We have had a very busy last two days of our vacation in Sarasota. Yesterday I found a nice little pastry place downtown that I ate breakfast at. I then came back to the hotel to wait for MAtt to finish. We then went to Hungry Howies and had a pizza for lunch(nice and cheap, but good!!:)) We headed for The Sarasota Jungle Gardens and enjoyed a stroll amid wildlife and palm trees! It was very pleasant. There were crocodiles, alligaters, snakes... and then there were the turtles, they were naughty turtles( if you are interested in the pictures of the naughty turtles I would be happy to share them!) Also there were parrots we could hold, that was fun. Matt just flashed Sarasota Bay, I got distracted TMI< TMI< TMI< TMI:)

Okay, where was I... We came back to the hotal and had our afternoon nap, which is great but causing me to not sleep well at night, then headed to St Petersburg for Tropicana Field and the Devil Ray's v. The Orioles. Great game, Tampa Bay blew it in the 9th, it was just like watching the Cubs:) We met Sarah and Tim there, we have missed them since they moved here from Ft Wayne, Sarah is Mandi's sister. We had a great time searching what seemed like the entire stadium for food!!!

Today was Matt's last day of lectures, our last day to explore:( We didn't do much... had lunch at the Boathouse, located here at the hotel,but on the water. It was good food, and you can't beat sitting on the water! I fed fish through a crack in the floor boards, I think they liked the french fries!! We hung around the pool all day, then came and took our nap!! We went to St Armand's Circle for dinner and ate at Tommy Bahamas, boy was that expensive 72.00 for Matt and I, OUCH...it's a good thing Parkview was paying!!!:) We walked around the circle for a bit... then got our ice cream fix! Maybe we bought some goodies for the kids!!!

I noticed as we were about to leave that the sun was about to set, so I grabbed MAtt and we walked toward the beach. The people were all gathering for the blessed event, as it is considered here. It was SO beautiful, I think it was the best sunset yet, I got a few pictures! I am so glad we went, as the sun set everyone clapped and cheered! We are back at the hotel now, sad that our time here is almost over, but excited to see the kids again.My parents tell me Taylor is crawling very fast now, and Caroline thinks it is funny. Caroline thinks that Jayme's house is the hospital, Julian is beside himself happy to be with Mama and Papa Dee. They golfed today and played baseball, and colored easter eggs. I can't wait to give them all a HUGE hug!!

I also wanted to ask everyone for prayers for Matt's family. His Grandfather had recent surgery to remocve lung cancer and is not doing well. On this Easter please pray for him to be comfortable and to be with his Grandmother through this difficult time. His family very much will appreciate that.

See you all in Fort Wayne on Sunday!