Yay~ we make it to 40 years of wedded bliss. ♥ my first choice would be celebrating on the beach with our family, but Lava Hot Springs and camping with friends was fun also. Just as long as we're together, everything's going to be alright. .

Breakfast at Applegates. 

Carolyn & Ron's Dinner Feast. 

one more group shot before going home. 

and our trailers all lined up.

Front View. 

Back View

and W&C; the last ones to Leave Lava.  Our days' consisted of  Eating, Sleeping,  Laughing. the Blue Moon Bar for dinner and the Hot Springs soaking. 

Mimi Day/Work Day/Miss Bee Day

The last 48 hours have included an oral surgeon consultation, Winco, Macey's, pedicures with my sweetie, vinyl application to a car, a road trip to Pleasant Grove to meet our CPA Noelle, Wal mart, Costco, lunch at Lehi La Fountain, & a golf cart ride to Soelbergs along with seeing this sweetie and her big brother and getting our house & camper ready for this week end.  Whew...... plus work 

Friday the 13th and WEEK END FUN

FRI: We went to a Bee's Game. They played ALB which is the Rockies Farm Team. ALB got a grand slam and we thought they had won it but the Bee's came back for the win. Exciting game. Front row seats. Beautiful night for weather.  

Sat morning Boo was at our house early. He fished and rode his scooter and we went to his football game where he scored 4 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. I think the Tampa Buccaneers tattoos and socks & shirt we got him in FL helped. We went to lunch after to celebrate with smothered burritos. 

 Sun we worked in the yard and played. Chuck bought two new kayaks and asked to park on our beach and we could use anytime. They were fun and the lake was so clear we could see the fish and frogs and turtles.

and this kid rode his scooter over with his backpack. And inside...was Mojo. 

Liam-Biam Go with Grandma & Grandpa. ♥

Mom and Dad were leaving Clay & Tara's and Liam said:
Grandma Go?
Grandpa Go?
Liam Go?
Daddy Stay.   and he cried because he wanted to go so bad!

Mothers Day Week End in Den

Tom and his Aunt Virginia at Calvin's daughters graduation party.

Tom and his favorite mother in law and sister wife.

My sweet mothers day decorations in my room. 

Grandpa and his buddy.

When you have a 3 yr old sister you may get a M stamp on your forehead when you're asleep. 

The 3 year old sister.....

Kinzi got something for Killian and I told him to tell her Thank You Very Much. He said "how about we skip the very much part"

Cinco De Mayo at the Mexican Restaurant in Firestone. Long wait, but delicious food. 

QUOTE I SAW AND LIKED ON MOTHERS DAY~"But there's a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking. But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begin" Mitch Albom

Boo turned 10 this week. To celebrate we took him and a friend go-carting. They loved it. After we went to our house for pizza. The boys fished and Brandon caught his 1st fish. Then they went frog hunting and brought one in to show Shelby. It was a fun day. Boo has brought us so much joy this past 10 years. May the next 10 years be as good..... ha

Tues-How did that week go so fast?

After a perfect week with everything going our way from trolleys, to water taxis and shows all being ready when we were and talking about traveling with lucky and lucky (Tom and Gary) we had a comedy of errors. I woke up 4am our time and sat on the balcony waiting for the sun to come up for one more walk on the beach. Our daily dolphin show didn't show up.  We went to the Florida Mall to shop and be close to the airport and have lunch at Buca Di Beppo. At the airport security Marsha realized her drivers license was packed away in her checked bag and she had to get frisked, several times to get thru. Gary split his shorts all the way from top to bottom and his clothes were in his check on. And when we finally got to the parking lot to go home in SLC; their brand new Buick had the window rolled down all week thru snow and rain, etc. Guess we were a little excited to go on vacation and the bus was right there waiting for us when we pulled in. So I think our luck ran out and it's time to be home.

Mon~playing on the beach, John's Pass Historic Fishing Village shopping and lunch (and drinks) at the Hut Tiki Bar & Grill.

It's our last day. The plan was to go to The Florida Aquarium but the guys really didn't want to go. We had tickets as we bought the Tampa Bay Ciy Passes that included lots of things. We decided if we bought it we would go see more. Not sure if we saved any money but it was worth it to not wait in the ticket line at Busch Gardens.  Marsha & I talked about going alone to the aquarium but it was almost an hour away and right downtown so we just enjoyed the beach all morning then went to John's Pass shopping in the afternoon. Marsha & I shopped & the guys went to have a drink and wait for us for dinner. I text  Tom that we would be there soon and I got this picture text saying:  "TAKE YOUR TIME".  We all got a good laugh out of it. 

We almost missed the sunset tonight so we pulled off on a public beach on our way home to watch it go down. The Sunset Cruise boat is in this picture. 

Sun; Tom found more sharks teeth and I found a perfect sand dollar. Busch gardens and Lynard Skynyrd concert.

The Food & Wine Festival was going while we were there. 

Scrap metal by the animal show theater.

Lynard Skynyrd in concert. 

Sat 41st Annual Mainsale Art Festival by the harbor in St. Petersburg. A glass blowing demonstration at the Morean Arts Ctr Glass Studio & Hot Shop and front row seats from our balcony to a wedding on our beach.

One of the best arts festivals I've been to. It was right by the harbor in downtown St. Petersburg. 

Home in time to go to the pool. On the way there Tom almost stepped on a black snake laying on the sidewalk. Lots of lizards here also.

Fri- Tom found a giant sharks tooth on.beach, farmers market, sugar sand festival in clearwater,fl, lunch at crabby bills restaurant and beautiful sunset.

Clearwater Beach was rated the #1 beach in the US by TripAdvisor in 2016. It was nice, but lots of people. We parked downtown & took a water ferry over.

The guys were going to Hooters while Marsha & I shopped at Ron Jon's but they said the waitresses looked like they were in Jr High so they didn't go in.

The Sugar Sand Festival, shoes optional.

The view from our balcony. Loved watching the dolphins play everyday.