We love playing in the Ocean - all pix

I swear we only drink water

ok as we were leaving, we had the bouncer take this picture (above) but the one below I think he snapped when we were dancing AGAIN instead of leaving.....hahaha! Tiffany, you're a maniac!

On da floor

This is the eight of us before our venture out on the town. We had originally planned on going into Orlando to hit some dancing but after a day lounging around on the beach decided to drive to Daytona, only 30 mins away. Good plan!!! Tiffany suggested her old stompin' ground which unbeknowns to us had changed drastically over the years....hee hee! We should have known by the "attire" of some of the guest entering that it probably wasn't what we were looking for but after getting ready and driving the half hour we decided what the heck, it'll be fun!
Ummmm, we were litterally the only white people in the place...well joey and I count as half white, especially after they saw our moves...hahaha
We stuck out like nothing else but that wasn't gonna stop us, heck no, our $10 cover was just as good as anyone elses' so off we went and TOOK OVER DA FLOOR, even Sam and Kevin busted a move. It was really fun, even when they gave a shoutout to their - and I quote - "white peeps" ok like that would ever be ok anywhere else....whatever, we danced our feet off and finally bid our goldtooth friends adieu at 2 in the morning.
A quick stop at Dennys back at the beach for breakfast and desert, and Kevins memorable 8 scrambled eggs, plate of pancackes PLUS quesadillas. Did I mention is was 2 a.m.? The guy is a garbage disposal.
Two nights later Tiffany and I decided to check out a brand new Latin dance club that I had heard about when Sam and I went dancing (well I went dancing, Sam was my personal bodyguard..lol) to the Rockin Ranch in Ormond Beach. It was the 2nd opening weekend of THE MIX in Daytona and we had a BLAST!!!!! Some of the people I had met the previous night were there so we hit the floor right out of the gate. It was super fun and pretty awesome salseros to dance with. As the night wore on we sorta hooked up with a multi-cultural group of students from Panama, Costa Rica, Brazil and Egypt. That's one thing I love about Florida, it's so diverse.

Girls Night Florida

Its become a tradition over the years for us to have a "girls night - no boys allowed" while we're on vacation at the beach. The little girls decorated the condo and kicked us off with a fashion show. We had so much fun this year, eating candy & ice-cream, painting nails, hanging out and watching SOUL SURFER.

Wanna dance?

Ive been bouncing from gym to gym finding zumba classes here in Florida. I met Yana last year, shes from Russia and is my favorite instructor out here. Her style is a lot like mine and her class is a ton of fun. Shes also a bellydancer. After class we were chatting and a guy came up because he overheard I was Irish. He was in Dublin last month teaching lindy hop and swing. A DANCER - woohooo!!! Turned out Joel also teaches/dances salsa....thank you lucky stars....hee hee! He said we should dance - ummmm ok, dont have to ask me twice! So here's the video.....us in the lobby of the YMCA (no music)! When we were done people asked how long we'd been dancing and if we teach lessons, where they could learn from us....hahaha.....we told them "we just met 5 minutes ago....."

What we've been up to......

Hanging at the beach & playing in the sand
Ultimate beach frisbee with the brothers....

Gorging ourselves on seafood at "Aunt Catfish"

Spending time with cousins

100% Irish - Half Mexican

3rd Annual Devine Family Reunion - tons of pics :)

We kicked off the reunion with a circus show downtown. A clown, some contortionists and SUBWAY for lunch, then to Mandys house for manis/pedis. It was super fun to just hang out, chat and laugh like turkeys, cackle cackle cackle.....lol
Mandy made cookies that were to DIE for....so yummy and I think we ate all 6 dozen. This year we began a new tradition of spotlighting ancestors, which was so cool to hear stories about them and see pictures. I decided to start another blog for our family keeping the spotlights and photos for the generations that follow us.
An early morning stroll (umm trudi tried to tag it a "hike") at Floyd Lamb Park. It was such a nice (hot) morning. We walked around the lake and then had a picnic breakfast. Ryan kept the geese away by chasing them and Nana said it wasn't nice to scare them...lol
After the park we went back to our house for water games and then to In-N-Out for lunch.
We had a SURPRISE that Sam, kids and I had kept from the rest of the family. We drove them to an AMAZING pool that we had rented for a few hours. It was SUPER fun...slides, cliffs, swim up bar, a bridge, volleyball court and relaxing patio with the biggest sectional sofa Ive ever seen.
We finished up with the buffet at the Silverton, where Sam pulled a fast one and got us in through the VIP line so we didnt' have to wait two hours. His good looks seal the deal every time.....
Saturday morning we all attended Mandys father in laws funeral. Garth Abbott was a great man and so kind to our family. We will all miss him dearly and know he has gone ahead to do great things on the other side. After a really nice family lunch we came back and finished up our family spotlights, had a talent show and hung out for the rest of the night.
It was a really good time......relaxing, laughing, eating and sharing some tears together. We're already planning for next year and maybe looking at an out of state location....hmmmm??? YESSSSS!!!!

Fourth of July 2011

The 8th annual Salsa congress was in Las Vegas July 4th weekend so this year Sam came with me. It was AWESOME!!!! Amazing performances and amazing dancing after, until 3 in the morning. I'm already prepping for next year.....hahaha! You can see my favorite performance here
The last couple of years we've had a new tradition of staying in Las Vegas to celebrate the fourth of July. We have a big pool party and BBQ during the day and at night all the neighbors come outside and share fireworks.
Somehow this year our house seemed to be the center of the party and we had lots of neighbors hanging out on our lawn so we decided to share a desert and soda. It was fun but before we knew it, it was 10p.m and we had to shut it down and get to bed. Here are some pictures of the night.