Florida!!

We're back!!!!!  And oh man did we have a GREEEAATT time in Florida.  We couldn't have asked for better weather and Naples is absolutely a GORGEOUS area.  We said that we wouldn't have changed a thing about our vacation!  Let's see...what did we do....we laid out at the pool, the guys went golfing twice, the girls went to the outlets, we played tons of intense beach volleyball, we played great games at night, went out to eat at some amazing restaurants, walked on the golf course at night which was beautiful, walked on the beach, collected shells, rented a speed boat and took it out into the Gulf for a day, oh!  and the guys surprised us the first morning that we were there with a massage at the spa for Valentines!  What a treat and a surprise!  I took tons of pics so I'll try to get a good variety on here. :)  But basically we had a blast and we feel very refreshed and so thankful for sunshine!  :)  I was in heaven! :)  But...yes, I did miss my babies back home.  Funny how we were gone for 5 days and I think they've grown an inch, have longer hair, feel heavier, and talk more!  I seriously love them so much!  It was great to wake up to them this morning as we didn't get home til 12:30 last night.  Grandpa and Grandma Dooyema took GREAT care of the girls too and we can't thank them enough for helping us out!!!!!!!  This morning the girls have been extra clingy which is great because all I want to do is hold them but it also makes for a rough transition back to reality when they cry a lot since I can't hold all of them at once!  But, I'm so happy to be back too and I feel like I can handle anything now that I'm all relaxed and tan. :) Ha. :)  Anyways - here are some pics! :) 

Oh!  And thanks so much to all of you who commented on my last blog.  It is so fun to see who all reads this and we love hearing your comments so feel free to post anytime!  Thanks for experiencing our "journey" with us!

As you can see, Ryan was golfing the day before. :) 

This is a pelican....and I took this pic without zoom!  I'm not so sure I'd say these are pretty birds.... :) but neat to see so close! :) 

Here's the whole gang on our last night.  Such great friends! :) 

Beautiful flowers were everywhere!

My attempt at some interesting photography. :)  We did play TONS of volleyball though and since I didn't capture any "action" shots, this will have to do! :) 
I absolutely LOVE palm trees!
Eww.  Yes, the guys (well actually Dave was the reeler -inner but I think it ended up being a team effort since this thing had honkin TEETH! - Ryan swore it was a salt water pirana!)  managed to catch this Sheepshead fish in the ocean off of the boat we rented.  I guess it was quite hysterical when they reeled this fish in and noticed it had man teeth!  Quite the rush! :) Everyone actually cooked up this ugly thing and ate it one night!  Supposedly it was a good, light fish but after seeing those man teeth, there was no way I was going to eat that thing!  

A HUGE highlight of the trip was the day we rented a boat and saw 4 dolphins swim SO close to our boat!!  One even swam under our boat!  (The most I could get in a pic at once was 3 as you can see) :)  I've never seen dolphins that close before but it was AWESOME!
The gorgeous beaches...ahhhh...and check out that water!
Desirae, me and Heidi on Valentines night.  And yes, we are all wearing pink. :)  

Ryan and I all dressed up and ready to eat a bunch of food. :) It was so nice to focus on "just us" for a change!  We had a blast together!  And now it's back to our crazy but wonderful life at home. :)