We stopped at Grandaddy's and Leila's in Jax before we continued to St. Augustine Beach
Dad grilling the red snapper and amberjack
Mike and Crystal taught us a card game called Golf
The rest of the fish caught by the men while deep-sea fishing
Cecilia swims with "Buh-buh"
Chris put the water wings on her instead of Caroline - and she loved it!
Adults stayed close since the wings are for ages 3 and up...
She loved the freedom - a natural in the water!
She wanted to swim even without the wings - she instinctively put her legs behind her and held her head up, kicked her legs...
Caroline enjoys floating on the noodle
Cecilia learned to count to three by doing this... "Un... doo... fwee!!!!"
The wings are bigger than her head!
Caroline likes to stay near the steps when a flotation device is not available
Stephen made this appetizer from some of the small snapper (vermillion) that they caught... it is raw fish, fresh cilantro, red bell pepper, and lemon and lime juice. The citrus juices sort of "cook" the fish as it chills in the fridge... yummy, and not at all like what you'd imagine it to taste or feel like...
Two of Mom's three boys helping in the kitchen... and neither one is Mike. This is rare.
Uncle Stephen draws with Caroline. They drew boats and fish.
Same as above, but including wall o' mirrors and bizarre chandelier
A great shot of Uncle Mike and Aunt Crystal with the girls... don't they say that pregnant women "glow"? Mike looks pretty glowing as well!! :)
She would have forged straight ahead if I didn't hold her back!
Waves!!!!
Caroline doesn't quite understand how to boogie-board...
Happy to be getting splashed!!
Wandering along the shore...
Both the girls stroll along
Such a free spirit...
Discovering a shell
Precious beach bum!
Daddy and daughter
Showing a shell to Grampa
Cool Dude!!!
Group effort sand castles with Uncle Tim and Daddy
Our condo... well, it was more of a townhouse
Seminarian Uncle Tim builds a sand cathedral
Grampa shows Cecilia how to make a tunnel using a foot an some sand
Grampa removes his foot and makes the opening on the tunnel
Cecilia checks it out - future engineer
Tim's completed cathedral - it even has flying buttresses
Tim's cathedral with the Latin underneath: "Behold the Lord God, King of the World"
I built a little village similar to one that Stephen and I had when we were about 3 and 5 on a trip to the beach... I should dig up that old photo and post it too!
Rare shot of both girls looking at the camera
Carolne shows off the lizard she caught
Double flotation protectionMore later - we're having a great, sunny time, as you can see!!
I can't believe your blogging on vacation. How do you keep hats on everyone? Looks like a great time. The latin under the cathedral cracks me up.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I am only blogging here because the upload speed is incredible compared to at home... so since I could, I uploaded tons of photos!
ReplyDeleteI'm just lucky on the hats, I think... Caroline's personality is such that she'd never remove her hat, and Cecilia... even though her hats don't attach under the chin, she left them on. I told her, "Must wear hat at beach," and she was cool with that for some reason... maybe because the rest of us had hats and she just wanted to be the same?
Tim had fun building that cathedral. Today we went to the real cathedral in St. Augustine, as well as the Our Lady of La Leche shrine. Hopefully I will get a chance to post the pictures sometime in the next week.