It’s been a long time…the last time was in 2000 we took the kids to mexico…but I decided it was time to bring us together for some fun in the sun…and that is definitely what we had!!!
We chose to rent a beach house from a recommedation from one of my quilting students and it was all that she said it was going to be and more…Cape San Blas is very secluded very private…we basically had as much of the beach as we wanted…left our “stuff” out all day long…and basically I stayed in my swimsuit from sun up til sun down…
Cape San Blas is part of a peninsula in Gulf County, Florida extending westward from the mainland of Florida, separating St. Joseph Bay to the north from the Gulf Of Mexico to the south. The St. Joseph Peninsula extends northward from the west end of Cape San Blas. It is approximately 10 miles south-southwest of the town of Port St. Joe, located at coordinates 29°39′49″N 85°21′20″W.
I know some of you love seeing “little man”…and my Mom has cooked for some of you at The Gathering retreat house…so I am sharing this post…
We drove from WI to FL took basically 3 days…stoped in Metropolis IL the first night so the Fisherman could go to the casino…and AGAIN he was successful-luckiest guy I know…but then on day two we stopped in Memphis to see Elvis…now my Mom was with us so I decided she should see Graceland…but…there is kind of a back story here…quickly….I was a 10 year old and a big Elvis fan when he died…that June he was in Green Bay and I begged my her to take me…and the answer was…”your too young…you’ll have plenty of time to see him”…WELL we know that was NOT the case and he passed in August of that year…and I have NEVER forgiven her for this to this day…so I said as we were pulling up to Graceland…You know…I shouldn’t take you here cause you didn’t take me to his concert…so don’t think I forgot!!! But I was there about 5 years ago and boy has it changed, so much more…so you must go again…even if you are not a fan…you will be when you leave…how someone can still be going strong even after he is gone…just like our quilts we make…they will carry on…but here are some photos from this stop…I don’t want to spoil it if you have not been there so there are just a few…
Elvis loved fabric too…this room has over 300 yards of it on the walls and ceiling!!!
Here is my favorite Elvis “costume”. The original American Idol.
He named his only child…Lisa…how nice of him…this is her key to her golf cart..and then look.. she had an embroidered patchwork quilt in her crib…
1070’s Media room
Mom at the TCB fence…into the museums of his life…
Ok…onto the beach…We had lots of fun and I thoroughly enjoyed my time with my “little man” and the big men in my life…as well as my DILs Lauren and Brooke….Also last but not least… Corey and Nicole..a few vacation crashers but…lol…the more the merrier!!
FL selfie
waiting til 5pm to get to the house….Jace how do you like FL so far?
don’t you just love this little hat GG got him?
Papa and Little Man…always playing…Papa go hide! I will count…
Great Grandma…aka GG on the beach for the first time…ever
this is pretty impressive for amatures…
lots of fishing for the boys…
the kite that mostly nose-dived…
sunset…
off for a shelling treasure hunt!!!
the boy’s castle in progress…and my little buddy getting me wet as I try to capture the moment…
Corey caught a couple of sharks babies..
How cute is this???
Little Man and Mimi making a Drip sand castle…
Happy 30th B-day Brooke!!!
Mama…and her goofy boy…
Big Papa…being goofy as always…
Chilin on the beach with Lauren and Jace…
Mimi and her best “bud”
“Little Man and his Daddy …showing off his first ocean fish
the MERMAN
Luke & Brooke
out for dinner one night…at Mama Joe’s pizza…to die for…”little man” all spiffed up…
tried to get some exercise…to ward off some of MOM’s cooking…biking and beach walking…didn’t help though…still got fatter…but I guess that’s what you do on vacation…
very private beach
view from our beach house screened in porch…those are out lonely beach chairs…
the shell master… he loves treasure hunting for them…but Mama..I love them all!!! when he was asked to narrow them down a bit…they all came home…lol
Brooke and I…
So there you go…I hope this inspired you to do a family vacation or if you cannot maybe you can “live” through these for a bit…I know it’s not the same….
I did manage NOT to stitch until Wednesday(3 full days without)…I did stitch all the Summer Freebie blocks on the drive there…so a peek at them will be shown soon for the Summer Blocks of the Week…I get up so early and the house was super quiet so I stitched a little on the Wool SBOW…will get that post out soon to sign up…I know we did a pre-sign up in some of our FB groups…but the blog post did not go out yet…with all of them…
I had to laugh…I did get a few emails asking if all was OK since I had not blog posted in about a month…boy..the time sure does fly…with the things going on…but now we are back on track…one last push to get the Spring market stuff out for next week…
my best…Lisa
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