Wedding, Shuttle Launch, and Catching up with the Twins

We are back from spending several days in Florida. We had a wonderful time, attending our nephew Mark's wedding, seen here with his bride Carrie, and his parents Bob and Jean. The wedding took place in Cocoa Beach a lovely area with lots to see and do.

We met so many wonderful people and saw and experienced so much while there. An exciting day was spent on Monday, anticipating, and then watching the Atlantis Shuttle launch. What an awesome sight! If you double click on the picture, you should be able to see the shuttle quite clearly.

What a great trip, but of course we missed the girls tremendously. On the last day that we were with the girls before we left for Florida, Chloe was into "twirling". It seems that there is often a "focus" for the day and twirling happened to be it on that day.



One of the things we brought back for the girls was a rubber alligator. At first Chloe wanted no part of it, but after seeing that Claire thought it was interesting, Chloe changed her mind big time. For the next day or so, the alligator was her main concern, jabbering continually about the alligator. Her word for alligator sounds more like "Al Gore", which has given us all a good laugh. Here are pictures of each of the girls checking out the new toy. They both quickly identified the teeth, eyes, tail, and toes of the little creature just as they normally are quick to point out almost any body part you name, on themselves, and anyone else in reach.

Here is a cute picture of both of the girls and then a sweet picture of Claire giving Papa a kiss. She is the most generous of the two with kisses, but Chloe got into the act as well after seeing Claire.

The last little film is of Claire playing with the alligator. Who would have thought such a creepy little toy would bring them so much fun.