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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


Friday, January 10, 2014

Christmas 2013 in Cleveland

Jimmy, Kelly, Matthew, Grace, and Andrew

Annika, Jett, Tom, Trina, Ariana, and Caiden

Trina, Marissa, Kelly, and Sara-do they look hungry?

Jimmy and Kelly's kids pose with Mary Anne, Aunt Lou, and Sitoo

Sitoo with all the grandkids (Ana and Corey's kids in photo held by Sitoo)

Annika dances for Bud, Tom, and Jimmy

Aunt Lou and cousin Beverly George

Bob and cousin Rich Betor discuss economics

Cousins Bud Shalala, Bev George, and Marcia Haddad

Cousins Chuck Hoven and Margie Bray got married in June

The Irish cousins: Debbie, Tim, Chrissy, and Ray

Diane and cousin Najwa

Red is "in" for Diane, Susie, and Mary Anne

Rich with the youngest Betor, baby Emma

Doug helps Caiden and Jett engineer a Lego project

Robbie with her two oldest granddaughters, Hanna and Chloe





Annika with the newest McNamee cousin, Nolan


Donna treated us to breakfast at IHOP


We "hopped" for this opportunity

Gracie, Casey, Macy, and Annika at Kevin and Leanne's

The burqa girls :-)

Santa Donna watches the kids open gifts

Sitoo with Matthew, Andrew, Ariana, Annika, and Caiden



Sara takes time to smell the flowers sent to Sitoo by Mary Jo and Jane


Santa at the Grand Forks airport