The Fort Lauderdale Temple was closed for semi-annual maintenance during the first two weeks of November, so we took advantage of the opportunity to spend time with kids and grandkids. From November 3-7 we were at Debbi's and Greg's place in Colorado Springs, enjoying tennis, miniature golf, a visit to the Focus on the Family visitors' center, wildlife, games, meals, and general romping with Kylie and Kira and their parents.
From November 9-16 we were with David and Amy and five of their six kids on a discounted Caribbean cruise. Dallin stayed home so as not to get behind in calculus and other subjects. (Can he really be a member of our family?) Highlights included stops at the Cayman Islands, Cozumel, Belize, and Roatan, with snorkeling and cave tubing off the ship plus ping pong, miniature golfing, bean bag toss, trivia games, basketball, and lots and lots of food on board.
On Sunday, when we returned we were able to visit for a few hours with Kathi and Jose and their kids, who had come down for the wedding of Jose's cousin.
Photos follow:
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| Greg, Debbi, Kira, and Kylie in front of their home |
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| Debbi with Kira |
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| Deer making itself at home in their back yard. (A bobcat also walked across their porch!) |
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| Kira at Focus on the Family play area |
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| Kira with Virginia |
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| Kylie, Kira, and Virginia at Focus on the Family puppet theater |
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| Kylie starting 3 story high slide at Focus on the Family |
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| Kylie emerging from slide |
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| Our favorite sign in the Watson home (Click the photo to see it larger.) |
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| Kira on beast of burden |
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| Kylie romping on Grandpa |
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Miniature golfing
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| Leaving Miami with Virginia, Ashley, Sydney, and Lyndsey |
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| David and Amy dance and dine |
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| Sydney, Ashley, and Lyndsey |
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| Barman the magician entertains Joey and Luke |
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| David and Amy at dinner |
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| Don and Virginia with granddaughters at dinner |
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| Joey with grandparents at dinner |
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| Luke with grandparents at dinner |
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| David, Sydney, Joey, and Luke prepare for Seuss-a-Paloosa parade |
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| Sydney rolls die in Super Duper Trivia game |
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| Ashley shows Lyndsey her basketball moves |
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| David and Amy family on beach at Grand Cayman |
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| David vanquishes younger foe on the court |
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| David's long lost wayward twin miraculously appears on the ship |
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| Wayward twin joins us for trivia |
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| Wayward twin shows off nose jewel |
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| Like father, like son |
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| Don and Virginia on beach |
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| One of several birthday celebrations Luke enjoyed that week |
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| Ping pong |
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| Virginia helps Joey with word search puzzle |
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| David and Lyndsey kayak |
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| Sydney miniature golfs |
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| David overturns offspring |
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| Water fun at Cozumel |
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| Amy tames tarantula on way to cave tubing in Belize |
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| Lyndsey takes turn with tarantula |
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| Ready for cave tubing in Belize |
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| About to enter cave in Belize |
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| Virginia tubes |
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| Fording river to begin cave tubing |
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| Beauticians on bus |
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| Burial ceremony at Roatan |
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| Roatan beach, with ship in background |
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| The tortoise and the hairless |
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| Basketball during sea day |
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| Scattergories competition winners, with trophy |
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| Boix bunch in front of our house |
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| Alexa and Bryanna play piano |
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| Enjoying visit with Boixes |
