I'm back........

It was very hard to come back this evening from the lovely weather we had while in South Florida. As you can see from the picture above, this lens I'm holding is AWESOME! My hubby's friend let me borrow it for only a minute....

We played at the beach.....

The children frolicked in the sand.....

We got in a family picture in the backyard of his childhood home......

I made sure to watch the "scenery".......

I also watched the waves roll in.....

I even fell in love with sailboats........

I caught my almost (in less then 4 weeks) 8 year old smile with joy......

We collected more seashells than you can ever imagine.....

And I savored some toothless grins.......

{ I had to show some of my vaca pics, or you wouldn't have believed me that I really did get away from the horrible Chicago weather for 3 days. I do promise you that I will pick the winner of the giveaway in the next few days. I need to be able to go through and read all the wonderful comments! So hang in there girls....}