Just got back from a week in Florida.  The highlight was a day at the Animal Kingdom with the grandkids!

Kaden had a blast getting soaked!

And seeing the animals.

Michelle and Sam are ready to be soaked too

Michelle took most of the disney shots so I have to wait for her camera.  We used my camera at Ruby Falls.

Kaden got to run around the playyard before the long trip back home.  We got home around midnight last night.  Whew!  I'm beat!

I attended the Chicago Garden Show at Navy Pier with my cousin on Monday.  We had a fabulous time.  All those gorgeous blooms and smells. 

Deep breathes along with me and smell those scents:

Isn't this fun?

How'd you like to sleep under this quilt?

There were coleus in every shade and size.

New varieties of snapdragons and geraniums are on our wish list.

I love the riot of color.

We walked a lot.  We should have worn a pedometer just to see how many steps we actually took.  I was quite sore on Tuesday.

This was a really cool Mexican themed garden.  I entered the drawing for the trip to Mexico.  Hey, you can't win if you don't enter!!!!

Look closely and you'll see the bronze statue of the children reading.

Skyler is trying really hard these days to travel.

Things are going fine here.

Yesterday was gorgeous - a really nice taste of spring.  Kaden ran around with the neighbor kids all afternoon.  He came in around 5, went downstairs to watch some Sprout TV and crashed on the couch as soon as he had his blanket in hand.

We're going to our favorite deep-dish pizza place tonight - actually the only one we know of here.  Guess we're not in Chicago anymore!  We can't understand why they don't franchise one of the more popular chains here since so many ND students are from Chicago!

I was able to get into my mid-size jeans this week - the wii fit is really starting to make a difference.  I'm hoping by summer to get into the skinny clothes again.  Maybe if I keep up with the wii fit I' won't regress again.  One can only hope.  Losing weight and keeping it off is so much harder than just allowing oneself to pack on the pounds.  Life just isn't fair!!!!