Happy Birthday Smokey the Bear!

The Museum of Natural History was free along with cake and hotdogs in celebration of Smokey's birthday.

The school bell is ringing again!

In our county teachers had to go back on August 6th and students followed in on August 13th. Wakulla is one of the top 10 districts in the State of Florida, so we get to ignore the "Save Our Summers" law. Zac is now in 2nd grade and Gracie started kindergarten this year. Gracie was really excited about the first day of school, but Zac would have rather slept in! I can't believe how fast kids really do grow up. Gracie has Jacob Cardoza in her class (how cool, they were born 3 hours a part and now they sit next to each other in kindergarten). Gracie is also in class with my friend Haley's daughter Madison(Haley and I went to elementary school together). Zac and Gracie catch the bus from my school, so they have to get up pretty early. It's cute to see all of the teachers' kids together. Our wonderful friend and tech lady Molly sees that they all get safely on the bus.

Our last Wakulla Springs trip of summer break :(

We met up with a lot of friends over the summer at Wakulla Springs. It was great! The hardest part of the summer was dodging the Florida showers! Zac now jumps off of the bottom tower and Brandon and Sydney braved the top tower. Heck I jumped from the top for the first time in years, I had forgotten how fun/scary it is. The water is so cold, but it really is refreshing once you get in and get used to it. There is always a little shade available for those of us who prefer less exposure to the sun. You know it never really feels as hot at Wakulla Springs, very nice place to enjoy your picnic lunch.