Palmer Family: M-I-C-Key West

I guess you could call this a destination wedding, but we did it without the happy couple! After the wedding all the Palmers went to DisneyWorld and then headed down to Key West. The kids were exausted after a long wedding day and then a long Disney day. Drake is out cold in the stroller and Rhett isn't too far behind here.

Key West had beautiful weather this week. The boys spent about 8 hours the first day in the swimming pool with eating breaks every so often. Rockwell became a very good swimmer this week and loves snorkeling. Drake spent a lot of his time in the hot tub even though it was 90 degrees outside with a bold humidity. Rhett will float anywhere and do anything in the water as long as his floaties are one. He did ask me once, "Mom, do these floaties make me look fat?" Holy Cow! It looks like I may have a metrosexual on my hands because later he asked me to not reapply his sunscreen because he wanted to get a nice tan.

Anyhow, here are some photos from our trip. It was a wonderful vacation!

We went to several beaches that had beautiful warm water. The boys would have stayed in the ocean all day if we would have let them.

I know we have a lot of pictures with London in this pose. But it's the surefire way to get her to smile. She loves doing "tricks." Oh, and to all my sisters: look at those pony tails on that 8-month-old!

Here she is in her princess pajamas going to DisneyWorld.

The kids LOVE going to the butterfly museum. You're not supposed to touch the butterflies, but if one lands on you consider yourself lucky and loved. They always seem to land on Rockwell because he is very patient and holds very still and doesn't flinch at all when they come near him.

London would try to grab (and probably eat) the butterflies so we had to watch her carefully. But she would just laugh and giggle as they flew by her.

Here we are at a secret garden that was made from an old Civil War era Naval base. A Naval base in Key West back in the Civil War days you ask? I asked too. It was made to try and keep down the pirate problem that was brewing in that area of the country. The base was never finished because the Civil War started and the soldiers were needed elsewhere. (Just a little random history for you.)

Here is the most famous tourist picture you can take in Key West. It is the marker for the Southernmost point in the US, only 90 miles from Cuba.

My boys love to fish!

They'll always pose for a picture when its not meant for them. But if its for the official family photo we have to torture them to get them to even cooperate!

Again, posing when its convenient for them.

Mom and London on the sunset cruise.

This is Drake walking on the Sandbar in the middle of the ocean.

Drake had a love-hate relationship holding sea critters.

Rockwell loves holding any and all critters.

Rhett finding some shells.

Rhett Dancing on the boat. He does this funny little techno thing with his hands. Look closely and you'll see what I mean.

Mom and Drake on the front of the boat.

There was a point in our boat ride, about an hour in to it, that the water got super shallow and we got stuck in the sand. All the men had to get off the boat to make it lighter, then gently try to ease it out of the sand. There is something thrilling about getting out of a boat in the middle of the ocean and being able to reach the bottom. Plus the water felt really nice!