My dad's birthday weekend--almost three weeks late

Two weekends ago (the 10th-12th), Amelia and I made a quick trip to Florida for my dad's birthday and to go to fish fry that my parents were hosting. I did much better with taking photos this time around. In fact, between me, my cousin Tina, and my Aunt Azalea...well, we were almost as bad as the paparazzi.

Amelia and I got there Friday evening--we left straight from school--and we were both pretty tired. Saturday was a full day, though. Here are some pics:

Here's my mom, cooking up a storm and ready to host.


Here's my dad, also hard at work with food preparation:

Here's my Uncle Joe, wearing an ugly shirt in front of a hideous jeep. :-)

Ah...that's more like it. At least someone in this family has good taste.
Here's my dad and his brothers and sister:

We all had a wonderful time visiting, and the food was great, too! After everyone left, we had some fun outside with some kind of bubble toy that my parents had gotten Amelia. She loved it.


I think Nana enjoyed it, too.

The next morning, we enjoyed some pancakes and sausage and hit the road, but not before I snapped this photo of Amelia and the birthday boy:
His cap was his "less serious" gift. It reads, "RETIRED: Someone tell my wife." Ever since he retired a couple of years ago, he has had a lot of items on his "honey do" list...but I think he fits in plenty of fun, too.

It was a quick trip and I was exhausted when I returned, but it was worth it. We had a great time!

(I started this post almost a week ago, but I had some photo issues with Blogger when I first tried to put this up. Boo.)