Celebration Station in Tampa

Someone in the house feels like this:

She's blowing snot bubbles and her cough sounds worse than it is...But, I just fed her some toast, cheese and water and now she's jammin' to Black Eyed Peas. I think we're on the upswing!! Dang, airport germs. We just returned from a very fast and extremely celebratory weekend in Tampa Florida to celebrate this guy:

My dad turns 50 this week and my sisters and mom planned a HUGE surprise for him. It involved four of his siblings, two of his nieces, three of his grandkids and some other Tampa residents who are somehow related to Dan or to me. (haha!) It was a really good surprise. He had no idea all those people loved him so much. There were lots of good times and family story swapping.
My sisters and cousins Karen and Jennifer. So fun to see all these people outside of Indiana where we usually reunite. (not pictured, Uncle Mark, Aunt Sis, Aunt Mary Grace and Aunt Carrie, Granny Claire, Uncle Denny, Aunt Jenny .... my camera was replaced by taking care of the baby).
We also had a tea party baby shower for Raschelle and soon-to-come Ella! It was a neat little Bed and Breakfast and we got to visit with more family and bless the Myricks with lots of lovely little baby things.

Here are the two pregnant sheilas in the fam: 20 weeks and 35 weeks...give or take a few:
Oh yah! David Haller lives in Tampa. Though the weekend seemed to be focused on DeGeyters, we penciled in some Uncle Dave time and saw him for a second or two!! It was a cold night on the beach but still so good to see him!

Lastly, we celebrated Allie's birthday! We had a strawberry shortcake themed breakfast and partied in the sunshine with Allie and Zach. Such a fun filled weekend