Nonny's 80th Birthday 10/12/05

Back in October, Nonny celebrated her 80th birthday. She's from Panama City, so we headed down to the beach. She hadn't been a smoker for quite a while, and her 80th birthday wish was to spend it on the beach smoking a cigarette and drinking a margarita. At 80... you get what you want. We were happy to join her.

We stayed at the Moonspinner, right next to the state park. It was overcast the day we got there, but it cleared up quick.

Wendy wasn't working yet, so she got to go the week before and spend some quality time with Nonny.
I got there with most of the rest of the family...

Taunting johnny law... Jake and Wendy are rebels.

Wendy's brother Matt buries his nephew Benjamin in the sand...

Wee Dyer comes and investigates... Benjamin decides his prison needs escaping.

Matt, Becky, and Dyer... their house is where we will be having the wedding.

The view down the beach once the overcast was outcast.

Benjamin and Holly play in the pool...

"In the hotel pool... he cried, 'more, more, more'"

Little Anthony latched onto Wendy's family while he spent vacataion with his grandparents.

"Ooooh! Ya got me!"

Setting up for Nonny's party... having done a bit of catering in my time, I started rearranging things. After a little while, people just started deferring to me. By the end of the party, people were thanking me for everything I had done... I really didn't DO Much... I just checked stuff that other people might have missed and made sure the publix food trays were arranged right... goofy people thought I THREW the party...