Our Florida Vacation

Hey there - just wanted to try to get some pics up from our vacation to Florida. My sister-in-law's wedding went great and she was beautiful! The kids had a great time and we loved being with family! Can't wait to go down there again! Hopefully later this summer...

Our first day was spent just hanging out at Grandma and Grandpa's house while everyone worked on wedding day preparations. Look what Grandma Jill bought for Abigail! She wore this dress allllll day long and couldn't understand the next morning when I told her no, she couldn't wear this dress to the wedding. Yes, it's a pretty dress but this isn't what we're going to wear to Aunt Kelly's wedding.

Even a princess needs her beauty sleep!

Grandpa tells the best stories. He had Abigail's and Jared's eyes and ears locked on him! Rachel enjoyed it too I think!

A very tired princess ready to go check into our hotel room.

Grandpa getting ready to officiate the wedding Saturday morning. Jared and Abigail were perfect stand-ins!

Grandpa (Kelly's dad) officiated Kelly & Danny's wedding. It was really great. First he and John (Kelly's brother, my beloved hubby) both walked her down the aisle and then he turned and officiated the ceremony. It was really touching.

I love this picture of Danny smiling as Kelly walks down the aisle. So sweet!

Kelly, the beautiful bride, Lee Ann (left), Amy (right) - John's three sisters.

All of the family in attendance at this wedding. I love these big family group shots.

John and Kelly.

The good ol' cake in the face shot.

Amy put Kelly's tiara on Abigail. Oh so fitting for my little girly, girl! I can hear the music now, "And here she comes, Miss America!"

After the reception, Jared parked himself at the kitchen sink with a butter knife and a bunch of extra strawberries. He had it down pat: rinse it off, cut off the top, pop it in the mouth, rinse, cut, pop, rinse, cut, pop, rinse, cut, pop! This was one of those moments where it hits me how much my baby boy is growing up! He doesn't need me to prep his strawberries because he's a big boy and can do it all by himself!

A beautiful shot of my baby girl! (and her kissable, smoochable, eat-em-up cheeks!)

My proud boy and his lizard belly!

We learned on this trip that we're going to have to keep an eye on our princess! She seems to like older men! Drew, the best man at the wedding, is admittedly a good looking guy and boy he won Abigail over! She talked his ear off and flirted and made eyes at him all night! She even let him hold her beloved blanket!!! Someone mentioned that she'd given him her blanket and several of us said, "What?! Whoooaaa!!!" The next day she kept asking, "Where's Drew?" I think we've witnessed her first crush!!

Monday was so much fun! First we played arcade games with the kids and redeemed our tickets for fun prizes. Then we raced go-karts. They had two-seater go-karts so Abigail and I raced John and Jared on the first go 'round. Then we swapped off and Jared and I raced Daddy and Abigail. That was fun! Then we spent the rest of the afternoon at the beach before changing and having dinner at the restaurant on the pier. Fun, fun day with the kids!

My Marzullo Men!

My Marzullo Men Building Stuff!

Hey, I can't let Daddy have all the fun. Mommy likes to play in the sand too!

Jared's shirt had "life guard" on the sleeve so he asked if he could go show the life guard. He talked to the life guard for a while, telling him all about the big waves he jumped.

Then the life guard let him sit up on his "perch" for a photo opp.

Who knew a bike rack could be so much fun?

Jared and Grandpa.

Three generations of Marzullo Men!

Family shot before leaving to head home.

Rachel loved her cousin Conner! Unfortunately he didn't return her love in quite the same way. She's a rough and tumble 16 month old who kept sitting on him, wanting him to wrestle with her. He just sat there bug-eyed, pleading for someone to get her off of him!!! I think they'll have a total blast together next year when he's her age and a little more capable of defending himself! They both gave sweet hugs when we left.

A few worn out, zonked out kids on our way home.

They may be tired, but they are still oh, so cool!