OK, so Todd and I got a chance to get a way for a bit without our children. Make no mistake about it-WE LOVE OUR CHILDREN! But, it was nice to have some time to ourselves! Todd had a
conference in Tampa and I got to tag along for the first time ever and we had a blast. This is the first time I picked up the camera, because usually I only use the camera for Taylor and Tyler. Needless to say this was the first time I remembered the camera!! I will always remember this night because Todd wanted to share an experience with me that he had growing up, so we went to Bern's. The word
phenomenal doesn't do it justice! However, this was also the night that Memphis played Kansas and being the crazy sports fans that we are, we tried our hardest to not miss tip off. We realized there was no getting around it. Since, we couldn't see the game at that very moment the piano man in the dessert room played "Eye of the Tiger". It was great and to top it off someone requested a song for Kansas and he quickly started playing "If I only had a Brain" from the Wizard of OZ-I mean you can't beat that!! The only thing that would've MADE that night is if the Tigers would've won the game!!! Oh well, there's always next year!
The last day of our trip we got to tour the Tampa Bay
Bucc's Pirate Ship-you know where they fire the cannons! Todd is always reluctant to take pictures, but the Pirate Ship was all the incentive he needed. I took this picture and was so excited to get the background. This is actually a sponsorship sign from
Publix with a patch over the P!
Not that I'm trying to advertise for anyone, but I thought this was also a really cool picture because it was taken right when the signs were changing and you can still see the Pirate Patch-it's a sign Tampa Bay is taking the Super Bowl this year. (You know this works either way, because they are hosting the Super Bowl this year!)
I have very few pictures of the 2 of us, so I had to post this one as well. During our trip we got to go to the Final Four. You may ask how we got to attend this event when we were in Tampa, well....we saw the Lady Vols take on Standford! Pat Summit added another Championship under her belt and it was great to be able to say we were there-no we didn't wear any orange or anything. We had all the plans in the world to wear our Memphis gear, but that was compromised! Hey I'm still a big Tiger fan-I was raised on Tiger basketball, but even a big Tiger fan like myself needed to forget the previous night and think about next season. It was a little hard just watching basketball the next night; I was still in my depression phase. No worries, next year is ours (after we practice our free throws). Any way, we had an amazing trip and it was well deserved and we're so grateful Nana "Nanny"
Mastry took care of our precious little ones while we were gone! Thank you Judy! You couldn't ask for a better trip: the Sun, Us-time, great food, sports, a tour of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Stadium along with the Pirate Ship and getting back in time to not miss any more inches of our children
growing. I just hope I don't peal away all of my sun!
