We attended The Festival of the Senses for B.E.A.T. again this year - Harry and I were 2 of the "Rising Stars" |
Dad says the captain of that boat must have a big head! |
Dad says it isn't called Kneeling Paddleboarding... |
Ashley, Mom, and I all managed to stand up (Ashley and I also managed to fall in) |
This doesn't prove that Dad stood up, but he did take a picture of the beach from his paddleboard... |
No, we didn't fall off the paddleboards together... This is just us enjoying the water... |
Mom and Dad were too wussy to get in completely... and I don't know what Dad was thinking with the selfie... we aren't at a concert! |
Dad had to create a big panorama as we left Princess Cays. |
All I need is a white fluffy cat... or a mini me! |
See, Mom and I can look happy together... |
Day one of line dancing - can you find Mom, Bebe, and me? Dad tried to make it easier for you... |
Dad wasn't thrilled, but he did go on a horse in Puerto Rico |
We also sucked him into putting on some local sunscreen... |
He still had to wander off and get pictures of the local flora... |
He says this is a picture of the local fauna, but I don't think he knows what he is talking about... |
We also walked around San Juan and this time walked to Fortress Castillo San Cristobol |
Mom just really wanted to see the beaches... |
Dad made me pose with this sign... it is really just a wall between the two big forts... |
Dad continues to try to be arty... |
Dad says either this guy is giving everyone the finger or he is working on his "Saturday Night Fever"... |
You might not think this is too exciting, but Dad says this is really 9 photos pieced together and he had to have the scaffolding removed from the dome... |
You can't see the dolphins in these pictures, but what do you think is pushing us in the water? |
See, we did swim with dolphins - which is better than sleeping with the fishes :-) |
We also got to see birds... |
And watch sea lions perform... |
And even see sharks, but we chose not to swim with them... |
And Mom tried to get to the beach again... |
We had to take this silly picture before we left the Dominican Republic... |
They had Christmas decorations up already, but Dad thought this was better! |
And, you know how he is such a foody... really he took this picture of his food... because he thought it looked like a face! |
"Well I had me a boy... Turned him into a man..." wait a minute... she's 8! Who thought having her sing Ex's & Oh's was a good idea? |
The boat isn't folded in half... Dad was messing with panoramas again... |
We went kayaking in Grand Turk... Mom and I didn't get stuck this time! |
We couldn't see much while kayaking so we pulled up on the beach and looked at what the guide found... |
Of course Ashley and I had to find the four legged wildlife... |
Mom thought the view of the beach was "awesome"! |
Dad couldn't get the beach into the picture this way though... |
Carb turkeys! Yes, we got some strange looks on the ship as we made our own cupcakes... |
Dad thought this was funny... |
And he felt the need to play around with the camera some more... |
I guess our cupcakes weren't as fancy as the ship decorations... |
We tried to "fancify" ourselves Thanksgiving dinner... and yes, that is my glass of water on the table... |
After dinner was the big balloon drop and dance party! |
The next day we had more line dancing with Matt O. the cruise director... can you find just Mom and me this time? |
Sailing home we had to sail around the weather... maybe we should have just stayed... |
Back in Ft. Lauderdale early in the morning... |
We went through Chicago on the way home, but we got through before the snow. |
For TC's birthday we went to see Postmodern Jukebox at the Schnitz! He went to the Olive Garden in The Villages... |
November has come and gone and another year is almost done...
Because I'm late and have too many pictures to put in the site this month I don't have time to regale you with exciting facts about the month... so I'll steal from #TipsyWriter...
1. The name 'November' comes from the Latin for nine (novem), as it was the ninth month of the Roman calendar.
2. November was called 'Blood Month' by the ancient Saxons because that was the month they sacrificed animals to their gods.
3. Observed during the second week in November, National Split Pea Soup Week celebrates exactly what you'd think it does: crispy fried chicken! No, of course it doesn't. For some reason it celebrates split pea soup...
4. There is no mention of the month of November in any of Shakespeare's plays or sonnets.
5. November has been designated National Novel Writing Month and National Blog Posting Month.
6. November is National Pomegranate Month in the USA.
Enjoy all the pictures...