Punta Gorda, Florida

The day after we visited Nokomis Beach was really cool, windy, and a little rainy.  This was good, because it was perfect weather for shopping and eating out!  We went to Punta Gorda to meet up with Kyle's great aunt and uncle (his grandma's sister and her husband), who we haven't seen for...oh jeez...long time!  They'd never met Audrey, so it has been awhile.  They winter in Naples, I think, so it was a little further for them than us.

This was also the morning that Audrey got her Clifford doggie in the mail.  Audrey LOVES Clifford the Big Red Dog.  She watches him on Netflix and has a Clifford stuffed animal at her baby-sitter's house.  She'd taken to screaming if Vicki couldn't find Clifford for naptime or if she was playing with Clifford and we took her home, leaving him behind.  We thought to order one just before we left for Florida and had it delivered to Dot and Gerry's house as a surprise.  I don't know that she parted with him again the whole time we were there, except for when we made her give him up to go to the beach!

Doggie love!

Ray, Kathy, Gerry, Dot, Gary, Audrey, and Kyle.  I don't know what Kyle, Gary, and Audrey are doing here, but I think it's hilarious!

Some nice stranger told me I could get in!

On the way home, we visited Audrey's great-great-grandparents (Dot's parents).  Audrey wanted to pick the flowers from the vase, but in the end, we convinced her to just smell them.

I actually really love this picture.  Families can be together forever!

 After visiting the cemetery, we got some citrus-flavored ice cream!  Orange, pineapple, lime...it was delicious!  They sure do ice cream right in Florida.