Florida Family Fun

I am behind. We are having an incredibly busy summer, and the blog suffers. I don't forsee this resolving until roughly late August or September, as our summer is tightly scheduled, often with major life-changing events: buy a first home, move from Arkansas into first home (in Oklahoma), Rob's first job, etc... Smattered amid the major events are smaller things: tonsil surgery, multiple trips across the country, learn about interior decorating, a bigillion sewing projects...

We spent the last week of May in Florida with Rob's family. Despite a nasty forecast, the weather was cooperative and fantastic. We credit Grandpa Tom with this; he had a discussion with the rain, and it did go away. Is it any wonder we named TJ after him? By the end of the week, the ocean was calm and turquoise blue, and the dolphins and sting rays were dancing and jumping in the waves. The sand in Florida is soft, and clean and white. White sugar sand. Mmmmm. What a fun place, and what fun company to be in.

TJ was afraid of the ocean at first and had to be held. But by the end of the week he was an all-star beach bum.

Here we have all of the little cousins together.

TJ took the opportunity to beat up his younger cousin, Hailey, and steal her binky. She was a good sport about it.

Never one to watch other's eat and not demand his due, TJ suckered Grandma Sandy into feeding him the rest of her dinner at the Crab Shack.

And the pool was such a big hit. What a nice way to rinse all that sand off.