Vaykaysheeon!

Taking some time off this week to decompress after what became a rough couple of months of day in-day out work/kids/family/aaahhhh! Not going to Disney, not some tropical island. Just the house! Geocaching, movies, and naps! Lots of naps!

First day was mine to get away. My big hobby is geocaching. It's fun for the whole family, but some geocaches are not for kids. Like the trails of the University Of West Florida in Pensacola. So, I went solo on this trip. Traveled through some swampy areas, great hiking trails, and flies! The flies were insane! Like pilots who scream past tower control, these pests hounded me the entire time, flying in my ear... circling my head, flying into my head. Just crazy! Bug spray didn't even help. The bugs didn't stop me from finding 9 geocaches for the day. A new best day record for me. Read more on my geocaching blog. http://www.gravelshot.com/

On Independence Day, my wife, Holli, and kids were off for the day. Holli's family always has a July 4th family reunion. It's in Mississippi. So we took a road trip up there to see parts of her family she hadn't seen in years... and can't remember who they all are! One of the cousins had 11 kids and they introduced themselves to me as numbers. All of thier names started with "L," but insisted they were remembered by the order they were born. "Hi I'm number 4, she's number 5." We got a pretty good downpour that afternoon. It didn't stop my wild boys from playing and having fun in the rain.

Back to watching "Deadliest Catch" DVD's, and oh yeah... a nap.

See ya next week!