Grandma and Grandpa's 60th Anniversary

Last week we flew to Florida. Vacation blogging is tough, I gotta say. Because you go have a great time with the family, playing and partying and eating, for the LOVE, eating all the live long day. It takes a while to reorient, you know? Unpack, do laundry, clear your face of airport stress acne... but I think we are mostly there. I am still missing the family, though. Our gatherings are never long enough! 

Now here is a slew of pictures in not much order. It is in keeping with vacation laziness that I am not quite over. I only remembered today that people need vegetables and exercise...literally, I had forgotten about all that...

Anyways...


Beautiful Boca Grande. White sand, brilliant blue water, golf carts, and old folks. We loved it.

Riley with Aunt Lora, strolling the beach.

We LOVE the beach!

Evi is wise to the paparazzi.

Family. Isn't it about time? I love them.

Then there was that time baby boy fell asleep in the car and, thoughtful people that we are, we got lunch in the drive thru and then ate at this park so he could nap and Riley could lean into the wind, Charlie Brown-esque, and run laps around the other children.

We had a big family dinner at the Crab House. Mmm, crab...

Games with Greatgrandpa - he lets you make up the rules and gives you endless rebounds when the bottle gets away from ya.

Saturday morning Easter egg hunt.

Evelyn hiding in Grandma's closet to enjoy her spoils.

We took a little walking/biking outing to the ice cream parlor. It was delicious, and Riley was very gracious in sharing her giant ice cream cone with me. Nice of her, since it was originally mine.

Riley's first attempt at riding a bike. We got some work to do.

60th Anniversary driveway mural - there were some pretty creative entries, and the babies were in heaven.

Grandma and Grandpa with grand kids and great grand kids.

It was a wonderful celebration, months in the making. Grandma crocheted little baskets for the place settings, each holding one of the antique eggs she has collected over the years. We all also received a wrapped gift containing a valuable/sentimental item from their home, and more than one person teared up as Grandma explained their significance. Then the grandkids shared memories from Grandma and Grandpas house and everyone was crying then - we are a bunch of babies! But it was a beautiful night.

Finally it was time to go home. *Note: dumdums for babies when you fly!!! They saved our sanity more than once. 

 Baby boy was pretty sad to not be held constantly anymore. But we do the best we can. Ball pits help.

I miss Grandpa!