Somerset Trip

We made our annual trip to visit the Somersets in Tallahassee over Memorial Day and as usual, a great time was had by all. The kids want us to buy a house in their neighborhood so we can walk to their house.

 

One of our activities for the weekend was a trip to Wakulla Springs State Park. It is of one of the largest and deepest freshwater springs in the world!  It hosts tons of cool wildlife including alligators, turtles, deer, and birds.  We took a boat tour through the spring and  experienced all the nature we could handle.

 

The gators were out in full force during our cruise.

 This is what Abster had to say to the gators!

Jackson was into the reptiles and enjoyed spotting all the hidden animals.

 Swimming is a popular activity that we took part in. Well kind of... the water was cold and only Catie and Naomi actual swam. They did have a super high dive platform that required incredible courage and guts to jump off. Of course, only Steve and Ann displayed those qualities and made the jump...

The "cousins" are all ready for some blueberry picking. 

Against all our wishes, Wendy made a bold move and planned blueberry picking anyway. She made a great call, because we all had a great time and picked enough blueberries to stock every Publix in Tallahassee!

Abby all ready to find some berries. 

What is that in Ann's hand, what an iPhone? What a surprise....

Jackson had to make it a contest to see who could pick the most berries. Of course it was boys against girls!

 Naomi and Catie were bound and determined to win the contest!

Mom and Dad got into the action too.

Pick a berry, eat a berry.....

Jackson and Andrew were in a serious battle to pick the most berries!

Two of us are missing...

 After picking her weight in blueberries, Abster sat down like a mule and would not move. Dad had to crack the whip and carry her part way out.

After all that time picking and posturing over who could pick the most berries, we forgot all about the contest when we checked out! I think we were all too shocked at our combined loot!

Wendy and Josh signed us up for a cooking class that included a bunch of Wendy's "muscle head" friends form her gym. Despite being forced to hang out with a bunch of fitness models, they were actually all very nice and a lot of fun. 

Your eyes are not deceiving you. Yes, that is Ann in a kitchen cooking! She was a master with the knife and peeled the mango like an expert. All the meals that the group made were of the healthy variety, so obviously they were all new to us!