speaking of...

landon and i spent a great week in florida. we wanted to travel up to north this time. we are gators fans, so naturally, we had to be sure to pass through gainesville.

running onto the field...

we then went to st. augustine and walked around old town and saw a bunch of historical stuff.

the oldest school house in america...

my favorite house

what i didn't get pictures of were the hours we spent at the outlets! almost 400 stores. another great aspect of st. augustine!

church is always fun in florida. landon loves coming "home" to his ward and seeing all the people he's known his whole life.

kissing cousins?

we also saw bronson (another cousin) and the fam. of course, there was lots of eating involved between all these great pics. whats vacation without great food?

brin-brin

landon's new family dog. SAM! he's half yorkie, half maltese, and a whole other half of energy!

we visited "our" beach in clearwater.

don't worry mom, it was an airbrush tattoo. although, i did kind of want to color it in with sharpie and make it "permanent"

then "our" temple...

brock (another cousin) came home from the mish...

overall, we truly love coming "home" to florida and didn't want to leave. we thought past departures were difficult. this time we were pratically crying.

traditional "don't want to go home" airport pic

we got home and spent a very serious 5 mins trying to figure out how we could finish school in florida and move there asap.

won't work. but, in 2 years-- we're there. or if landon's optometry school takes him somewhere different. i'll be there.

okay joking. okay maybe half.