The 4th At Daytona

The 4th of July found us headed back to Daytona Beach for the Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona. One of the advantages of being a Porsche owner is tickets each year to this road race with the GT Class and Daytona Prototype racecars. Racetime found us sitting right behind the Pit Box for the 58 and 59 cars, the Brumos Porsche racing team.
Mom met a new friend at the races. Everyone tells me that I should be worried. Whats Dr. McDreamy got that I don't besides, youth, money and a race car. He actually drives for the Mazda GT racing team.
I guess we all have our fantasy dreams at Daytona.

I would have thought that an hour before the race they would be finished making adjustments to the race car.

It is really hard to beat the 4th of July at the beach. 92 degree air and 72 degree water! Wonderful!!
No trip to Daytona is complete without a trip to the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse (170 feet to the light = 17 stories tall).
Here looking up at you!
Here's looking down. Did I mention that it was 170 feet to the top. That's something just under a mile I believe.
Night time on the beach, waiting for the fireworks to start.
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!
No trip to the ocean is complete without a fishing trip, even if you don't catch any fish.

The Eyes of Texas

This past June was a very special month with a great chance to go to Texas and see the whole brood called the Struempler Family. This all began in 2000 when all three of our children decided to have baby girls born within 5 weeks of each other. Three little angels. In the natural progression of things they all three reached that age of accountability this year and made the decision to be baptiszed. It was long ago decided that we would get together for this occassion and has families moved from location to location, we settle on Plano, Texas for the gathering.My daughter Rebecca prepared for each of the girls a special towel to use to dry off with after the baptism (theoretically), which had their name and birthday on it and a special note. A very sweet rememberance of this very special day.Here are the girls getting ready to enter the font with their fathers. Audrey also had a cousin that was eight and she joined us for this special day.Proud fathers, and proud grandparents.

The proud parents

Samantha Timothy

Addison Dover

Audrey Struempler The Original Struemplers

After the baptisms it was a week of fun activities enjoying each other.

Monday was a trip to the American Girl Doll store for the girls and to the Fun Zone for the guys. (Big thanks to Clay for the passes)
Reagan ready to go.

Matching PJs were the rage! Girls and Dolls.

Drag racing kings.

Broderick looking like the big winner at the games.

Then it was off to the beach (Lake Lewisville) for boating and jet skiing and just good fun. Beach bums!

Getting a little too much sun?

A special thanks to Rebecca and Clay for hosting everyone for this very special ocassion, despite the turmoil in there own house. The good news is, with all the people staying at her house we couldn't tear it up anymore than it already way. Big thanks for all you did and everything everyone else did to make this a very special trip for all involved.