Spring Break, Florida 4-11/4-18-2009

I am the luckiest mom ever!! My mom, sister, and her best friend had planned to go to Florida for spring break this year. They ended up with an extra ticket due to family drama so my mom asked if I would be interested in going. Heck yeah, so I called my mother-in-law right away to see if she could watch my 3 little girls so that I could go to Florida for a week. She agreed and I was so excited!
We left early Saturday morning, and arrived in Tampa late that night. My mom had rented a beach condo in Reddington Florida, so we rented a car and drove about 45 minutes to our Beach House for the week.
Here are some pictures of our cute Condo!

This is were my sister Starlee and her friend Hillary slept on the hide-a-bed.

Reading New Moon before the movie comes out!(Without any interruption's, SO WEIRD)

This is where my mom and I slept in a little loft!

Swimming of Course


After unpacking and getting our house all ready we headed to our Private Beach, in Reddington. So Beautiful, 80 degrees, low humidity, Perfect!

Yeah, Reddington Beach!


Getting Ready for the Beach!


Floating in the Hot Sun, in the Ocean

Today we went to the Florida Aquarium. It was an over cast day so we got to see a lot of shows indoors. Dolphins, Sting Rays, Otters, Turtles, etc.

Lots of Fish at the Florida Aquarium


Dolphins, Yeah!!

Today we spent the entire day at Busch Gardens. Busch Gardens is known for their huge roller coasters. Star, Hill and I rode every one twice, and we got to sit in the front row on each roller coaster. The best day ever, so much fun!

Crazy, Huge, Fun Roller coasters @ Busch Gardens


Flamingos at Busch Gardens


Our last day here was a beautiful day. We spent our evening watching the sun set on the beach. Sad day, but memories to last a life time!



Good-Bye Beautiful Florida!

Easter is Almost Here!!

Let the Easter Egg Hunts Begin! I don't know about your families but my girls get to participate in a lot of egg hunts. With church, school, and families that equates to quite a bit. They love it though, and this was Laycee's first time being able to actually get eggs. She is so cute running to get the pretty eggs. Boy as soon as she gets them open the candy is gone! We hope you all have a Happy Easter this year spending time with your families and kids. We love all of you!
Addison

Kylie

Laycee


Laycee "smiling" for the picture! He, He

Happy St. Patricks Day Everybody!

Every St. Patricks Day we have a green dinner and a treasure hunt for the leprechauns gold. This year I invited my mom & little sister Starlee, and my other sister Hayley and her family to come celebrate green day with us. I made green fettuchini, green salad, green juice, and we frosted green clover cookies for dessert. It was a lot of fun and the girls love running around the house finding shamrock clues to find their treasure.

Our Green Table


Fun Green Food, Oh Yeah!


Shamrock clues to find the Treasure


We found the Treasure, Wahoo!!

We even found the leprechaun too! He,He!

2009 Chevy Traverse!!

Well, are car is officially "Totaled!" So the Cochran Fam gets a new car, Wahoo!! Nate and I have been looking at the Traverse ever since it came out in the fall.

So yesterday, we went to Brent Brown and purchased a 2009 Chevy Traverse! It seats 8 and has a DVD player; which was Addi & Kylie's one request. Love,it, Love it! It was so much needed, we were getting pretty squished in our little Rodeo. Thank you Nate, Thank you Daddy!