Can you find the Bostonians in all the palm trees?

This is one of the many oak trees found in Paynes Prairie. Paynes Prairie is a State Preserve, a so-called "wet prairie." It is a 21,000 acre state-owned preserve in Alachua County, between Gainesville and Micanopy in north central Florida. It was the first preserve to be established in Florida, and is one of the state's most significant natural and historic areas.

We followed one of the trails out to an observation tower that overlooked the prairie. Along the way there was so much to look at. Hey guys what's up there?

On one of the trails we saw a baby gator. So cute!

This was the sign we read as we approached the boardwalk. Yikes! Thank goodness that we did not see any gators on the pathway.

Mom and I went to the Micanopy Fall Festival while the boys played golf. Micanopy is the oldest inland settlement in Florida about 25 minutes away from Gainesville. It is quite beautiful with all sorts of oak trees. Mom and I saw some "real" country folks.

One of things that I found cool about the festival was homebrew rootbeer. You bought a tin mug and could fill it up with whatever kind of soda you wanted.

After the festival we went by Lake Alice and look for a gator. Thank goodness we saw one, otherwise Mom would not have been happy. We got a great show from the gator; he was very active. Gators are the coolest!!

After all these years, I still enjoy a hug from the world's best Dad!

Here I am at my desk, hard at work putting together the next week's Buman Buzz.

So Matt how do you like my "big" nceklace? This was the joke at breakfast one morning before Mom and I went off to school and Dad went to play golf.

My assistant at Brentwood School is Kim Dickson. This is our second year working together. We are both enjoy organization and a clean classroom! Here we are standing in front of the sliding glass doors of the 3rd grade classroom.

We had great seats for the South Carolina game, 4 rows from the field. It was the first time I had sat that close to the field. Mom was in for a real treat. The Gators pulled out a 1 point victory over the Game Cocks. Urban Meyer said that the noise level was the loudest that he had ever heard.

Mom loved the crazy Gator football fans and their tailgating. She couldn't take enough pictures of the RVs, Gator paraphanalia, and the football game itself. It was fun watching how excited she was.

Gator football fans take their football seriously.

The four of us played a game of corn hole, otherwise known as bean bag toss. Dad and I won, but both teams needed some practice. Notice that Dad stands just like he does when he throws a boccee ball?

Mom and Dad got the real football experience at UF, tailgating before a Gator football game.

Mom and Dad came to the Family Group's Thanksgiving Feast. We made sweet potato pie and broccoli salad to share with everyone. Mom also made me an orange and blue boa!!! Go Gators!

Dad golfed at the University of Florida Golf Course while Mom came and helped out in my classroom.

Mom and Dad came down to visit us. They were excited for warm weather and relaxation and of course spending time with their daughter and son-in-law. It was great to have them come stay with us. This was the first time Dad had seen our condo completely finished. Last time they visited us we were still in the RV and they had to stay in a hotel. It was nice that they could stay at the Buman B&B.

Here is all the candy from the pinata. I was so excited to swing at the pinata since it was my first time ever. I swung so hard that I broke the broom stick in half. Oops. After several others got a chance to swing at the pinata it broke.

Who are we really? Most everyone dressed up for party. Jenn and Laura planned all sorts of fun games - apple bobbing, corn hole, and a pinata. There was a ton of good food too. It was really fun.

We had a Family Group fall house-warming party at Jenn Wilson's house. Matt and I went as Ladanian Tomlinson and Dr. Buman.