already for the birthday boy......and I left Adam at the counter to wait on the finished product.  When I returned, I looked down and this is what I saw...

.....that's right, folks! I'm not going to write anything else, because really, what can you say?!

love Thursday

I had originally logged on to post about loving my camera and taking pictures and blah, blah, blah....basically I have nothing to blog about and was feeling guilty for not posting in a while.  But then I read this and my heart ached.  The love she has for her children is strong and fierce.  She is Adam's sister-in-law and Canon is his niece.  I am hoping and praying that the diagnosis is a good one and that everything will be fine.  I believe deep down that it will be.  Prayers are precious...so if you do it, add them to your list.  

pretty bird

Last weekend I went to visit Adam in Tampa.  On my last night in town we went for a walk around his new neighborhood just to take a look around.  Towards the end of our walk it was getting dark out and as we were rounding a corner we heard a loud and somewhat scary "ca-caw!" The further we walked the louder it got and we were looking at each other like "what the heck IS that??!"  We soon found out....

I'm so glad that I grabbed my camera on the way out of the door!  I couldn't believe that this beautiful, HUGE bird was just hanging out.  I kept expecting it to fly away, but it didn't...it just sat there ca-cawing (very loudly) and checking us out...

I wanted to get closer so that I could get a better shot, but I was too afraid that the bird would come after me!! He didn't like my flash very much, so after shooting this one last shot we went on our way....very cool!

islands of adventure

Last week was my birthday. So, to celebrate, I planned a trip to see Adam in Tampa. Little did I know he had an entire fun-filled weekend planned for the two of us! It began like this...

1. Picking me up from airport

2. Getting car stuck in the sand during a failed attempt at romance....

3. Failed attempt saved by surprise (surprise for him as well) fireworks show over the bay!

4. Dinner at great Italian restaurant

5.Strawberry short-birthday-cake...yum!

The next day, we headed to Orlando to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure....and had a BLAST! We rode every roller coaster there was to ride...multiple times. Stood in line for 40 minutes to participate in the cheesiest attempt at a scary show ever. Used our expired "Express Line Passes" to sneak through the fast lane in Universal Studios and almost got busted. And ended the day in a photo booth (which I had been searching for the entire time!) Overall, it was a really great day and we were both exhausted. Our exhaustion was cured however, by relaxing at the beach and dinner at great beachside restaurant the following day.

(Thank you for an awesome birthday!!!)