Cutest Baby in the World

Liz posted a blog with that subject line...so I thought I'd post further photographic evidence. ;-)









Of course we aren't even a TINY bit bias, right?

Scott and Angela's Wedding

Saturday we went to the first of two nephew-weddings this year. Scott and Angela were married the 24th of this month (Ian and Karin have set an August 1st date) Scott is the youngest son of Tom's eldest brother, Karl. The wedding was at a hotel downtown, which was built in the 1890's. Lots of personality and character; a perfect setting for this wedding, as Angela and Scott are full of personality and character too! The ceremony was probably the most amusing one I've ever witnessed, as they'd written their vows themselves. They had everyone laughing!

Liz, Jeff, Frieda and Aurora were all in town for the wedding---which meant we had a houseful! Here are some photos from the Event. Congratulations to the Bride and Groom! May they have many happy years together--and lots of adventures along the way.




Angela was beautiful, of course, but I think Aurora was definitely in the running for the belle of the ball. The extended family hadn't met her yet, but not only were they lining up to hold her--complete strangers came up to admire her and tell us how cute, how perfect, how sweet she is. She is the youngest Hamilton, although I guess now Angela is the NEWEST Hamilton. ;-)
Here is Aurora with Great-Uncle Karl:


Great-aunt Susie:


Cousin Kristi:







Of course Uncle Jim had to hold his new niece:








Here we are:

Jeff, Frieda, Liz, me, Tom holding Aurora, Sheena and Jim.









and lastly...Ms. Cuteness herself (as she is back in Utah now, I need a baby-fix. This photo will have to do...)

Home again

Home again....but with lots of warm wonderful memories of our All Girls Adventure! This is definitely something we need to do again, maybe every two years or so. But where to go next time? Hmmm!

Last Day

After taking Sheena to the airport, we headed out to see what might be left to see. Mostly we'd already done it all! We drove to the Blow Holes, which apparently were better before Hurricane Ivan in 2004.




We visited the Wreck of the Ten Sails Park. The park is on the eastern tip of Grand Cayman and commemorates the island's most famous shipwreck. On February 8, 1794, the Cordelia, heading a convoy of 58 square-rigged merchanat ships en route from Jamaica to England, floundered on one of the treacherous East End reefs. Its warning cannon fire was thought, by the other ships, to be a call to band together because of an imminent pirate attack. Nine other ships ran aground. The locals rescued all 400 of the seamen, as well as the cargo.

It was very windy.



We ended up at Rum Point, where Liz and Frieda went in for a swim. Aurora and I lounged around on a beach chair--she napped. I cuddled!


Then it was back to the hotel. Stuck in the back seat with Grandma!

Mastic Trail

On Sheena's last day (she had to go home a day early), we decided to hike the Mastic Trail. This is a trail that was used in the 1800's as the only direct path to and from the North Side. According to the guide book, it's a "rugged 2-mile slash through 776 dense acres of woodlands." We were lucky enough to spot quite a few Cayman Parrots, as well as hermit crabs and lizards...lots of lizards!









Aurora was interested in it all.

Smith Cove

7-Mile beach is all right, but full of people and not as interesting as Smith Cove. The first day we discovered it, we didn't have our swimsuits along (we learned to travel with them!) Here are a few beach photos to warm you up. I know I need that today. BRRRR!