"Sweet Summertime"

Alex "Beast", Christina "Bean", Daren & Me

at The Square Grouper...YUM

Bean & Alex

at Boondocks...Love 'em!

Bean, Sarah "Snoop", Me & Ivers

at Boondocks

Daren & I at The Hemmingway House

Daren, Pat, John, Me & Ivers

at The Hemmingway House

Totally "Key West" and us...being us!

The BEST mojito ever!

Indication of how interested I was on

the Ghost Tour

The Dry Tortugas

Travis, John, Ivy, Daren, Me, Pat & Bean

at The Island Grill (one of our favs)

The Jagodnik/Lynch Family

The girls at a local dive

The cutest brother and sister-n-law

picture...I love it!!!

Snoop and Bean at Sea Base

(good little worker bees)

You have to have one...a frozen

cocktail at Flying Monkey

Pat, Travis, Bean, John, Ivy, Me & Daren

Sisters at Finnegan's Wake

The Irish...and Italian at Finnegan's Wake

Ivy, John, Bean, Alex, Lizzie & Daren

at Big Pine Restaurant...our last morning...I hate goodbyes!

I cannot believe summer is halfway over!  We could not have started our summer off any better!  The first week of June we flew down to Key West to visit my sister and meet up with our best friends, Ivy, John and Pat.  As the 3rd annual trip, it was the best of them all!  We have our favorite restaurants which are a must, the hot spots which occupy our days, and new touristy attractions we added to our week.  Bean was an incredible host, as always, and her friends are a wonderful reflection of my awesome sister!  The highlight...we finally got to meet Alex, and we love him!

Christina truly lives in Paradise!  We had days by the pool, house projects, incredible meals, the Hemmingway House, a Ghost Tour, an adventure to the Dry Tortugas, the beach at Fort Zachary Taylor, walks down Duval, local bars, Key Deer sightings, and countless laughs, conversations and unforgettable memories!