Back to Florida from New Zealand, then off to Springfield Missouri to visit with Susan's Great Aunt who lives in Springfield, and Aunt and cousins who came to visit from Oklahoma. Next we celebrated Jon's much older ;) brother - Tim's 70th birthday. It was fun but whirlwind visit !
Cindy and Aunt Patsy
My great Aunt Etta Mae and her daughter Linny ( my second cousin), and Linny's husband
My beautiful great Aunt Etta Mae !!!!
My cousin Cindy and Aunt Patsy (Patsy is my dad's sister).
Maurisa, and my second cousin Patricia and her husband.
My second cousin Susan and her husband.
Jon and Etta Mae
The whole group !
Susan and Raider (Jon's slightly younger brother)
Dawn and Tim (Jon's much older brother)
Tim, Jon, Raider and Sue
The Blake Boys !
Missouri fall skies
The Blake boys and their cannons………..
No Jon, no matter how comfortable the chair is, it is not coming home with us….
Happy, Happy Happy
Blake Boys
Blake girls, and yes it is Susan, Susan and Dawn
Next we celebrated Susan's mom's 80th birthday which included a party in Palm Coast, then off to celebrate in Savannah.
The birthday girl with Lorraine, Jim and Steve
Mom and Steve
Lorraine, Richard, Mom, Susan and Jon
Richard, Mom and Susan
Dutch and Mom
Richard, Lorraine, Mom and Susan
Savannah
Susan and Mom being silly
Mom and Jon cocktail hour...
Richard, Lorraine and Jon
Mom
Train museum
The engine house
Our Inn - The East Bay - loved it !
Mom and Dutch
I just added the video above of Crew because he cracks me up - every time he taps the balloon, he snaps his teeth together really loud !!
Barre and Lindsay came to visit Thanksgiving weekend. Lindsay and Scott returned to LA, but Barre, David, Blake and Cade stayed and we all went to Disney World for a very fun filled and memorable vacation ! This November was one of the bet months of our lives, we visited with all of our siblings, children and extended family members all in the same month !!
Lindsay and Cade
David and Cade
Cade, Gram, Grandpa and Blake
Jon and his girls
Lindsay and Scott
David, Cade, Blake, Barre, Jon, Susan, Lindsay, Scott, Darlene
We all ran really fast to get in this picture !
Blake just opened a present from us which was a Mickey Mouse, we then told him we were taking him to Disney World for the first time for his Christmas present !!
It was not suppose to be too busy…..
Cade and Gram
A very adventurous Jon
Barre, Pluto, Blake, David and Cade
Blake, Barre, David and Cade
Pals
Cade
Nap time for Cade
Getting ready to go on Thunder mountain, a tentative looking Blake
One minute later…….
Cade giving Stitch a hug
Why I can't take my eye off of these two for very long…...
Blake and Grandpa
Cade and Blake
Blake and Barre
My "boys" 2 peas in a pod
A very sleepy Blake
Blake Gram and Cade
Cade dinosaur climbing with a helping hand from Grandpa
Gram, Grandpa, Blake, Barre, David and Cade
Blake blowing bubbles up Grams shirt
Yes, we did have as much fun as a barrel full of monkeys !