Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...
Today is my dad’s birthday – he would have been 74. Here we are in New York about 40 years ago…
I think a good thing to do today to celebrate him is to go to New York and hear the Mighty Wurlitzer at Radio City! Let’s go! Happy Birthday Daddo, we miss you.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!
Nothing better!
We started Friday with a trip to Skillets, of course. We then hit up the beach.
That night we headed downtown to Campiellos! Yum!
Maxwell took down this breaded and sautéed 1 lb lobster tail with no problem!
The next day we went to see Wicked (so good!) and then watched some football! Roll Tide! Right before the game started, Maxwell called us outside because we had a visitor!!
Gary the Gator was back! He’s SO big and we got a close look at him this time – he’s got a mangled right arm and a nub for his left arm! Gary’s been in some fights!
It’s always fun to see Gary and we’re very thankful he can’t climb up a ladder!!
Sunday we sadly had to head back to Birmingham but are so glad we had such a good Thanksgiving in Naples! Thanks for everything GJ!!
Thanksgiving in Naples was a beautiful and sunny day! Keath and his crew made it over around noon and we feasted on GJ’s turkey and dressing, deviled eggs, sweet potatoes, broccoli salad, apple pie, pecan pie – there is simply nothing better and I can confirm it tastes even better at the beach! I even managed to set up my phone so we could get a group selfie. The kids and I tried it out first…
and then we got the whole gang! Hooray!
After our food settled and some (Robert) took a quick couch nap, we made it down to the beach for sunset.
Of course the boys threw the football…
and Samantha flipped around!
It was a perfect evening.
We then went back to the house for more pie! That’s how you do Thanksgiving!
After spending the last several years in the mountains for Thanksgiving, this year we left the cold behind and headed down to the beach instead! We left Tuesday afternoon…
and made it down there that night. We were glad to see GJ and glad to hit up the beach Wednesday!
This nice brother swam out to the sand bar with her when I wouldn’t!
We tried a new place for dinner that night and I won’t go back, but they did have this balloon arch so…there’s that!
The real question though…would turkey and dressing still taste as good at the beach?! Find out tomorrow!