Flashback Friday

In the spring of 2002 I had just weened my 2nd child from nursing after being pregnant and/or nursing for 2 years straight. I decided that it was high time that I had a break. At that time my sister Terra was living in Sarasota, FL so I planned a little meet up with my Dad (living in OK) and my sister. A 6 day, well deserved vacation! I kissed Geoff and said "Good luck!" and I was leaving on a jet plane. These 6 days created some very special memories for me and I'm pretty sure for my dad and sister, too. The number one thing that my dad and I wanted to do was to go deep sea fishing. So... we went deep sea fishing. This is a photo of how much my dad enjoyed it: This here is how much my sister enjoyed it: See that boy? His name was Dax... Terra really enjoyed Dax. And that was a Marlin fish that he helped her catch!

Then there is Dad... really getting after it! And Terra... "Oh my, I'm soo weak... how can I ever catch this BIG fish? Is there anyone who can help me?" "Here he comes to save the day!!!" We really had a GREAT time!!! It was so exhilarating to catch these things! This is how many fish we caught: Actually, there were two other couples on the boat and they caught some of these, too.

What a great blessing to be able to spend some real quality time... dad and daughters. Ahh... good memories.

Dad was there for just the weekend but I stuck around for a couple of more days. While Terra was at work I went to an aquarium near by. This was pretty much the only picture that I took that was worth posting: Creepy, huh?

One other thing that I remember... I thought it would fun to bring back a souvenir from the beach. So, I found an old hermit crab shell and stuck it in my back pack. Uh. It wasn't empty. After we got back to her apartment ants and stench quickly ensued! Oh well. We all have to learn somehow!

I love you, Dad. I love you, Terra. Thanks for the memories!