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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

February 2014 in Miami




Maniac joined us at the first baseball game of the season

Sebastian greeted us at the basketball game



Cousin Leanne came for some R 'n R

Hillary came to speak at the U

Donna read some questions from the students

We had supper with our Cuban cousins



Birthday party for RJ, Donna, and Diane


Donna and RJ discuss his gifts--check out the new book!


RJ thought spinning spoons was fun--he hasn't discovered the nose trick yet
Chad, Ann, Lucas, Zoey, and Brayden came with Chad's parents







We went to South Beach and mother went along for the ride :-)

Bob, Mother, and Sunny examine the beach

Doug and RJ play in the sand


Maybe we should go into the ocean!

View from the pool deck at the South Beach condo

The South Beach condo on Ocean Drive


Condo bedroom


Living room from the kitchen area--Bob and Phil Shalala

Walk-in shower for sand removal

Sara and RJ after his swim

World's coolest sink
We took Phil and Peggy Shalala to South Beach

Phil, Peggy, and Diane at South Beach

Cousins Phil, Peggy, and Leanne with us at the Lebanese restaurant

Donna had an "event" around the pool
Burnie, the Heat mascot, greeted us at the game
They really did have "heat" at the game
We had courtside seats!


Kitchen and dining area








Maniac and Donna enjoy milkshakes at the game

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

2014 January in Texas



Entering the park in La Feria, Texas

Our future "Winter Texan" home with Pierre and Pat La Plante









Kurt and Brenda came to check out fishing sites in Texas
We found something besides fish in Mexico

Shopping in Nuevo Progreso


Jimmy, Kelly, and the kids traveled to Texas
First we had a "pretend" birthday party for Matthew
at the condo on South Padre Island

Then, we ate at Senor Donkey's

The Harlingen airport had a water fountain



and we all walked across the Rio Grande to Mexico,





of course we also "grew" mustaches to "become" pirates,

and Andrew had one foot in Mexico and one foot in the US!



The pirates taught us how to "swab the deck"


We saw the South Padre road closed by blowing sand


And we saw both the old and new bridges across the bay




We "hatched" our own turtle





And...we made it back safely!




It was a hard day's night at a Beatles' concert



Doctor Pepper's band made it to Texas


View of the Gulf from our South Padre condo

Beach Bums


View of the Laguna from our balcony