Saturday, December 14, 2013

Our Visit With Grandma and Grandpa

We were sad to see the time fly by as we visited all the sights of St. Augustine.  My parents were able to join us on the boat for a short sail down the river and we were even able to visit the beach.

Now we are taking it easy each day trying to get back into the groove of school and visits to the cool kids park here in St. Augustine.

Today I was able to face time with my friends in Colorado for our traditional Christmas Cookie Baking day.  They tasted all the cookies for me (which works because it is calorie free for me).

We will have to make cookies tomorrow on the boat.  Now that I am craving cookies. Thanks!!!

I have a ton of pictures because we did so much in such a short time.  Wow!
I even took my Dad to the Ripley's Believe It Or Not ghost tour.  Unfortunately we don't have any pictures from it.  I guess we scared the ghosts away for the night.

Waiting for the Christmas Parade to start



St. Augustine Santa

Grandma and Grandpa visit the boat

Paul says "No Problem with these steps"


Visiting the Old Jail.



The Bird Cage





The Old Store

A brand new clothes washing machine.  It works with a treadmill.  I thought it was a perfect way for the kids to do the wash and exercise.  It was too big for the boat. 



Fountain of Youth Water

A glass for me

Do we look younger?

Miniature Golf with Grandpa.

Grandpa Wins!!

The Fort Castillo De San Marcos.


The Bridge of Lions from the Fort.

Getting Junior Ranger Badges.

New Junior Rangers of the Castillo De San Marcos.


St. Augustine has the coolest beach.  We drove right on and set up camp.


Candid shot of G & G





Samantha opens a restaurant with food and drink made of sand.  Yum!

Grandpa gets dirty and digs a tunnel with Nicholas.


They rinse off together and start to sink in. 

Bathing Beauty.

Future Surfer Dude.

Saturday, December 7, 2013

St. Augustine, FL for the Month of December

We have made it to warmer weather, finally!  St. Augustine will be our home for the next month as we have a few things happening where we will be off and on the boat.

Paul is busy re-fitting the boat with new plumbing and the kids and I are having fun with my parents in town for the week.

Having a minivan has opened up the options of things to do so we are having a tough time choosing our day to day activities. 


So far we have visited old town, a cool kids park, the lighthouse, and the Alligator Farm.


We still have a few days with Grandma and Grandpa, and having lots of fun!
The kids enjoyed the park near the lighthouse.

Lot of these little guys around here.


St. Augustine Lighthouse.

Shambala in the mooring filed taken from the lighthouse.

Yea!  216 steps later we made it to the top.

Wow! Alligator Farm.

The kids practicing their yoga.



American Alligators!

Enjoying Grandma and Grandpa's hotel suite. (TV)