Good news all around!

During an afternoon guitar session on the beach the other day, Rebecca and I faintly heard our boat being hailed on our handheld VHF. When we answered the hail, we were extremely surprised and pleased to hear from our friends Wade and Maureen on the sailboat Just Drifting. We last saw these guys in Rum Cay over a year ago and although we knew they had intentions of making their way south, we had no idea they were so close. We had a great time catching up with them as they shared a fresh fish dinner with us on board their boat. As a matter of fact, the last time we saw them they also cooked us some fresh fish on their boat. Could this be a trend?

If that wasn’t nice enough, we had some extra special news yesterday. For the past week Rebecca has had our telephone within reach 24-7, waiting to hear news from our daughter Cass whose baby was due any day. We are very happy to announce that yesterday afternoon she gave birth to a beautiful and healthy 7 lb. 1 oz. girl. Congratulations to Cass and her husband Robert, we are extremely happy for you. As for Rebecca, she is now the hottest grandmother that I know. 🙂

Happy birthday Demi Harper Lee!

For those who prefer to read about more technical stuff, I’ve got a nice post on the magic of O-rings and a mystery head repair job planned for the next day or so. 🙂

37 Comments

Jane June 30, 2012 at 9:13 am

Congratulations to you all! x

Sarah June 30, 2012 at 9:14 am

Congratulations on your new granddaughter!

Cookie Johnson June 30, 2012 at 9:17 am

Congratulations!!!

Ellen June 30, 2012 at 9:22 am

She is beautiful! I love her name! Is it a coincidence she has the same name of reclusive famous author Harper Lee or is ” To kill a mkingbird” a favorite of your daughters?

Dave June 30, 2012 at 9:24 am

Congratulations guys, being a grandparent is amazing! Enjoy!

Mid-Life Cruising! June 30, 2012 at 9:34 am

She’s so cute … congratulations ya’ll!

John and Lorela June 30, 2012 at 9:55 am

Glad you put a link to Amazon on your site, just ordered some speakers for my boat. It feel good to give a little back. Thanks for all the work you put into this blog.

Mike July 1, 2012 at 7:09 am

Thank you very much! We really appreciate the support.

Judith June 30, 2012 at 10:00 am

Congratulations!

Cidnie Carroll (@SVCeolMor) June 30, 2012 at 10:24 am

She is beautiful- congrats!

Michele June 30, 2012 at 11:00 am

Congratulations to all of you!

Mike Bruce June 30, 2012 at 12:19 pm

Has Rebecca been out and bought a miniature pink life jacket yet?

🙂

Mike

George June 30, 2012 at 12:45 pm

Congrats Rebecca and Mike

Paul June 30, 2012 at 1:37 pm

Beautiful! Congratulations!

tana June 30, 2012 at 3:50 pm

Grandparents! Congratulations to all of you!

John June 30, 2012 at 4:18 pm

congratulations nana and papa

Tytti June 30, 2012 at 4:43 pm

Congratulations!

Sandra June 30, 2012 at 7:53 pm

Congratulations to you both!!! As a brand new grandma myself, I can tell you it is an amazing experience. It’s going to be tough being so far away from her!!!

Zaneta June 30, 2012 at 8:08 pm

Congratulations Rebecca and Mike! She is gorgeous!

Greg June 30, 2012 at 9:03 pm

“Sometimes”, said Pooh, “the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”
A.A. Milne

Congrats to the kids.

Grand parents seem to be resting well.

Cheers!

Mike July 1, 2012 at 7:13 am

Thanks for the kind words and well wishes everyone. Mother and baby are both doing great!

Jim, Top O the World July 1, 2012 at 10:03 am

Such great news, congratulations! Definitely see Rebecca in those eyes. Julie had her red haired baby girl May 19th.