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We took a trip to Miami last weekend. It was just the girls and I since Dh couldn't take anytime off from work right now. We left on Wednesday and got back on Sunday. I'm sure the question you are asking is " Why did you go?" The main reason was the girls had their yearly C.A.R. state conference in Deerfield Beach. A great secondary reason was to visit my SIL and her family, including the cute twins that are 1.5 years old now. God had worked it out so that they were living down there while her husband worked a temp. job in one of the Miami hospitals. They are actually coming home at the end of this week.We drove down on Wednesday. That is a long drive (5.5 hours not including the stops) After we arrived, we took a walk over to the beach which was 1.5 blocks away. The girls weren't really able to swim due to rough surf but they enjoyed playing in the sand and water edge. Thursday was a trip to the Miami Metro zoo. It was hot!!! We didn't see too much of the animals because they were off in the shade laying still. Friday morning was another trip over to the beach. The girls didn't even get in the water that day because the surf was even rougher and we saw quite a few washed up Man of War jellyfish so we didn't want to take the chance of someone getting stung. They had a great time building sand castles though!
Friday afternoon, we headed up to Deerfield for the conference which started that night. We were all pretty busy as I was Sr chairman of Pages/Aides/Flag bearers, the twins were pages, Longlegged girl was our society flag bearer and Eldestof5 did everything else or at least it seemed like it. She was running for a state office so she had to give a campaign speech. She did very well in spite of the fact she mistakenly said she had a daughter instead of a dog :-) After the meeting, the children went to the beach to either play black light volleyball or fish off the pier.
Saturday morning was another meeting. Both Eldestof5 and Longlegged girl had state chairman reports to give along with Eldestof5's society president report. It was voted to just accept the nominated slate as elected since no office was contested therefore Eldestof5 is the new state organizing secretary! After the meeting was free time and games on the beach. That night was the awards banquet with the ball afterward. All the girls and guys looked so nice in their dresses and suits. We headed back to SIL's house late as Puddin' had stayed there.
Sunday came way too early for me as I hadn't gone to sleep until after 1:30 and Puddin', who was sharing a bed with me, woke me up around 7:30. In addition, a rain storm had woke me up during the night. I was apparently the only one in the house that had heard it and if it hadn't been wet outside, I would have thought I dreamed it. We headed out by midmorning for home and I was, thankfully, able to make it home with lots of coffee.
I will try and post some pictures this week but I am playing catch up with everything and trying to keep up with keeping the house clean. We have had 2 showings so far for which I am thankful.
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