Vacation 2007

I said I would blog about the vacation ages ago. It almost seems pointless now that it has been so long, but there are some great pictures, so I'll just give the summarized version in mostly photo form. First, the main reason we went was so that Jeff could spend some time with his parents. He spent the mornings with his Dad, Ronald, and his Dad's twin, Donald. (No, I'm not kidding) They spent the time fishing and playing cards. Lots of fishing...and lots of playing cards!!

We also spent a lot of time with Jeff's nephew Brian (of Elmo fame) and his lovely wife Audrey who is expecting in January.


Since Audrey and I are both expecting, we naturally spent a lot of time talking babies. And I know what I said before about shopping, but I was on vacation... and Audrey took me to stores.... that were having sales. What's a girl to do? We also went to a fabulous consignment store. Oooooh, even Jeff did some damage there.








We also got to meet another family who will be in our travel group. (Hi Dawn!) I would have gotten some pictures, but it was my first time meeting them and I didn't want to be the dork who walked in with a camera saying, "uh...can I take your picture for my blog?"

We also got to go to Jeff's brother's house. I always like going there because they have an orange grove. A real live tropicana-sends-the-pickers type grove. They have cows, horses, chickens, and alligators! The hightlight of the trip was trying to lure the alligator out of the pond with ribs tied to a string. Unfortunately, my camera died right before we got to the pond, but I swear it's true!

And here's some more random pictures that I just liked.
Jeff and the Boar Head. Practicing Gang signs

Jeff's brother's cows.

Where to get a hot dog in Jeff's home town.
.
The biggest rainbow I've ever seen.

Jeff's niece mugging for the camera.