A Little Inside Fun

I just loved these pictures of Jayde, so precious and calming. I think I need an 8x10 of each, side by side. I need to figure out how to block out my purple shirt first.

Blake enjoys me reading to him and I love the snuggle time I get.

Just like his daddy

Immediately after we checked out our condo, Blake wasted no time getting that annoying tv on. Jennifer said that's what his dad does as soon as they get home from anyplace. So why not? Fortunately, we had one in each bedroom also so the adults didn't have to be stuck with kid shows. Just for the record, the guy is MY husband, Blakes grampa, Jennifers dad.

Fun in the SUN

Blake points out a big cruise ship...maybe next vacation?

We thought he was nuts till he said he's making a sand angel

I'd love to take him fishing, if I knew of an active fishing spot.

Total fun in the sun

Seth, Joel and Blake having a good time digging a hole.

Even Jayde enjoyed playing in the sand.

This is Cori with Jayde, this is a special one because nearly 13 years ago Jennifer, Jayde's mom, was posing with Cori this size in a pool also in Florida.

"Good-bye vacation"

Jayde gets her hands on some food (CULTURE)?

Here are some pictures of our little darling, tasting a variety of food, she was getting a lesson on food "culture". I used the word "culture" for Nicole, she enjoys different food cultures so I thought I'd use it. Jayde was not too crazy about any of it, but she did take a few taste of each one at her own will. So at least she gave it a good try. :-)

While waiting for dinner, Jayde keeps happy

Crab Anyone?

Poor Jennifer was forced to make a heart-breaking decison, she just couldn't tell Blake "NO" but instead purposely left it behind. We all agreed it was the best decision of the morning. He never asked for the crab leg till he was home and showing daddy the pictures. She said "it would have stunk up all our luggage and besides we have a picture so daddy can still see it"

Our Thanksgiving trip to Tampa

This is Blake saying "cheeeeeese!" :-)

We took our daughter and grandchildren on a vacation. (This is her holding the baby). We flew into Tampa and drove to Ruskin, Florida. That's where we spent our Thanksgiving week. We stayed in a condo with a good view of the beach, water and marina. Our son-in-law, Jim, was unfortunately unable to get off work to join us, however, he was fortunate enough to take us to the airport and stay with us till security. (Thanks Jim you save us a lot of $$$ for me not having to park my car.) Sam was already there (airport) since he is contracting work there, so we didn't have a big fat parking fee. We were gone for 9 days. Most days were great, those were the days we did little driving and spent a lot of time out on the beach, in the pool, playground and hot tub.

This is everyone but me heading for the

luggage carrousel in Tampa.

ALL of our luggage minus the stroller.

We are waiting for our rental van to show

up.

Lilah, the REDnosed DOG?

A lot late, but I wanted to show you all what kinda condition we found Lilah in when we arrived home from Miami. Apparently, she had been trying unsuccessfully to pry her cage door open at night. She is used to her cage, she sleeps in there every night for the last almost 5 years but guess she really wanted out badly, and failed. Poor Girl!

MIAMI Florida

I thought I'd share some more of our favorite pictures from Miami and Marco Island. Like I said earlier, we went to Miami for Sam's work and then we went onto Marco Island for the rest of the week and then back to Miami for an over night stay to catch the airplane early in the morning to come home. This was a much needed and appreciated vacation.

These salamanders were all over outside.

I want the boat in the middle with the
cabin cruiser.

This is the pool at the Hilton where we stayed.

Sam took this shot of me in

swimming mode.

Miami Trip

Once again, I was fortunate to travel along with my dear husband to Miami for a business trip. We stayed at an awsome resort/spa (not on his dime this time), called Doral golf resort/spa. It's actually where the "Blue Monster" golf course is, also known as the home to the PGA. I am not a golfer of any sort so whoopie do. But I did take a looooong walk around the many golf courses and being surrounded by green lush lawn, beautiful palm trees, and coconut trees was thrilling enough for me. I was also a pool lounger and even got in a cat nap there. All this was enough to keep me occupied till the greet, meet and eat with all the other "techies".
All these pictures were taken with my camera phone. I've noticed these can not be enlarged by clicking on them.






A tangled up mess of tree roots.

My ultimate hang out. I swam, and slept here.