FLORIDA!

We managed to escape D.C.'s blizzard of 2009 (with only hours to spare!), and headed down to Florida on Alex's birthday, December 18 for some well-earned rest and celebration.

The first celebration was the Hanukkah party.

Here are the boys examining their gifts


G.G. with Cooper modeling his new Thomas shirt


A family shot


With Aunt "Ayene"

The four guys - Jason, Cooper, Connor, and Ben

The next day, which was Cooper's birthday, we hung out with the cousins

Cooper and cousin Mark

Running with Connor

A goodbye hug

The following day, we celebrated the birthdays with the family

Aunt Carole and Uncle Jay

A shot of some of the family

The 3 birthday boys - Arthur, Cooper and Alex - modeling their hats

The matriarchs of the family

Getting ready for cake

The happy couple

G.G. and Cooper clowning around

Lorraine with Connor

The next day we headed to the beach. Cooper made great use of Mama's new blackberry.

We met up with Ben and Jason (and Art and Michelle) at the beach

Playing in the sand

Brrr! It was a bit chilly!

Saying goodbye to cousin Jack

A toast to a great vacation!

Thank you for another wonderful vacation, G.G. and Pop Pop!