Miami sunrise..

We went to the beach the morning we left Miami. It was so peaceful and quiet. It was nice to spend some time there before we had to take off for Oregon.. I will miss Miami so much and I am so grateful we had the opportunity to spend our summer there!

The Last of Miami...

This is just the last of our summer pictures in Miami. We were so sad to leave but will have some wonderful memories that we will always charish. Here are just a few pictures to wrap up our summer there. Sam's manager had one of their last meetings as a pool party. I just took some picutes of the guys playing around. Then there is a picture of me and Christina, one of the girls I played with all summer, running from the beach after it started pouring down rain.. it was a sunny day! I took a picture of a frog that came knocking at my door one night while I was cooking dinner.. It scarred me! We had an opportunity to eat dinner at one of Sam's converts house. Her name is Miraya and she is Nicaraguan and made us yummy carne asada and beans and rice! It was delicious! Sam and I had the opportunity to go to the Everglades before we left. We didn't take a tour but we were able to go out into a swamp and look for alligators.. but no luck, there was just too much water because the summer is the rainy season. When you go out there during the winter you can see a lot of them swimming around because the swamp isn't so swampy! Then we were also able to go to a Marlins game.. It was awesome! We paid 12 bucks each and we were able to scoot down to about 10 rows up from the field because not many fans showed up! I guess that's how pro sports are out in Florida, no one supports them. And then there is a picture of Sam and I at the beach, our last day trip.. It was sad knowing that we were leaving all that behind to go back to rainy Oregon.. And then our last night out to dinner with Grant and Genie. It was so awesome to stay with them. Thank you so much guys for making our summer amazing!

Sam's 25th Birthday- August 17, 2008

What an awesome day we had. First to start it off we were able to borrow Grant and Genie's car, thanks to them going to Guatamala for a week, and drive down to Miami to visit 2 wards from Sam's mission. There are two pictures in there from that fun experience. It was awesome to see a couple of his converts and to go to a Spanish ward! Then we were able to drive around and see a lot of his area. I took a picture by a tree that I absolutly love out here in Miami. They are so awesome, vines grown from the branches, connect to the ground and grow roots, so you end up with multiple tree trunks. I love the vegitation out here, because of the rain that comes in mass quantities it is so green and beautiful! Then we went out to dinner at a place that is like Rodizzo's in SLC, all you can eat meat! Just what Sam loves. His friend Rhett came with us. I made Sam a chocolate cake for his birthday! It was a first for me and surprisingly it turned out pretty good.. he really liked it, or so he says! I gave him a golf driver and a new jordan hat! What a great birthday babe!

And last but not least from Key West

I just loved this picture of Sam and I on the beach in Key West. It was so fun to take off on a weekend and spend it together with family and friends.. although Brody is now a part of the Kelly family.

More favorites from Key West

So we had one discovery while we were in Key West. Taco Bell.. and not just any Taco Bell, but probably the best Taco Bell any of us had ever tasted! It was amazing.. the buritos, crunchwraps and tacos were stuffed full of meat and vegetables and it was piping hot. We all had to laugh because we at there really late on Saturday night and then again on Sunday.. it was that good. So we took pictures to remember our wonderful Taco Bell experience in Key West..
And then of course we had to go to the Key Lime store to have the famous Key^West Lime pie. I chose to get it on a stick, frozen and dipped in chocolate and Sam just had a traditional slice. It was incredible! Only the best from Key West!!

My favorite in Key West

So I took a lot of pictures in Key West. These were my favorite. Sammy and Joey.. It was so cute to walk behind them and just see her hold on tightly to his first finger.. He is so cute with kids even though he says he doesn't have much patience, he really does. He will be a great daddy someday.



















This picture is of the boys all being a little goofy. The reason we wanted this picture to be taken is because there were two boys out on these rocks making hearts with their hands and we weren't able to snap a picture.. so we had these guys do it instead.. I can't believe they actually did!

And this of course is the typical Key West photo. We are standing at the Southern most point of the US and it was awesome!

Weekend in Key West

What an awesome weekend we just had. Fer, Liz, Joey, Brooke, Grant, Genie, Michael, Sam, Me and Brody all went to Key West this last weekend. We had a blast. The weather was awesome, the water was warm and we couldn't have asked for anything more. We drove down on Saturday morning, 4 hours later arrived on Key West. It was an awesome drive. The views that you were able to take in were breath taking.. The 7 mile bridge was awesome, and yes it is really 7 miles although it didn't feel like we were on it that long. Once we arrived we were all starving, so we checked into our hotel and headed to downtown. We got there around 2 o'clock and ate at about 3. We ate at this place called Cheeseburger that was really good. Michael had just been in Hawaii a couple weeks earlier and ate at Cheeseburger in Hawaii. There are only 4 or so locations.. so that was fun and really good! Then we headed off to the beach, which was a bit of a dissapointment. We were used to our sandy clean beaches that were really nice, with no seaweed and soft sand. This beach had a smell that was aweful and the beach was hard sand with lots of rocks in it. But we still had fun playing on the beach while the boys all swam in the water. We stayed there for awhile and then headed to our hotels, we were all exhausted. We woke up the next morning, Sunday and just stayed at the hotel pool all day, till about 1:30 or so. It was actually the hotel next door pool area but they said we could go over there. We drank a Pina Colada, virgin of course, and it was delicious. Then we headed to the Key Lime store and enjoyed some fresh Key Lime pie. It was a wonderful weekend and we loved spending time with our family!