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Our weekend in the Florida Keys...

I didn't think I would ever get as many questions about a trip as I did about the Disney Cruise last year....but let me tell you...you all had so many questions about our weekend in the keys!  So I decided to skip right over our Bahamas trip from this year and write up a Keys blog post first! I'll keep it short and sweet! We live in Tampa so we were able to make the drive with the girls.  It took just over 5 hours and we stopped once in Naples for some coffee and donuts.  We did meet up one day with my Uncle who flew down and he flew into Fort Lauderdale and rented a car to drive to Key Largo.  (Key Largo is the first key) Like many of you my husband and I had been to Key West before kids and that trip involved mostly drinking and eating and drinking our way around the island.  Heading down with the kids I knew this trip would be a little different. I chose Key Largo for the main reason that it was A.) Closest and B.) We had never been. On Ke

Tropical Guestroom Refresh [Welcome your guests with these 5 essentials you may be overlooking]

Spring Break is almost here and when you live in Florida there's a pretty good chance you are hosting some friends and family!  Bring on the sunshine and fun...lets "Getaway" in our tropical themed guestroom. No matter where you are living having your guestroom ready for spring and summer visitors is important.  You probably remember shortly after moving in last year we made getting the guestroom up and running a priority.  Just when I had thought (and even wrote a blog about it lol) I had everything covered I realized there were some items I needed to add into our guestroom. Per request of our guests hahaha.  Just kidding! Sorta... ;) Well first of all our fourth bedroom was originally going to be my husbands office.  However we soon realized we wanted a new king set in our master so our previous queen ended up in the office.... and it quickly became a fun new project...our tropical escape for guests!  That being said the bed had seen better days and this ye