Far too cold for the water today, the lobsters and conchs are safe until the weekend. Spent the time visiting friends: Ms. Olive, Sunshine and Edith, Ms. Zelmalee, Ms. Chisholm, The Arsenaults and the McFarlanes. Got some new plants, lots of fruits, had lots of laughs, checked on the house, then came home to lots of table tennis and quality time with just the 5 of us. Well 9 now if you include the birds...
The cousins from Florida have arrived. Jared and Tyler got Hunter's PS3 all set up while Emily and the girls played hide-and-seek.
I think the table tennis is a hit!
The light display just down the street. Without a wide angle lense it is hard to get a good shot.
Katherine, Hayley and Hunter enjoyed the outing on this cool winter evening.
A lovely Sunday for the beach at Granny's! (Sharon, Erik, Shirley)
Apartments and cottage full and lots of sand on the beach, even warm and sunny...but a cold front coming in tonight, so all will change. But great day today!
Santa at Uncle Rex's Christmas display, think he got the message.
More Christmas lights at Uncle Rex's.
I just love Hunter in his police uniform so had to post one more!
Good that the kids love their new table... :-)
Christmas dinner at Aunt Tinnie's
Closest we got to a Christmas portrait this year... us with Max at the vet! He had an ear infection but is doing much better.
Early Christmas morning and the presents are getting opened, Hayley got her Ipod Touch, Hunter his PS3, they both got new snorkeling stuff, birds in cages (you know they were not from me!) badminton set, and a ping pong table.
some were too big to wrap!
Then over to Katherine's to help her open all her stuff.
Then a hardy breakfast of Omlettes, bacon and cinnamon buns on the new Ping Pong table!
Beatrice, Chloe and Hayley singing at the school Christmas concert tonight.
Hunter was the traffic cop in Frosty the Snowman, here with Jenn who put a lot of effort into his uniform.
Hardly seems possible that another year is about to end. My little girl will soon be 13, my little boy soon in 6th grade. But we gotta get through Christmas first so started our efforts to make this place as festive as we can. Its cool outside (70 degrees!), and we got our tree up, lots of decorations and most importantly a cheerful holiday spirit! And somehow between work, school and lobster season we will find the time to extend our love to family and friends in actions and not just words. We love you! Frank, Hayley, Hunter, Rex and Big Dummy (Max). :-)
Last game of the year and Hunter's team didn't do so hot losing 3-1 to South Sound. He played the best game I have seen so no fault of his, now I have some Saturdays free until January. 
Hayley spent much of the morning putting up Christmas decorations then we went to get our tree; the first live tree we have ever had, now the house smells like pine-sol, eerrr I mean Christmas! Of course we had to re-organize the whol;e house to make room for the tree, but it is in place and slowly taking its more natural shape. Pictures tomorrow. Then we went to see how the lobster fishermen had done, turned out to be quite well, so we ate some lobster for dinner. They also culled 3 Lionfish, the biggest one was promptly cleaned, cooked and eaten by Shirley. Tomorrow we'll be at 'em again.
Got some conchs...
...caught some fish...
...ate lots of food....
... had lots of fun. Nice birthday in Little Cayman again. Can't wait for the next one! :-)
