Rockin' Around the Palm Tree

I hope everyone is as behind on reading as I am on writing!!! We left on Friday. I spent most of the drive from NC to Merritt Island, FL in a Nyquil haze, but by the next day, felt pretty good. It's hard to tell you how much fun we are having without providing visual evidence:

Football on Cocoa Beach...my husband, son and our friend Katie (5)

My husband trying to forcefully to get my daughter to frolic in the surf.

My husband looking like the cool island guy that he is. I guarantee this will be his Facebook picture within the week!

Me and my family (my errant hair necessitated the hat) as we set off with friends on their boat to participate in the Merritt Island Boat Parade. (Really, click on the link. This guy takes much better pictures than I do!)

Sunset on the Banana River...my daughter Haley took this one.

Best seats in the house....on the roof of the boat!

This is just one example of the elaborate boat decorating that was out there.

And another. But boy you could practically FEEL them fume when every light on their boat went off. All was restored eventually.

And lining all the canals (kind of like cul-de-sacs on the water) were people partying on their docks, throwing candy, clapping, wishing us Merry Christmas and shouting "Go Gators" or "Roll Tide" when they saw Danny in his Gator sweatshirt.

Special thanks to the Three Amigos for bringing us along for the ride!

Now we are in Boca...more to come. But we are having so much fun, there's no time to be on the computer!

Di

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[joe f-ing freezing]

In the spirit of the season, I will try not to write this in ENVY GREEN while I look out my window at the 2 feet of snow we got the past 3 days (which also meant that we cancelled our pot-luck dinner party Friday night, rescheduled it for Sunday night, and then had to cancel it AGAIN) howling around the yard at 25 mph in temps that barely reach the 20s, making me feel like I am in Canton NY not Boston MA.

But I do feel warmer as I watch you frolic in Florida, knowing you are far better this year than last at this time, enjoying your family, friends and SUN, SUN, SUN. And warmth. Now I have to go turn up the heat again before my hubby comes home to turn it down (hee hee). (Did you notice how I put two of my most-hated blog phrases in one sentence? I guess my typing may be tinged a bit GREEN after all).

xo to the neer family!