Florida

Alexsis ("Babydoll"), Maritza, and Amanda

Columbia Restaurant where Jeff and I ate at the Pier in St. Pete's.

Queen's Tea

Jeff's been travelling to Tampa/Clearwater once a month for the past few months to work with some of his employees at the Florida plant. Airplane ticket prices were down so I hopped along with him on a trip in September. That was the first time we ever left the kids for more than a couple of days. While Jeff worked, I played. We would meet up for lunches and we explored around town at night. We tried Grouper for the first time one night, too. Our good friends Maritza & Bruce live in the area - Maritza was a great hostess. Her mom made the best plaintains. I have been addicted to them since then. She too also took me to Clearwater Beach - where we hung out, read magazines and watched the dolphins swim around us - it was a picture perfect day. She took me to a tea house where we had the "Queens Tea" party. That's us in the crazy dress up stuff we were allowed to wear. Maritza can talk me into anything (even fox stole and hat with a big feather) and she has such a good heart to boot.