Whoo! Hooo! Flip Flops and alot of this!!!

Whoo! Hoo!......I'm so excited!!!  I'm catching  a plane to FL today and joining my family!!  In my last post I shared how disappointed I was to have them leave earlier this week without me and very sad to miss my SIL Bryans homecoming from deployment and all the festivities...... BUT I knew in my heart that I needed to stay behind to assist in my Mama's care and be a part of the many decisions that must be made for her transfer to a nursing home.....so very bummed, but knew somehow the Lord would "make it up" to me......Hey, He's my Wonderful Daddy and He always makes a way for His kids!  So many details began to come together yesterday re OMama's care (our new family acronim for "our mama's care"...LOL!).....God thing, ya'll!!!  My sis is here from NC and we now have peace about my leaving for a week or so ......... Sooooo I'm gettin' the heck out of dodge.....trading my AZ boots for FL flipflops  for a couple of weeks...........

                              

 and plan on doing ALOT of THIS..........

   

Thanking God for Bryan's safe return and honoring all of our men and women 

who serve and protect our great country and their loved ones who

so self-lessly hold down the home front while their sailor is away!!!!

We love you Bryan and are so proud of you!!!

(This photo of Bryan and Katie was the feature photo in the Jacksonville Times Union news story yesterday celebrating the return of the USS McInerney!....They were also interviewed and featured on the evening news!!  Oh and that's my Sweetie and DIL Laraine checking the camera in the background....I may not have been able to be there in person, but how awesome is it that the news media featured Katie and Bryan's reunion and I could watch it on line.......Can you say GOD THING!!!).

I'm Honoring and Saluting our troops!!

and then doing ALOT of this.............

Sittin' under the Jacksonville Beach Pier!

(yes - those are my surf kissed tootsies from my last visit - heaven, ya'll - simply heaven!!)

and ALOT of this........

Eatin' and hangin' at Beach Hut Cafe

(our fam's fav place for breakfast at the beach!!)

and ALOT of this........

Hey, we're Disney World junkies!....

I go from 50 something to 10 in about 5 seconds when I walk thru the gate - LUV IT!! ....LUV BEING A KID AGAIN....WHOO!  HOOO!....(Uh, will someone please pass another mickey mouse shaped waffle my way!!!)

and can't wait to do ALOT of this.....

Just give me a tube and let me float away....HALLELUJAH!!

and  hopefully ALOT of this.....a girl can't ever get enough retail therapy!!  Glory!!

Well, this time yesterday I pretty much figured that I wouldn't be able to join my family in Florida to celebrate Bryan's homecoming festivities......But the Lord worked it all out and I can't wait to get there!!!!  He is soooo faithful!!!

Soooooooo.......

Here I go!!
Yippee!!

Love, Hugs and Sweet Blessings!