Our 5 year anniversary!

Five years is a big milestone! This year was Mikey's year to plan and since we were in Florida, he took the opportunity to book something very special for us. We were in Naples for 10 days, with the girls of course, so to us that was considered "a trip". We fortunately had the opportunity to also look forward to "a vacation".

Mikey booked a trip to Key West. We went down Tuesday morning on a boat and spent Tuesday and all day Wednesday in Key West and then came back on Wednesday evening. We had such a great time. It was the perfect amount of time to spend in Key West.

We took a picture before getting on the big boat.

Mikey took this picture from the boat of the sunrise. Let our vacation begin!

Right when we got off the boat, we saw our first rooster. I had totally forgotten about the sacred roosters in Key West!

The boat ride was about 3 hours. We got in around 11am, so we stopped for lunch on the way to our Bed and Breakfast.

This place was so fun. It was all outdoors.

The food was delicious! They sat us at the honeymoon table!

After lunch we went and checked in. Mikey did such a great job on the B&B.

It is called The Tropical Inn.

It is on Deval Street where all of the action is, but it is like a little tropical oasis. Our room was recently remodeled and just perfect for us!

It had a huge walk in shower.

So many fun details. Look in the sink.

Once we settled in, we went out to the pool to read and relax before our night out. The pool area was so tropical and so relaxing!

After we laid by the pool for a little while, we went next door to do a wine tasting and then had a glass of wine on the porch. After our glass of wine, we went back to the room to shower and get ready to head down to the pier for the big sunset party. On the way down, we stopped in at Margaritaville for a snack and a margarita. I hadn't been in 10 years, but remembered how amazing the margaritas are and I wasn't disappointed. They were just as good as I remembered!!

After our delicious margarita and cheeseburger in paradise, we made our way down to the big sunset party. There is so much going on. We watched a lot of the shows and then found a place to watch the sun go down. It was beautiful as always.

So after the sun went down, we decided to head back up Deval street and see where the night takes us. We ended up in a piano bar. I love piano bars, but do not like to be embarrased. Mikey was taking a picture of me by the piano player. I was trying not to get too close so they wouldn't notice and OF COURSE they noticed. And OF COURSE they called me out. Ugh, I was so embarrassed. Thanks babe.

We had a blast singing along but were pretty tired from waking up so early, so we headed back to the B&B. We did stop for some pizza on the way home and it was delicious! The next morning, we slept in and then had breakfast and coffee out by the pool. So much fun! After brainstorming what we wanted to do, we decided to rent bikes for the day and we were so glad we did!

We saw so much of the island!!

The Southern Most Point of the United States!

We went to a butterfly conservatory.

I loved this butterfly bench! Hey honey, maybe we can get one of these for our front yard?!?!?

I won't bore you with a bunch of butterfly pictures. Just one, this is my favorite butterfly!

This is a picture of the front of our B&B. We would totally recommend it!

We ate lunch at Sloppy Joe's. It has live music and was a blast.

So one thing that I learned about Key West 10 years ago, was that you definitely don't go for the beaches . Mikey and I rode our bikes all over the island all day and actually found a beach. A very small beach.

After our bike riding, we did some souvenir shopping before we had to head back to the boat. Ok, I shopped and Mikey sat at Fat Tuesday and drank daquiri's. I did drag Mikey to one place. We stopped at Bath Junkie and made some exfoliant as a souvenir for our anniversary trip!

We got back on the boat to head back to Naples and enjoy our last 3 hours of peace and quiet. As we got close, we went out to watch the sunset and I have to say, it was one of my favorites. It was so neat watching it from the water. Yes, here it comes, more sunset pictures....




We had such an amazing anniversary trip. Thank you so much honey for planning or should I say booking the trip. It was so much fun to spend a spontaneous two days with you! After 8 years together and 5 years of marriage, I think I am catching onto this spontanaety thing pretty well. I know that we definitely appreciate our alone time a lot more now with two little ones!

"I spent weeks plannning this spontaneous adventure!" Guess what movie that is from??

Also, thanks to Grammy and Grampy for keeping the girls! I better start planning next year's celebration!!

Spring Break 2012

We spent an amazing Spring Break in Naples, Florida. This is the first year that Mikey's parents have lived on the Gulf side and we are in love!! The sand and water are amazing! As soon as we arrived, Grampy and Daddie took the girls down to the beach. Kiley has been to the beach and did ok with it, but she was pretty young and Presley went to St. Thomas when she was 4 weeks old, so she was very young! This is the first time they can both walk!

When the girls went down for their nap, Mikey and I went out for some quiet time to kick off our vacation!

After Presley woke up, we brought her down for a walk on the beach.

And then we got the shy face...

Mommy & Presley

I have no idea what we are doing here, but we are both doing the same thing.

The next morning the sun was out, so Mikey and I went kayaking. We did this a couple of different times and it was a blast. We got within a couple of feet of dolphins a few times. It was amazing...and good exercise!

When we got back, we took the girls (and their capri suns) down to the pool.

Miss Pres.

Kiley wasn't too fond of the sand, so I stayed by the pool with her and Daddie took Presley down to the beach, this time with her bathing suit on!

This was the beginning of the end. She is totally a beach girl.

She loved everything about this entire experience. She loved the bathing suits, loved putting on sunscreen, loved the sand, the water, the waves, everything!!

The birds...

The footprints...

The wet sand...

And Kiley liked the piggy back rides :-).

We couldn't get Kiley to step foot in the sand and we couldn't keep Presley out!

Beach family picture!

Every night we watched the sunset, or the "circle" as Kiley called it.

Presley Marie

Kiley & Daddie

This is one of many sunset pictures...one of my favorites!

Love the palm trees!

Day 3, Presley is staying hydrated!

Mommy and Presley waiting for another pretty sunset!

And we weren't disappointed!

Grammy & Kiley watching

Almost gone...

Presley sipping on something fruity by the pool.

Daddie and Presley playing in the sand.

Kiley in her chair...out of the sand, supervising :-).

Presley loved finding shells.

Daddie and Presley brought the water to Kiley!

We finally got Kiley down by the water, so Daddie and Presley tried to build a wall to protect us from the water.

She has a shovel in hand...baby steps!

Presley, busy building!

Beach Babes

Daddie swimming

Grampy made Mickey Mouse in the sand. He knows the way to Kiley's heart.

Later that day, we took a ride on a boat to a small island to gather sea shells for Kiley's friends and teachers at school. They love the boat!

Presley digging for shells...

And Kiley looking from afar on Daddie's shoulders.

The whole family!

While Mikey and I were celebrating our anniversary (future post), Grammy and Grampy took the girls to the zoo.

Kiley had the best time. Grammy said her favorites were the monkeys and the giraffes. Pres thought it was ok. I think she would rather have been on the beach ;-).

One day while the guys were golfing, Grammy and I took the girls out to lunch. We took them in the strollers.

Kiley sitting back with her legs crossed waiting for a table.

Grammy and Presley

Mommy and Kiley

Sunset time!

We saw so many and no two sunsets are alike. Breathtaking.

Presley hydrating before another sunset.

There was rain and clouds around this one and it was still so pretty.

Presley ready for another swim!

While we were there, the girls got invited to a birthday party. Kiley was checking our her outfit.

And so was Presley.

Pretty girls!

We maximized our last day on the beach and spent most of the day there! Kiley in her chair under the umbrella, happy as can be!

Look at that teeny weeny bikini!

Playing on the kayaks.

Me and My Girls...impossible to get them both to look at the camera.

This was the most Kiley's feet touched the sand the whole time we were there!

Sisters.

Love this picture!

Watching Daddie kayak.

Daddie took Kiley in the ocean and she did great. This picture would be a lot more amazing if we had one of those cool high tech cameras. What you can't see, is that there is a dolphin just a few feet from them. I could not get them, and the dolphin when the dolphin came up all with our slow camera.

Mommy and Presley's last dip in the ocean.

We had such an amazing trip. Many thanks to Grammy and Grampy for putting up with our chaos for 10 whole days. We had such an amazing time. All of Grammy's cooking was delicious and our accommodations were 5 star! We love you Grammy and Grampy and we can't wait until you come back home!