2-15-10 **VIDEO INCLUDED**

GATHERING EGGS AT ADCOTE ACRES

A1A BEACH FRONT AVENUE

PATTAPS IN SUNGLASSES

ATLANTIC OCEAN

MODERN ARCHITECTURE, CLASSIC FLORIDIAN COLOR SCHEME


We spent the past three days visiting family in southern Florida. Thursday night we slept at Aunt Bobbie's house in Boynton Beach and Jen accidentally tackled her when hugging her hello. We slept the next three nights at the Sheraton Hotel in Plantation while spending time with Aaron's parents and his grandmother Sally. Saturday we took a day trip to the Fort Lauderdale beach and snuck onto the Ritz Carlton's rooftop deck and scored free caramel/chocolate coated popcorn. Sunday we went to Aaron's third cousin's engagement party in Cooper City. Today we caught a few rays by the hotel pool before packing up and bidding everyone goodbye. One thing particularly unusual about the hotel was the bathroom toilets in both our respective rooms. They gurgled and bubbled all night, and one even overflowed with soapy suds. It looked like a laundry machine overflowing with too much detergent. This afternoon we visited Aunt Barbara in Pompano Beach and brought her flowers because she's recovering from a hospital visit, and ate dinner with Aunt Ruth who conveniently lives just down the road. All in all, it was good family time.

We are currently in Miami Beach and will stay here for a few nights, visiting Kari and Eric Weitz. They should show us a side of Florida we haven't yet seen.