• About us
  • Sereno II

Places To Go Things To See

~

Places To Go Things To See

Monthly Archives: October 2019

Family

28 Monday Oct 2019

Posted by Cindy in Uncategorized

≈ Leave a comment

Despite our nomadic life style, we make sure to spend time with family.  We visited Barb and her family in May.  In September we visited with Gary’s mom and caught up with his brother, Steve before spending a week with Austin, Nicki and Oakley in San Diego.    While it was a quick trip, we spent lots of time talking, eating and maybe we had a few drinks here and there.   We were bummed we couldn’t meet up with niece Crissi and her kids McKenna and Peyton but hopefully next time. 

Back on the east coast we headed to Florida for a reunion with the Kalin side of the family.  Our nephew, Travis, his wife Tegan and their children Flynn and Amelia are visiting the US from their home in Perth, Australia.  While their mom sometimes refers to them as ‘ratbags’, at 6 and 4 Flynn and Amelia were angels among a bunch of adults who they never met before.  I believe ratbag is Aussie slang for trouble maker or someone causing havok.  In other words, a normal kid but it made me laugh.  I just may have to use that one.  We also enjoyed spending time with our nephew, Mick along with his wife Ashley and their son Mickey.  Lucky for us they live in Florida and not on the other side of the world!   What made this reunion even more special was Austin and Nicki flew in from California.  Austin was three or four years old the last time he saw Mick and Travis so this was an opportunity for the cousins to connect and hopefully stay in touch. 

Kalin Family Reunion 10/19/2019.

Ashley, Mick and Gary

With all the times we visited family in Florida while Austin was a kid, we never made it to the Kennedy Space Center.  We fixed that this trip and we loved it.  Our favorite was the bus tour through the launch pads and seeing the Vehicle Assembly Building up close.  The bus tour not only touched on the history but our guide talked quite a bit about what is currently happening with Space X and the other private interests.  Very interesting and we all were glad we went.  After dropping Nicki off at the airport, we three headed down to Ft Lauderdale where we celebrated Austin’s 27th birthday a few days early.  We bummed around for a day while he met with a business associate and then all too soon we were driving to the airport and had to say good bye again.

Vehicle Assembly Building. Photo courtesy of Austin Cairns

This moves the rockets to the launch pads. Photo courtesy of Austin Cairns

Thanks to all our family members who took time out of their busy lives to spend time with us this year and to family who care enough to stay in touch.  The family will be expanding in 2020 as both Tegan and Ashley are expecting early next year.  Mike, you are going to be busy!  

Now for us?  Hopefully the weather will be in our favor to throw the dock lines off around November 1 and head on down to the Keys.  

Fair winds,

Cindy 

Recent Posts

  • Our Stealth Road Trip
  • The East Coast of Florida
  • A Little Work, Pool Time and Exercise
  • Adiós Key West
  • Butterfly and Nature Conservatory

Archives

  • June 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • April 2019
  • June 2018
  • October 2017
  • July 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • November 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012

Our Pages

  • About us
  • Sereno II

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com

Follow us on Facebook

Follow us on Facebook

Follow us on Facebook

Follow us on Facebook

Blog at WordPress.com.

Cancel

 
Loading Comments...
Comment
    ×