Making Summer Memories

It has been a crazy few weeks; vacation has been exhausting and absolutely amazing.
Let me begin this statement with I despise the heat, humidity, sand, saltwater, boats, bugs, and sunburns. However, Island Time in the short term is fine by me and we began this journey by heading to the southern most point of the continental US.

(Almost) Southern Most Point Highlights: sweating to death on the plane, sun, convertible, floating hotel (Floating Sea Cove Marina for those up for an adventure in place of luxury), beach, husband time, seafood, relaxation, Kmart, Publix subs (roast beef and white american cheese with everything!), driving, and Key Largo Chocolates (this has been some of the best chocolate I have had, and I've had it from lots of places)!

Actual Southern Most Point Highlights: tiara, wand, and leopard print leggings, family part 1, crashing a local bar, birthday celebrations - including a 21st (obviously not mine!), drinking heavily (not me), throwing up in a trash can (again, not me), seafood, key lime pie, resort life, Catfish the taxi driver, all day water adventure, parasailing, jet skiing, snorkeling, inflatables in the ocean (I actually made it up and down the slide!), throwing up on a boat (definitely me), fire ant bites, Duval Street, chocolate cigars, and lots of laughs and water.

Central Peninsula Style Highlights - family part 2, long lines, sweat, multiple rides on the water rafts, niece and nephew time, watching my parents be grandparents, band aids, belly flops in the kids pool (still not me), Transformers, pirate dinner, airport time, pool, swimming, sunning, raining, drying shoes, lobby Starbucks, good conversation, fireworks, water projection, red ant bites, amusement park food and Dippin' Dots, home-cooked family comfort food, war, old maid, go fish, Barbies, family meals, and watching my sister surf out of the pool still inside the inflatable tube.

As I am wrapping up my vacation with amazing company of friends, I would like to remind everyone that it isn't about the amount of stuff that you accumulate that makes you rich, it is the number of memories and experiences with the people that help you make them.  Cherish that time and those memories and forget about everything else.