Snowbirds

Michael and I were able to experience the snowbird life this past weekend. I had to be in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday for my job. Rather than fly down just for the day, we decided to take advantage of the fact that Michael's father lives in Fort Lauderdale (well, Sunrise, if you want to be specific) and made a weekend trip of it. Our flight out of Regan on Friday evening was delayed for 2 hours because of snow and ice - which made landing in warm southern Florida that much better!

We had a blast with Padre and Dale - highlighted, as to be expected, by several amazing dinners. They sure know how to eat! We were able to pick up some Cuban (which we missed during our most recent NYC trip), Argentinian (chimichurri = yummy) and Korean BBQ (which I just discovered on the aforementioned NYC trip). We did drive down by the port and beach to see the cruise ships and inspect the beach repairs to the Hurricane Sandy damage. Mostly, though, it was just nice to sit out in the (not-too) warm weather and enjoy not having to bundle up just to get the mail.

I am not a picture taker, we all know that, but I did get a few shots of Michael having a little fun when we stopped for some hot-from-the-oven donuts . . .

Making the difficult decision

Padre's grown a beard!

Isn't he adorable?!