Florida Pictures

On our way from St. Augustine to the kids in St. Pete Beach I wanted some BBQ. So I got on line with Chowhound and put out a request and within 24 hrs had recommendations of 4 Rivers in Winter Park. We stopped there and had a great lunch.

In one picture - an entire clan
2 of 3 kids
5 of 5 grandkids

Wife and SiL John the Armenian - Thanks for the great grilling John and Tim!
We grilled every night. Made it so easy on the clean up.

Proof that my blood can produce males after 3 daughters and 3 granddaughters.
The two youngest A and A (alias Mr. drool)

Grandpa buying ice cream is de rigeur for a trip to Florida

The two cousins J the red terror and Miss Dukes were absolutely inseparable!

Here J's older sister C is doing their nails
They sat there for 2 HOURS!

C is really serious about this stuff.
Each nail had a different color base and different color polka dots.

By the way if you think Miss C is just all girlie girl. I present for you Exhibits A & B.

Exhibit A is the game of war that we played usually twice a day. This was game of tag in the water that was no holds barred. You could only score if you tagged the other person's stomach which gave her a big advantage since my stomach is about 10 times larger. After first day and half I had change the rules and ban kicking since I had so many black and blue marks. She was kicking my ass until the very last night when I turned the tables on her.

Exhibit B was no holds barred racing. We'd race the length of the pool but you could grab, push, or do anything to stop the other person. C pretty much had this one in the palm of her hand.

So we gave Mr. Drool this toy that make all kinds of sounds which he found perfect happiness...

Finally it was A's birthday and he really, really wanted a train cake because he's into Thomas the Train (so am I). This meant pulling Wife out of retirement (famous for the Humpty Dumpty cake and the Smurf Village cake (made with cupcakes) in the years of my children's youth.

Wife was pretty rusty and there were plenty of words not appropriate for children but in the end the grandson said, "Train!" with a big smile on his face. And that's what counts.

Thanks Pu and Tim for the use of your house and a great time.