and more pictures

a little dancing

rock collecting, always a favorite

Robin working from the lanai

Lonny working from the lania

Reagan and her Uncle Clay

our little fish

"ahh"

cannon ball

hercules

Finally some pictures

Here are a few to start, it's hard to sit down and look at photos when we're having fun.

We went boating through the canals and out to Sanibel Island. This was the first time Reagan didn't cry on the boat, she had a lot of fun, well we all did
Yesterday morning I took the girls to the park, the sand is quite different from the parks at home, Piper was on a seashell quest

Reagan thinks she's a big girl, she climbed up the stairs and slid down the slide on her own, many times over

as I'm taking pictures of Reagan I'm realizing how quickly she's growing up, all too soon she won't be a toddler anymore with those chubby little legs and waddle.

Grandma and Grandpa holding hands, I love this picture.

looking for Dolphins. Yes Jason was wearing a fleece on the boat - freak. No, when we went fast it was a little chilly.

Florida baby!

We are here in warm sunny Florida and having a great time.

Day 1: wake up 3:30am, get a to airport and had a pretty smooth flight. Piper was an angel sitting in her car seat. Reagan on the other hand was miss fidgety pants and didn't want to sit still for anything. We landed and the girls got to the house, Piper stripped her clothes off and went straight for the pool while Reagan went straight for her high chair to eat. We took it easy and napped, enjoyed playing in the pool and in the grass. Reagan had fun collecting rocks from the gardens.

Day 2: we went boating and both girls loved it. Reagan hasn't enjoyed wearing a life jacket or being on a boat since she was born but this trip she was laughing and checking things out. She loved watching the birds. No dolphin spotting again (in all the years I've been down here I've only seen them once).

Day 3: coming up...I think our New Year's plans are our tradition, we eat at the Pickled Parrot on Ft. Meyers Beach and then we head to the bars and beach to watch fireworks. This year should be fun, Claire is 21. We have designated Clayton as our driver for the evening. Should be fun!

If I find an internet connection I'll add pictures, I have hundreds from Christmas and just a few from our trip so far. We still have 7 more days of fun to be had.

Christmas

Hi everyone, yes we are done with Christmas and we all had a great few days. It gets hectic but I am one of the crazy ones who loves seeing as many family members as possible because each Christmas we start on Christmas Eve and start running and don't slow down until several days later and then as we take a breath, we hop on a plane and run away to Florida. We don't have it so bad do we?

The girls made it through, they were troopers and even though I don't think they've eaten a decent meal in days they behaved very well. Sure we had a few little incidents here and there but really, Jason and I are so lucky.

I will try my best to get some pictures up and running, we have a busy day of packing and getting things done before we head out very early Monday morning to Florida. I am not sure of the extent of my interent connection down there so I may not get any pictures uploaded until we get home. Just trust that we are having a good time and enjoying playing outside in the pool, yard, beach, park, and yes we are going to Chuck E Cheese too for an early Birthday celebration for a little bug in the family. I hope we can sneak some sleep in there too. I'm not sure I remember what that is.