A break from old man winter

Marco Island, 2018!!  First time the Lawrence Marshes got to visit Grandma as the owner of the Sunset House condo.  She was so happy, and so were we.

Two years ago, we visited when the weather was in the 60s and rainy.  This year, full sun and 80 degrees every day!

We spent most of our time enjoying the beach and the pool.  The shell collecting was super.  Not pictured are the dozens of tiny baby sand dollars we found that no one could remember seeing before.

One of the biggest highlights was when Ron, the Sunset House board president, took us fishing on his boat.  It was a super windy day, so Mommy came to see us off, but didn't brave the waves.

Yup.  Conner caught a shark.  We're just gonna leave that right here...

Some serious fishing commenced.  Ron was actually dissappointed at the amount of catching we did, but the boys loved it.  And what a gorgeous day!

Catfish, Snapper, Sheepshead, Ladyfish, and of course the shark...  Only one of the catches was big enough to keep, so we brought it to the fancy fileting station at the Marina, and who do you suppose was waiting to take care of whatever we didn't take home??

These fellas were within one or two feet of us, watching intently.  The poor guy in the far back right was an adolescent who had to wait his turn.

Lots of fishing, lots of shelling and lots of lovely walks on the beach.  This time we even did evenign walks, which was so cool because you walked by starlight. (if you could convince Carson to turn off his dang flashlight.)

Another highlight was the day we rented a kayak and a paddleboard (from family friend Tony) and explored Tigertail Beach.  Grandma and Daddy tried out the equipment too, and we had a really great time.

There were two KU b-ball games that were played during out trip.  Some Kansas friends who have retired to Marco invited us over for one of them.  We only got one picture of the fun party, but it is this cool picture of Mummy next to their beautiful India Song tree.

The area was hit so very hard by Hurrican Irma, but we were pleased to see how much they were already rebounding.  The palm trees were a little sad, but slowly rebounding to make the sunset pictures lovely.

The boys ate up every minute.  They would wake up just as the sun was coming up and go to the beach first thing with Grandma. Then come up and have breakfast while their parents slowly (and peacefully!) got ready for the day.  What a wonderful vacation.  Now bring on spring!