Other Daily Experiences

A couple of ways that living in Florida is different:

Very large birds anywhere:

A tropical forest for a back yard:

But no matter where we are, some of us will always love our ice cream.  You can see that Quinn has two different servings!

More Visitors

The day after Thanksgiving:
 Thanks Aubrey for buying the guys 18 holes of golf:

The girls did their hair - see the matching pony tails:

And all the kids did crafts:

Then in the afternoon we bought Ashley a different vehicle - sorry we don't have a good picture.  Thanks to Joel and the Dreyers for babysitting!

Saturday was quiet.  With some illness going around, the McDonald's couldn't join the rest going to Orlando.  But it was a nice day for kite flying:

Nice hat Quinn:

Sunday was the final day with visitors.

We took the new vehicle to Orlando:

The cousins enjoyed the animal exhibits:

While Mike pondered the world's mysteries:

The rides were fun, too, but made me look like a giant:

 Nearing the end of the visit, some of us were very tired:

 While others were acting goofy - notice James in the back off the ground!

That's all folks!

Thanksgiving

Elly prepared for visitors:

Day before Thanksgiving:  Busch Gardens

Elly and James: "This is fun."  Cousin Cooper:  <speechless>

Sesame Street:

Elly spends a lot of her free time playing teacher.  While waiting in line, here she is helping Cooper practice counting.

Something different for Thanksgiving morning:  warm temperatures.

Thanksgiving Day traditional lunch:

I just learned that what Elly did is called a "photo bomb."  Ha ha.

Yes Quinn is wacky.  No she didn't drink the wine!

Thanksgiving evening at the beach:

Joel with his granddaughters:

Soccer is great at the beach, but Elly I think you missed!

Elly poses crazy, so her grandpa copies:

The Busch Gardens gang was tired that night: