cows, caves and cars

Not gonna lie, the drive to Florida was long.... but I'm happy to report it was worth it!

In addition to going boot shopping and meeting some alligators we saw a dairy farm and milked a cow (she was nervous, so no pictures), we toured a cave and spent lots of great time making memories with grandma & grandpa :) 

Perhaps the most hilarious moment of our trip happened at a frozen custard place on the way home. We had just gotten our custard and were sitting at a table when Luke grabs the pepper and shakes it all over Madeline's m&m topped vanilla custard. I couldn't stop laughing. The best part was he didn't do it out of spite, he was trying to be helpful because he loves his sister that much.  

Grateful for the chance to visit family, but also grateful to be home and getting back into a routine, only not because of sick kids.... we'll get there.

lunch with these two

"Mom!!! I need to send a letter to the bees to thank them for this honey!"

"um... I don't think bees can read..."

"But they can look at pictures!"

"You are right. Do the bees have a mailbox?"

"No.... Maybe I'll go outside and call really loud to have the bees come to our house to see the thank you letter!"

There isn't a problem this feisty, kind hearted, goofball four year old can't solve.

And we love her for it.

saw some gators

^^ ummm...^^

^^ this poor kid was throwing up the night 

before and started a fever once we got there...  ^^

^^ he wanted to drive it soooooooo bad ^^

I'm not sure what to say other than I still can't believe this happened!! It's not every day you're so close to an alligator (or a lake full of fifty!) but it really was amazing to see. 

And nobody got eaten :)