Gator Hunting

You may not know this about me, but I am an alligator hunter!! A few years ago, my name was drawn in the LA gator lotto! I have been gator hunting every year since then, and it gets better and better each year! The first year, I did get a gator. He was a small (about 5 feet) one, but I got one! This year, Greg's name was drawn, so I went with him. He got the big daddy!! I was in the boat, my heart was racing, and I got every bit (except the parts in which I chickened out and hit pause) on video!! This pic doesn't do our gators justice, but they were 9 and 11 feet long!!! I was shivering sitting a few inches away from the 11 foot "tree shaker" in the boat! And, yes, it was just like Swamp People, but with more teeth!!

Gulf Shores

How busy have I been...so busy that I'm just now (in October) posting Summer vacation pictures!! Instead of one big summer vacation, we bought a new camper and went on several! However, this Gulf Shores vacation was a GIRLS ONLY trip with Callie, my sister, and me! The view from our room was amazing, and a little nauseating if you stood on the balcony too long! It was a perfect mini girls' vacation that ended the day before my surgery! You'd think that the 3-6 weeks of recovery would have given me some down time to update a blog! No, I was too busy interviewing at schools all summer long! I am very lucky to have landed exactly where I should be-at Central!