Sisters getting stuff done
Patricia came to visit and help with Mom’s house. She forgot socks so she wore a “pair” of mine. We later ended up at Five Guys after we were too late to get SoFresh. 🙁
The Sock Sisters
Sisters having Five Guys
Art Museum, Sushi, and Mandola’s
Meg and I headed out to St. Pete to check out the art museum, and then we got sushi at a restaurant called Lemongrass, and then we went shopping and had dinner at Mandola’s. It was a very cold day so we huddled in our Comfy wearable blankets after!
Meg’s sushi
Ivy’s sushi
Meg’s lasagna
Ivy’s eggplant parm
Birthday Girls in Comfy
Florida Aquarium and Cupcakes for Birthday Girls
Meggie’s birthday! We went to the Florida Aquarium and saw lots of cool creatures, and we also got some yummy cupcakes.
Ruddy Ducks
Roseate Spoonbill
Ring-tailed Lemur
Ring-tailed lemurs
Many fish
Many fish
Panther Chameleon
Pelican
Northern Pintail
Goldeneye
Tricolor Heron and Scarlet Ibis
Tricolor Heron and Scarlet Ibis
Tricolor Heron and Scarlet Ibis
Snowy Egret
Fish selfie!
Fish selfie!
Birthday cupcakes
Birthday cupcakes
Meghan’s birthday present
I was gonna wait and surprise her on her birthday but as soon as she said her feet were cold and she wished she’d brought her slippers, I knew I had to give her her birthday gift early. Warm Meg!
Meg’s birthday gift (slippers!)
Casting Day
My mother’s ashes were committed to the Eternal Reefs project. My family attended the casting where we put her ashes into a solution to make a “pearl” and also decorated the collar of the reef ball.
Our mom’s plaque
Stirring ashes
Picking out decorations
Reef Ball
Collar decoration
Collar decoration
Collar decoration
Reef Ball Collar we decorated
Family at casting
Afterwards, we went to a restaurant and hung out with our dad.
Ash tries crème brûlée
Dad & Patricia Espresso
My sisters are smart at crosswords. They did one together.
Crossword Puzzle Sisters
Cookie Cat making with family
We decided to make Cookie Cats! Here’s just the cookie-making part.
Cookie Cat Dough
Patricia makes Cookie Cats
New hairdos
My nephew and sister playing with my hair stuff. Their new ‘do’s look fabulous.
Family gets new hairdos
Swimming at Jeaux’s
My California family came to Florida to participate in my mother’s life celebrations, and we took some time out to swim in Jeaux’s pool.
Caftan-wearing Sisters
Playing in Jeaux’s pool
Davenport Vacation Day 6
Davenport Vacation Day 6 involved two movies (Yellowbeard and Everything Everywhere All at Once), swimming, and grilling in the evening.
Is this a cutting board?
Adam the grillmaster
Meg’s Adam-grilled food
Davenport Vacation Day 5
Davenport Vacation Day 5 involved sausage and biscuits breakfast, swimming and chilling on the porch, and Thai noodles with hot and sour soup and spring rolls, plus GAME NIGHT.
Sausage Gravy & Biscuits Morning
Dare & Ivy porch hangout
Dolly & Steve porch hangout
Dolly, Steve, Meggie, Dare porch hangout
Dolly, Steve, Meggie, Dare porch hangout
Peanut-covered thai noodles
Thai noodle group
Thai noodle group