Tampa (part 1)

Wow! Its been a couple of weeks, we've been all over the country, and have been so busy! So lets catch up on whats happened. (Unfortunately I might not be able to remember all the little details or just won't take the time to cover everything)

This was my first trip to Tampa since my family moved there in January. Its on the gulf coast (west coast) of Florida and its more in the central part of the state. It basically looked like it was a part of the South, like Georgia or something with all the spanish moss and the ocean didn't have a tropical feel. But it was nice to be with my family. Dad picked up me and Blaine from the airport on his way home from work and we stopped at Papa Johns on the way home. After pizza we had a nice homemade moist chocolate cake ready and waiting to be devoured. After a brief singing/piano playing session, we played some basketball in the driveway and jumped in the pool! Here are some highlights of that week:

Austin had football 2-a-days and was disciplined about going to bed early. I was impressed!

Aaron had some football too and we even took him to quarterback training one day. (Blaine's in his coaching outfit)

But lets not get ahead of ourselves. On our first day, I went with Mom and Alivia to their school to help my mom set up her new classroom. It has a cute tropical/under the sea theme.

Then that evening, we went over to tour USF's athletic facilities. Abbie even said she wished she went there because the campus is so beautiful.

The practice football fields. They play their games at the Buc's stadium.

Our All-American track athlete :)

Then we saw Dad's office, complete with nice big windows

The next couple are of the Sundome where basketball plays. The inside looked like Oregon's that we saw last month.

After USF, we went to Tijuana Flats for some dinner at a new Tampa family fave.

The whole place was covered in color!! And the walls were covered in pictures of famous people eating here.