Cooper City

He's only one foot from the boat

If only there were also a Meredyth City! haha we had an awesome time visiting one of my favorite places in the world...Uncle Scott and Aunt Kathy's house. I hadn't been since right before I went to college. Cooper had never been, so it was a good bonding experience with family while we enjoyed relaxing and having fun on our Labor Day weekend. We couldn't get off of work long enough to stay as long as we would've liked, but there was still plenty of time to squeeze in some things we had never done as well as enjoy their company. Besides being so loving and caring to us, they are hilarious and loads of fun. You can imagine there was never a dull moment. I was content with visiting while sipping Aunt Kathy's sweet tea in the pool while watching football on the outdoor TV. However, there was still plenty of fun to be had. We kicked off the trip with an Everglades tour. "How far is that, Uncle Scott?" -20 minutes. That's the standard answer for everything. "Where's the beach?" "How far is it to Miami?" "How long before we get to downtown Ft. Lauderale?" Twenty minutes from all that is quite a location for living.

Following the boat ride was a demonstration at the zoo there. This guy was showing us what not to do at home.

After the Everglades, we enjoyed the pool, football, and waited on Kaylea and Ryan to get there. Later that night, we went to the Marlins game. Although Marlin baseball isn't quite as intense as Cardinal country, I did get to support my husband and his love for the Braves, who actually ended up winning.

The surprise guests who threw out the first pitch were rappers Fat Joe and Pitbull. Both are pretty good and have done a catchy mainstream song or two. Pitbull is more of a Latin booty-jams kind of artist, but it's catchy nonetheless. He screamed out "Miami! Where my Latinos at in the house to night?" Kaylea and I couldn't understand him, so we screamed as well. All the latinos around us were looking at us like we were weird. But then again, we are the minority. The next day, we went to downtown Ft. Lauderdale by the New River to enjoy some Jazz music and go sight see. There were tons of dogs and babies, so we enjoyed our people watching. We ended up eating at an Irish pub with the best fish ever on the river and taking a cruise to see all the mansions in Ft. Lauderdale. It was tons of fun to see where the owners of Taco Bell and Netflix lived. We also saw the Miami Vice house. There are too many to list, so check out the photo album on Facebook. Below is my favorite house.