As A Group, We're Not Known For Our Fashion Sense

I met a fellow professor yesterday that used a monacle. Yup, a monacle. It dangled about his neck and he peered through it when necessary.

Sun, Fun & Crab Legs

I had a great weekend with my girls in Orlando over the weekend! Saturday we went out to Jetty Park and enjoyed some beautiful weather. Despite applying sunscreen, twice, I came home quite sunburned! I promise, I am an adult and I do know how to apply sunscreen!

After spending a few hours at the beach laughing, chatting, and wave jumping (apparently I'm bad at this...I always ended up almost losing a piece of my bathing suit and/or with a mouthful of saltwater and/or with saltwater in my eyes), we went to a Hart-family favorite--the tiki bar! They have the most delicious crab legs and sweet potato french fries! Being from a land-locked state, Cydnee was a little reluctant to try them but, after a good dose of peer pressure and a nearly misssed opportunity (ah, ah, ah, cheese sticks!) we all enjoyed a delicious lunch!

Cydnee, Me and Ashley right before we left the beach



Grills Tiki Bar! My favorite biker bar! Yum!



Believe it or not, we got all of this food after inhaling two baskets of sweet potato french fries (with this delicious red pepper jelly...makes my mouth water just thinking about it!)



Ashley played with her food a little bit...



...but I dug right in! It was just as good as I remembered!



After we rolled ourselves out of the tiki bar we had a pretty low-key evening, which was perfect before our day of shopping the next day! That's a whole-nother post! The thrill of the hunt, the posturing for encroaching predators, and the complete satisfaction of the kill (or purchase, if you will)!

P.S. I'm watching the Bachelorette finale...what the!?! Really?? Ed over Kiptyn!?! Boo! Hiss! I'm done with this show.

Ready for a Girls Weekend!

We're headed out of town this weekend! I'm going to spend the weekend with my sister and a couple of our fun Utah girls in Orlando and Jeff's headed to Chad and Janet's in Palm Bay for the week. I've made it very clear that Chad is to return Jeff no later than Sunday, August 2nd--he can be returned earlier but, no later.

I'm looking forward to a fun weekend of shopping and going to the beach! Hopefully I'll have some fun pics to share on Sunday night! I'm not looking so forward to a lonely week at home. Maybe little Violet will pee on Jeff again and then he'll want to come home early! :-)

P.S. Did you all read the article about Tim Tebow in the current issue of Sports Illustrated? Just more reason to love him! 43 more days until kickoff!

Dear Friends,

Please up us eat these. My thighs and Jeff's mid-section would be grateful.

4th of July Fun!

Jeff and I went to our favorite Independence Day spot, St. Augustine, and it was a perfect day! The weather was beautiful, the fireworks were amazing and the company couldn't be beat! I always get a little choked up listening to the national anthem and watching the fireworks. I am so grateful to be an American. We sure have our problems but, I am grateful for the freedoms I enjoy and those who have sacrificed so much to provide and protect them.

This was our view for the afternoon, not too shabby!









Jeff got some skim-boarding in...



Until the guy 30 feet down from us caught this fishing from the beach...



Cool, but scary when you think of the bigger one out there that spawned this little feller



I was so happy with my kosher 4th of July hotdog and sweet potato french fries. They were delicious! 'Till next year my friends...



Then we claimed our spot outside of the fort to watch the fireworks



The barge the fireworks are launched off of



And the show was amazing! Everything is set to music that is heard throughout the city and it's definitely our favorite place to be on the 4th. It's something we recommend everyone seeing at least once!





Happy 4th of July everyone!

New Position Starts Today!

Today's my first day as a Research Assistant Professor! Yay!