At the Florida beach house!

Keyan and Becky organized a wonderful Riley Reunion in Florida, just after Christmas. 4 of the 7 brothers came and we had a great time in the condo, at the beach, on boats, shooting guns, and swimming in the pool. Keyan also took great photos of the sunsets...

We stayed on the 11th floor of a beach condo right on the beach in Destin, FL, for 5 nights. In our condo we had 17 people, and in a nearby condo there were 3 more of our group. The condo was great fun and the cousins had fun piling together (6 in one bedroom) and watching movies. We had lots of games in the condo, but the children loved the SIX t.v.'s! There was often a movie and/or video games going on, when we weren't at the beach or outside. Rachel and Mara wanted their own room, so they put air mattresses in a huge walk-in closet so they could play UNO in peace.

Uncle Darren, Josh, and Sam enjoying the view from our balcony

The indoor pool was fun -- and the outdoor hot tubs were nice and hot!

Uncle Nick, Aunt Julie, and Eliza playing Speed Scrabble; it works great with Scrabble CheezIts because if you can't use a letter, you just eat it! We also enjoyed a big group game of Taboo, though it wasn't quite fair to have Eliza and Madi on the same team because as soon as one twin started describing a word, the other knew it within 3 seconds.

Josh, Johnny, and Sam warming up in the tub after playing in the cold ocean

Uncle Nick and his helpers wrote "RILEY" on the sand!

Someone else wrote "I (heart) KY" and Isaac erased the "KY" and wrote "TX".

Soccer on the beach! It felt like slow-motion soccer, trying to run in the sand.

Percy Jackson, trying to stop the waves

Taking jumping photos on the beach

Deep-sea fishers: Nick, Ernie, Darren, Isaac, Keyan, and Lyrad