NTJGT Gainesville...

Two days after getting home from Turks & Caicos, the boys had a golf tournament at one of the local courses. Roen didn't play amazing but well enough to tie for 2nd. Remi went out and had a heck of round and tied for 6th. Overall, for not getting in any practice for the past week, I was pleased!

Remi:  83

Roen: 77

I had to walk for the first half of the tournament, so my pictures are sparse. I was also solo since Micah needed to be in the office, so I had to split my time between the two boys. Thankfully, (hallelujah) Micah snagged a cart around lunch and came to my rescue!

There are moms out there who walk every round for the steps and exercise... let me be very clear, that is not this mom. I want to have my cooler of Waterloos, my snacks, several books, my cute seat cover that keeps my legs from sticking to the seat, a place to put my drinks, and a place to prop my feet up! When they told me they ran out of carts, I wanted to load up and go home.... hahahaha!!

Turks & Caicos Family Photography...

I am so thankful we did these pictures while we were all together! It is so hard to get every single person, at one place, at the same time, and so, this fantastic idea was yours truly! You all know how much I love pictures!

I don't think any of the men or children were real thrilled, but they are done and I think everyone got at least a few shots they feel are worthy of framing! The wind was brutal, so the beach shots weren't great!

And I haven't really touched on this, but there were several medical complications, and up until the very last day, we weren't even sure everyone would be able to come. So, that makes these pictures that much more special. As I look back over these pictures, the very last one has to be my favorite. It represents what is most important in life, and that is the loved ones right beside you, and the blessing of right now. We aren't promised tomorrow, next summer or next year, so lets love each other big, right now, in the present! Make the time, take the trip, and love on your people every chance you get!

Our Last Day in Turks & Caicos...

This was our last day to live it up! We beached, relaxed, and shell collected as long as we could before having to start packing, deflating floats, drying shells, and then getting ready for dinner!

In honor of Prince, we decided we would have one night where we all wore purple for dinner! And our incredible host also gave us the most beautiful table set-up in honor of our last night. Please note, that he even moved the table, so the sunset would set right between the palm trees and line up perfectly with the table... the spoiled us! It was the most perfect ending to such a special and incredible experience!

I ended with a few moonlight pictures of the property taken from the security tower and then a few pictures of the next morning as we waited for transportation to the airport!

Turks & Caicos Day Six...

This day was a fun little change of pace!

Us girls had planned a day of going to town for shopping and honestly, thought the guys would want no part of it! But Micah was ready to go do something, I was not a bit surprised that Roen didn't want to miss out on the shopping, and if you know Remi, he is not real keen on being away from his 'people'. We hit up two differnt shopping areas and had great luck in finding tees, gifts, local arts, and even stumbled upon an eating challenge that Roen just couldn't pass up. You can see the progression of the pictures from starving and excited, to hitting his full-o-meter, to accepting defeat, to the Wall of Shame! It was all very entertaining to say the least!

After we got back, we all prompting put on our swimmers and spent the rest of the day in the pool! So that our chef could have the night off, we ordered take-out pizza and we loved our easy dinner night that didn't require showers or getting dressed up! There was pool karaoke, cousin pool ball, and late-night Yahtzee, dominos, and Mexican Train. 

And I snapped a picture of the moon because it was magical!