Thus Far

For seven years Grandpa Joe's trip down here has been uneventful. The plane has always been on time. No lost luggage. No missed flights. I am sure you know where this is going. On Saturday Grandpa Joe's flight was due to arrive at 5:17PM. As always we were running a little late, so I never checked my answering machine or the flight arrival time. The airport here is so small that only one plane arrives at a time so there really isn't any need to worry. We rush into the airport at 5:10PM and sit by the arrival door. There are stragglers and no Grandpa Joe. We sit there for about 10 minutes. No Grandpa Joe. We go to the baggage claim. No Grandpa Joe. We check the rental car places. No Grandpa Joe. Finally we check with the ticket agent. He says be back at 8:00OM to get Grandpa Joe :) So we run home, eat pizza, feed EG, pick up daddy and get back to the airport at 7:45PM. Daddy spots Grandpa Joe at the baggage claim. Yea!! Grandpa Joe!! Apparently his flight out of Detroit was 30 minutes late which of course does not give you enough time in Atlanta to catch your connecting flight. They say when you die you have to go through Atlanta ;) Anyone traveling from the South to the North or North to South knows this - hee, hee. Anyway, we were just thankful he arrived all in one piece!! He came back to the house for a little while to visit and eat pizza.

Yesterday we fixed Sunday brunch and Grandpa Joe played with the kids. We decided because it really wasn't all that sunny that we would go to the Florida Museum of History. We hadn't been in years. It really was very nice. The kids had a blast and we all learned just a little bit more about Florida history. The have a room called Grandma's Attic and the kids could dress up and touch all kinds of things from years gone by. Like a rotary phone for instance (Nature Girl had to ask me how it worked :)

Then we came back to the house and watched a movie and rested. A very relaxing Sunday afternoon. Daddy fixed his famous hamburger and french fries dinner. After dinner we sat around and discussed family history, geography and a couple other "important topics."

Today is Marine Lab and Seineyard for dinner! The kids can't wait for Grandpa Joe to get here . . .