Jeff still has a job that involves quite a bit of travel, and it comes in spurts. We can enjoy a long stretch of time without any trips, and then suddenly he will have three or four trips across the country in one month. January has been a big travel month, but something unusual happened this time…I got to tag along! He had one conference to attend that didn't include him presenting, or hosting a booth, or…any of those things. He just attended and built relationships. AND, Jeff's mom agreed to come watch our kids so I could go with him. AND, the conference was in Miami.
Even though it was hard to be that far from the kids for a few nights, I was very thankful to be able to get away with Jeff. We hadn't been away from them for multiple nights since having three kids.
Here is a blurry picture of the view from our hotel room. There aren't many pictures of us together, because Jeff actually was working while we were there, but I had fun relaxing and we had fun playing while he was in between work times.
Here I am reading by the pool. During the four days of travel, I read four long books. It was fantastic. My sister said she wanted a bikini shot of me. Considering I don't have a bikini and don't take many selflies, particularly when I am wearing a bikini, she was out of luck. :)
The high was around 80 each day we were there. A cold front blew in the day that we left, which was perfect timing! I did most of my reading and relaxing at a park with this view over the water.
We took in some culture while we were there and went to this art museum. They had the best chocolate chip cookies I have ever tasted.
We really liked these hanging columns covered with plants. We thought some miniature versions in our backyard would be great.
We didn't take many pictures of ourselves on the trip…but we did capture this reflection of ourselves in polished Formica (I am not kidding) that made us look about three feet tall. Thankfully, we don't really look that squished!
Here's one of us with one of the exhibits…not squished!
One evening, we had a very special and fancy dinner overlooking the water. It was amazing. Great conversation, delicious food, relaxed atmosphere.
Here are a couple more pictures overlooking the water.
Jeff took this picture. I always seem to have wet hair in pictures. Probably because it's after lunch by the time my hair is finally dry most days.
On the way to the airport on our last day, we took a detour and drove to Key Largo and took in a little sea kayaking, although we really were not on the sea. Key Largo was nice to look forward to except that anytime anyone mentioned it, or I even thought of it, I got that really annoying Beach Boys song in my head. If you don't know what I'm talking about, I'll spare you the agony by refraining from sharing the song with you.
We ate breakfast at this "hole in the wall" (an expression my kids never understand) and took a picture of the sign because my grandma's name is Evelyn.
This is one of the mosaics I saw on my many walks to and from the park where I spent a lot of time reading. The mosaic is entitled "Alice Goes Back," which was an apt description of our return to our real life.
We had such a wonderful time and were so thankful to be able to go. Huge thanks to Jeff's mom for doing the huge job of caring for our kids, and to my mom for giving Cheryl some relief when she needed it. As much as we enjoyed our trip, we really missed our kids and treasured the time together when we made it home!
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