Saturday Fun

Sean went with me to the Farmer's Market in Ocala's downtown square this morning.  

I fell in love with these tomatoes as soon as I saw them!  

  This is the only way I like tomatoes, fresh and red and juicy.  I had a red one for lunch and a yellow one for dinner, both with a little salt and pepper.  Isn't the blue farmer's basket pretty?  It looks like cardboard, but it is ceramic, Lindsay gave it to me for Mother's Day. 

I also bought a bag of homemade plantain chips.  They were thin like potato chips and oh, so delicious!  They went really well with the  orange, lemon and garlic Tia Mojito Salsa that I bought at the same booth as the chips. I ate those for lunch and dinner also!

 After the Farmer's Market, Sean and I went home and prepared to go on a bike ride.

We drove to Payne's Prairie, which is almost as far as Gainesville.  The weather was overcast, but not bad.  It started raining on our way there but finished before we arrived.  The trail we were planning on riding was 6 miles long. The scenery was beautiful, and we saw a huge wild turkey and a couple of hawks.  I was so scared that I might see a snake or an alligator, but we didn't.

Halfly on the trail, the sky got really dark and we heard the thunder rumbling. 

As soon as we heard the thunder, the heavens opened and we were immediately drenched.  We had turn around a pedal for 3 more miles to the parking lot. I was so afraid that we were going to be hit by a bolt of lightning, that my adrenalin kept me going.  I thought I heard an alligator rustling in the grass, but it was just the rain.  Once a raindrop hit me so hard on the forehead, that it felt like a paintball.  I could hardly see out of my glasses.  

Finally we got back to the car, and we were cold. It has been 90 degrees, but the rain cooled the temps to 74.  You are probably thinking poor you, 74 degrees!  It is cold when you are "soaked to the brim, right to your skin."

We rewarded ourselves with a homemade Jersey Cream ice cream cone on the way home.  I had sweet potato (it was almost like pumpking with cinnamon) and banana.  

Disneyworld with Sean

Sean and I went to the Magic Kingdom yesterday and yes, it was magical!

 The weather was perfect and so was the company.

 We almost had the whole park to ourselves.

We rode Thunder Mountain three times in a row.  We walked off and walked right back on again.  That is my favorite ride in the whole park!  Sean videotaped us and he said he would post it on his blog.

 

Do you see another soul around?  I was able to rest a little while waiting for the river boat to leave Tom Sawyer's island.  I was texting Ricky :) 

 Sean and I had a lot of fun together.  

We watched a few shows, rode the boat and the train and the jungle cruise.  Sean might post about the jungle cruise too!  We ate at Sean's favorite restaurant in Frontier land I think.....They have hamburgers and you can put whatever topping you want at the topping counter.  We bought some candy, popcorn and ice cream.

I don't really like Space Mountain that much but I am smiling...it must have been at the beginning of the ride!  Sean kept taking pictures of me during the ride but everytime he did, I was blinded by the flash.......maybe that's why I have an annoyed look.  Don't really want to post those pictures. 

This ride is called the people mover.  It rides high like the mono rail and takes you through a few buildings in Tomorrowland.

These two photos are for Kennedy.

We went to the theater on Main Street and noticed that the line to meet Mickey was only 5 minutes long.  We couldn't resist.  Out of all our trips to Disney, I don't think I've met Mickey Mouse before.  He is very charming, he kissed my hand :)

We had a great time.  Don't know when we will be back to Disneyworld again.  Our next trip will be Disneyland.

So long folks!

Isn't she adorable?

Addison, Mabulane and Neo are on a great adventure.......they are moving to Utah to join their siblings and nieces and nephew.  They left Thursday morning and made it to Lincoln, Nebraska tonight.  They have lived with us for two years and the house feels so lonesome without them.  It is just Sean and I.  Ricky is in California all by himself.  We are moving the day after Sean graduates high school.  Lots of changes for our family.  
The week before Addison and Mabulane left, I spent a lot of time with Neo.  I took her to the store with me and she was so good!  She had so much to look at, the lights on the ceiling, the people, her toes.... ha ha ha!!!  She loves her toes!

Oh, I think she sees them.....

 They are the littlest little piggies and she likes to grab onto both of them and put them in her mouth!

 She is wondering why I'm laughing so hard!  I think she is so funny and am always laughing at her!  She loves it.

I think she has spotted the remote control.....don't know why babies like those so much!  Notice her chubby dimply teeny hands?

This is how she looks at me most of the time, with a cute little half smile.

Whoops, she fell over....now she is wearing her serious face.

 You look pretty comfortable Neo!

 Sean is making her laugh!

Turn the music off at the bottom of this page and then watch this funny video.

 Here's another, sorry it's sideways...

I sure do miss you Neo......see you in 5 or 6 weeks.....

Sleep through the night for Mommy ♥

Tampa

Last weekend, we drove to Tampa to have lunch with Greg and Patty.  Greg is Ricky's older brother and of course Patty is his wife!!  We have such a great time with them, and we love them dearly.  Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures.  
After our lunch and really nice visit, Addison, Mabulane, Neo and I drove to Tampa Bay to get some pictures by the water.

 

Addison felt it was important for Neo to have these photos by the water so that she would remember that she is a Florida Gator baby :)

And me?  Well I had my picture taken with Neo so that she would remember that I love her and just because I love having my picture taken with my grandchildren!!! 

 Afterwards we drove to Beach Drive and ate gelato, yum!