We're Moving...

That's right we're packing up and heading South. No, not South Georgia, South Florida! Can you believe it!?!? Adam got an opportunity for a transfer to the Miami area and I think we're taking it. It's an amazing opportunity and he's really excited about a change of scenery, not to mention the $$$! We had a realtor set up some appointments for us so we flew down to check out some properties this weekend and here's a pic of our new digs, from the "backyard"...

Just teasing, about the move anyway. We did spend the weekend in South Florida but for a reason much more believable... We met Adam's parents and brother in Ft. Lauderdale on Wednesday for a short weekend to go to the National Championship game in Miami. The trip started out a little rocky. Our flight was delayed, by 4 hours! So it was a long time going back and forth in the airport trying to get on another flight. We ended up getting the last 2 stand-by seats on a flight that left at 3:30 instead of 4:00 so we got there a little sooner... but we missed our whole first day and got there just in time for dinner and checking in the hotel.

But the next day was great. The weather was perfect, 80 and sunny. Just like here. ;0) We had a great breakfast at our hotel, which was really nice and newly remodeled. It had lagoons, gardens, fountains, waterfalls, swans, koi ponds and the rooms were really nice too. After breakfast we headed to downtown Ft. Lauderdale. We took a walk across a draw bridge (because we were tired of sitting in traffic) and saw the boats going under. In the distance you could see the ocean and several cruise ships in port.

When we got to the other side of the bridge, we met up with the car and drove to the water taxi. It was a great day to be on the water. The taxi takes you down the canals and rivers in the city. You can get off and on at different shops and restaurants and then get back on and ride some more. We stayed on for about 2 hours and then got off and walked to the beach and found somewhere to eat lunch.

The taxi takes you past huge mansions, yachts and marinas. They also told you who lived in what house and who sold who yachts, and how much they cost. The boats cost way more than the mansions!! One house cost $18 million and the boat in front of it was $34 million! Crazy! We rode past one house that had a yacht docked on one side and 4 red Ferraris parked in their showroom-like garage. We rode past hundreds of houses on canal after canal and yacht after yacht... people in Ft. Lauderdale have some $$$$!!!! It was really fun to "window shop".

After lunch, we headed back to the hotel to freshen up and change into our game gear! We got the stadium about 6:30 and got a great parking spot right in front with all the tailgaters. It felt like a real college game. Most of the tailgaters were Florida fans and some made comments as we walked by. We got in the stadium and got to our seats and were there as the Sooners took the field for warm ups. It was so exciting! Everyone was soooo ready for the game! The bands played and the fans went crazy! Sooner fans were out numbered, but we still made some noise. There was a fighter jet fly-over at the end of the National Anthem and they went right over us, we were about 10 rows from the top of the stadium...it was so fun. They did fly-overs at the other Championships and it's always exciting! The game was super exciting. It was super close the whole time, until the last 10 minutes. There were lots of cheers and lots of near tears moments but we still had hope. We stood up the entire game and tried to out scream the Gator fans...We were all hoarse and exhausted the next morning. When we saw that the game was taking a turn for the worse we left with about 3 minutes to go and headed to the car. We got back to our hotel about 12:30 and stayed up watching replays of the game. It was a long, late night! The next morning we ate at the hotel, again, and then headed down to Miami Beach. We stopped off at the beach and went for a short walk. It was another gorgeous day, just windy. There was a kite surfer flying up and down the beach. After brushing the sand off our feet we got back into the car and headed to the team hotel, the Fontainebleau, to find OU t-shirts. It was the most lavish, enormous, over the top hotel I've ever been to. It was nicer than the Ritz on Maui!! It was amazing, hard to describe really (you should check it out online). The shirts were all sold out but it was still fun to see the hotel. Adam also ran into one of the OU players and got talk to him and shake his hand. That was better than a shirt for him.

I only had one place I really wanted to go while we were in South Beach, Miami Ink. For TLC viewers you know what I'm talking about...for the others it's a tattoo shop. They have a weekly 30 minute show on TLC and it's so interesting. I love to watch it, they're amazing artists and it's relaxing to watch them draw/tattoo. We drove by and I was able to get a quick pic before traffic forced us on. For dinner we ate on Ocean Drive right across from the beach in an outdoor sidewalk seafood cafe'. The food was good and people watching was very interesting. After dinner it was time to go to the airport. We got stuck in traffic on the way there, but it was okay because we were right across from the cruise ships and 4 of them were leaving port full of people, heading out to sea. It was fun and sad because I wanted to be on those boats!!! Our flight home was on time and uneventful. We got home about 10:00 that night and spent the rest of the weekend in our pj's (in rainy, foggy, & cold weather).