The main reason for our Florida trip was to visit my grandfather, Pappy, and his wife, Lois.
Pappy is 96 years young! Growing up, we would travel to Arkansas every summer and Christmas to visit Pappy. We fought over who got to lay in the window ledge of the car on the way, and it is amazing we survived all those road trips without seat belts! I have fond memories of getting to drink Coke at Pappy's house, and we would always have homegrown tomatoes and watermelon with salt. We spent evenings by playing dominoes or other games together - no computers or iphones for distraction in those days! We also loved playing in his motor home and collecting pecans in his backyard.
Logan enjoyed using Pappy's walker.
The girls always put on a show for us.
Pappy with the grandkids and great-grandkids
We loved having an afternoon to spend together as a family, catch up, and reminisce.
A funny side note...this gathering was the afternoon after we landed in Florida from Budapest. Our flight from Budapest to Frankfurt was a bit delayed, and we landed in Frankfurt with 30 minutes until our flight to Orlando. Anyone who flies through Frankfurt knows 30 minutes is pretty much impossible. Nevertheless, we decided to give it a try. We RAN through that airport dragging carry-ons and 3 kids. I finally told Larry to run ahead, thinking that if he could make it, maybe they would wait for us. He made it just as they were closing the door...amazing!!! The rest of us were not far behind. We were so thankful and breathlessly boarded the plane.
Needless to say, our luggage did not make it to Florida. So, we needed to quickly find clothes for all of us to wear to the family get together. Target to the rescue! We spent about an hour at Target and had fully outfitted everyone from head to toe. Target saves the day!
