The Lloyds

1800 miles, 2 13 hour drives, 6 states, one hurricane named Bill and one tropical storm named Danny. That's what I call a vacation. Adeline was all too eager to leave the OH so at 11:45 in the PM on Saturday we hit the road.

Here is a picture of the little eager beaver as she prepared to shove off on the journey of her lifetime. She loves being naked, just like her big sister.

This is the little trooper probably in New Jersey or one of the other crappy states between home and RI. Kimberly, Adeline, and I all made this our first trip to see New York City. For those of you zoofans who have seen this city you already know about the awesomeness. For those of you who haven't, you should probably fly over it or look at some pictures of it or something. I wouldn't suggest driving anywhere near it.

There is a funny story that goes along with this picture and I'm prepared to tell it. So we are driving through some crappy NE state (Connecticut) and I begin smelling the most beautiful and glorious scent one could ever imagine. I was pretty sure that I hadn't farted recently so that ruled out that possibility. Shortly after this heavenly scent began tickling my nostrils and playing hopscotch in my brain I blacked out. Most of you are probably thinking "Oh no, what about Kimberly and the kid". Well, you are forgetting that I happen to be one of the best drivers to ever grace the roadways and I can drive circles around professional drivers even in my unconsciousness. About the same time that I blacked out muscle memory and intense animal instinct took over and steered our vessel in the direction of this glorious aroma. This is a picture shortly after one of the greatest meals that I have experienced in my short lifetime. I think that at least two dreams were fulfilled in less than twenty minutes on this day (use your imagination). You know how some nosy people ask silly questions like "if you could eat dinner with any three people in history, who would they be?", well, my answer to that would undoubtedly be - my beautiful wife, my amazing daughter, and one of the greatest loves of my life....Moe's.

After finally arriving in one of the largest cities in the world, Rhode Island, we were eager to finally check out the black sand beaches we had read so much about in all the best travel magazines. We were a little disappointed when we found out that the coast is actually just a bunch of rocks that someone piled up on top of where the sand should be.

The next morning little miss Adeline was eager to get down to beach as you can see by her swimming suit. With the help of some tour guides (Brian and Emily Lynch, and Emily's brothers Matt and Nick Anderson) we were able to finally locate the sandy beaches. We enjoyed this stay at la playa for as long as possible but then it was time for Brian and I to pick up James "the boyfriend" Lupton at the airport.

Here is a picture of our little booger taking absolutely no interest in the beach at all. She received a high five from me for that one.

They do have sand in Rhode Island. I kinda thought the Ocean State would have a little more though.

This was shortly after a short spelunking trip and right before I caught the largest wave of my life. I was actually interrupted from building a sand castle for this picture. Too bad I only had 5 minutes for that beautiful piece of architecture, it could've been great.

to be continued.....

Where oh where has the Lloyd family gone,

Before and after dinner I completely shattered Joe's spirits by reminding him how ridiculously talented I am at the game of cornhole. And for the record no I didn't slow down the drubbing even after he began crying that he was sick and he has cancer and whatever other excuse he could come up with.

Throughout my life I have had many great words of wisdom bestowed upon my eager-to-listen ears by men who have influenced society greatly - although sometimes in their own way. Jon Welch - 1. Always date up. 2. Never ask for permission, it is easier to ask for forgiveness. (that second set of crop circles would've never been completed without that gem) Kyle Litter - Yep, I think we can make it. You never know until you try. Nathanael Litter- Never lose, even if you have to cheat to win. Matt Knisley - Light it and RUN! George Dubyah Bush - Fool me once...... James Lupton - Trust me. Jeremy "White Devil" Sikora - Please don't hurt me. Papaw - If you don't know....figure it out. Dad - Eat your veggies, it'll put hair on your chest. For those of you who have seen me in the buck you will notice that I don't have much hair on my chest. That may or may not be contributed to the fact that I'm not real fond of vegetables. What you are about to see is the aftermath of a tropical storm I call Joe King's love of vegetables.....

This feller loves corn I guess.....

It's safe to say that if the chemo didn't take all his hair he could be confused with Harry.

Happy Bird-day with her cake from DQ.

On Saturday night mom and pops volunteered to take care of the mini lady at our house so we could go out on a date. It was nice being out away from the house but since parenthood took hold we have been acting like a couple of nonagenarians and needed to get to bed by sundown.

This was our best attempt at a family portrait on this night. Little Miss felt like her hair and makeup hadn't been done up to her standards so she was not so happy about this pic.

Today Kimberly went back to work and left Mr. Mom to his doings. After Little Miss Lady and I were finished peeing in our pants and drinking milk and looking at the ceiling together we thought it would be "right" to get the breadwinner a gift....well, Adeline thought we should get her a gift. I thought that she should get a swift kick in the pants for not having gone back to work 6 weeks ago.

What a thoughtful little lady.

Finally, here are some pictures of the little one.

Mommy makes sure that she catches some of her smiles on camera, which isn't hard because little Miss has been laughing at her momma lately anyway.

After the eating festival was finished I asked my parents to hold their most favoritest grandchild so I could capture a digital photograph. Here is what it ended up looking like.

My condolences go to Malachi "poopy pants" Allsop and Oscar-Roonie the Magnificent Roon-Doggie Lloyd who ended up drawing the short straw of love from the grandparents.

Finally, here are some updated pics of the little booger.