Weekend in St. Louis with Jim, Brandi and the grandkids.

Visit to Florida with Tom, Pam, Matt & Ben

We visited Tom, Pam, Matt and Ben at their home in Coral Springs, Florida the week of March 9th. Their house is really nice, and I'm kinda sorry we didn't take any pictures. After arriving Monday afternoon Pam made dinner for us all and then we went to watch Matt play roller hockey. He looks like a pro out there and scored a goal for his team. The next day, Katie and I played the gold course at Doral.

We both did pretty well for our first round of the season. We saw Rory McIlroy and Vijay Singh practice putting for the PGA CA Championship (Mickelson won)




Matt & Ben siigning the table lampshades at the Mai Kai

Mai Kai dinner review...

Family photos in the Mai Kai gardens. What's up Ben?!

Golf at Heron Bay on Thursday

Visit with the Acestes Thursday night. Rhonda on the left,

Frank on the right.

Snorkeling trip at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park

in Key Largo, Florida on Friday.

After the dive...

Relaxing at the Holiday Isle Tiki Bar enjoying a Mahi-

Mahi sandwich and some tropical drinks over the water in

Isla Morada, Florida.

Saturday morning waiting for Captain Taco to try get his

engines started on the "Hooked Up".

On board the Shooting Star (Capt. Taco did not succeed)

Ben with his ? pound Bonito

The whole bunch with our spectacular King Mackeral catch.

Matt by the 700+ pound Mako caught by

another boat (We listened to the 2 1/2 hour

fight on the radio).

Florida Visit Video

Some of the video we took, including Matt's

Roller Hockey, the Mai Kai show and fishing!

We're Grandparents Again

Our third grandchild, Nathan Cole Hastings, was born Friday, January 16th, 2009 at 12:07pm. Nathan arrived weighing 8 pounds, 12 ounces and measuring 19 and 3/4 inches.

We are so proud of Jim and Brandi, and we can't wait to see our new Grandson. For the latest updates, visit Jim & Brandi's blog: http://hastingsbunch.blogspot.com

What a great family !!!

Mega Tourist Day Video

On Monday, we did a power tourism day. It started off with a trip to the redwood forest (Muir Woods) with Jim, Brandi, Logan, Reece, Lisa, Tim, Katie and Me. We took the main trail out, but chose an alternate path back. It was a little steeper, but the kids kept up and we had a great time. We headed back to San Francisco over the Golden Gate Bridge, and got lunch at In and Out Burgers. Tim, Lisa, Katie and I got on a tour boat to Alcatraz, and Brandi, Jim and the kids stayed back at the Pier. By the time we got back from Alcatraz, the shore party was worn out, so they headed back to the hotel in Oakland. T,L,K and I took a break at the Hard Rock, San Francisco and our bartender Vek mixed us up a custom made shot with Cabo Wabo and X-Fusion Liqueur ....nice. Then we went to the Aquarium of the Bay at Pier 39 and had a lot of fun there. We finished up the day by going back across Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito for dinner. Woody recommended Ondine/Horizons and said he had hoped to have the rehearsal dinner here. Great recommendation Woody! The server told us the Beatles, the Stones, Janis Joplin and other famous celebs used to go there all the time.

Pier 39 Friday August 8th

Some pictures from San Francisco

San Francisco August 8th at Pier 39

Mema, Vaughan, Tom, Pam, Matt, Ben, Lisa, Tim, Liz, Steve, Brandi, Jim, Reece, Logan, Katie and Mark..... all down at Pier 39 on a chilly, windy Friday afternoon in San Francisco.

More to come...