my parents were here and we saw like 50 alligators

also, a visit from my parents meant:

-we ate out a lot.

-the kids were in heaven.

-papa dave did various chores and projects.

-grammy cleaned up after us.

-josh and i went on a date.

-we ate out a lot.

-i lost complete control over my tv and dvr to my golf-watching dad.

-mom and josh scuffled over bananagrams.

the coolest thing we did was go to the everglades. we stood ten feet from an alligator! there was nothing between him and us but sidewalk and grass... no joke! and people were just walking by as if there wasn't a huge predator staring us down.

let me just say, you know you're in for a good time when there's a sign at the parking lot that says "vultures may cause damage to cars".

we also went to the beach. duh. it's winter!

thanks mom and dad. and parker has finally stopped crying about you leaving...