Mom's turn:SOBE a.k.a. South Beach

Sweet snuggles

Travis had a presentation to do in Miami Beach for our company, UOS, so he invited Teeny and I along to make it a family vacation.

Sharing a piece of paradise

We drove 14 hours so we could bring our fur-babies…they are so worth it!


Samson and O'Malley enjoying the ride...well one of them anyway.

We passed through St. Augustine, FL which is the oldest inhabited town in the USA. It was established by Don Pedro Menendez in 1565, “forty-two years before the English colony at Jamestown, Virginia, and fifty-five years before the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts - making it the oldest permanent European settlement on the North American continent.” We have to throw some education in there for Teeny’s home schooling, but what a fun way to learn! Travis stopped at a wonderful spot on the beach for us where we got out and let the dogs run.

St. Augustine beach

The sand was amazingly soft and made up entirely of crushed shells. We drove on in to Miami Beach and, after checking into the hotel, went to the beach to float our troubles away in the wonderfully warm Atlantic Ocean. We stayed at the Chelsea that was decorated in a Zen-like atmosphere with amber lighted rooms and floating Japanese style furniture and right in the middle of town so we could walk everywhere.

a room similar to ours

We ate lots of wonderful food at restaurants like the Big Pink, La Sandwicherie, and several other lovely places and then walked all over the strip looking in on Miami Ink and their new club down the road along with many other stores all along the way. We enjoyed learning about the art deco style that is famous in South Beach

Teeny and I playing in a round wall decoration

a building in the art deco style - lots of round corners

and also the beautiful original coral house that is being renovated for a restaurant.

original coral house in SoBe

We even saw part of the filming of Burn Notice on the strip and lots of Quaker parrots, also known as monk parrots.

here birdie, birdie, birdie

And of course we filled the rest of the hours with splashing in the waves and shopping. The trip was a success because Travis said his meeting went AWESOME and he felt really confident with his and David’s presentation…all I know is that he looked super handsome and very professional when he left and I’m proud to be his wife.

my hubby, CEO of UOS...I'm so proud

On our return trip, we passed through the Everglades and drove up the west coast of Florida to see the rest of the state. We drove and drove and drove!!!!! Naples was beautiful with all of the very large houses, but the rest of the drive was kind of plane and rainy. Vacation is over; back to reality…we stopped by the Biloxi house to finish packing and drove on in to Baton Rouge.

relaxed and ready to take on the world

handsome blue eyes, no wonder I love him so much!

sandy smiles

BEAUTIFUL!