Category: on vacation

Our James apparently isn’t the first James Flood to walk these streets.

Today we began our weeklong trip to Northern California. James defied all conventional wisdom and did the day with nothing more than a 10 minute nap during our taxi ride into the city. Seems that San Francisco agrees with him.

These photos are from the first day of our vacation at the cottage. James and Kyle were just getting to know each other. Kyle was willing to share his watermelon with James, but our little Wisconsinite wasn’t too sure what to think of the gesture. Ultimately, they both seemed happy enough with their sweet, watery snack.

This spring, Mom and Dad planted a tree for James. When we were vacationing in Athens, we got to visit it. For now, James is taller than the tree.

These two shots were taken less than a second apart – that’s life with a (then) fifteen month old.

James and Kyle spent some time in the cooler. I’m guessing that this will be a recurring theme as they age.

Not sure why, but there’s something about this photo that makes me smile. Like any one-year-old, James experiences a lot of emotions in a day … I’m not too sure what this one was, but it’s one that we see often … perhaps somewhere between grumpy and frustrated, which is usually followed by a smile or a laugh.

If you look closely, you can see that he’s got a camera in his hands. Maybe he was grumpy because I interrupted his photo shoot – here’s one of the shots that he took:

We’re finally resurfacing after a week on vacation in the remote wilderness of Graham Lake … good to be back in the land of readily available Internet access. Here’s a shot of the Flood Family from Canada Day. Good looking bunch, don’t you think?