SV Part VI

Ashley's friend, Brantley, and her husband, David, recently moved back to Destin.  Dave retired from the Air Force a couple years ago.  They were working in Oklahoma and decided rather than work for someone else, why not work for themselves.  Thus, they bought an existing short-term rental management company and have been busy ever since.  Fortunately, we were able to pry them away from their office for a nice dinner at Dewey Destins.  I tried to get a picture of "the Rankin men" but no one would sit still.

Ashley didn't have any better luck...

Brantley and Dave have two terrific kids.  Below is a picture of Charlie and Hudson, who's big into lacrosse and has a vice-like hand-shake (my hand still hurts).

Our boys were rather tired from the day's activities.  Note Teddy's yawn--the boy on Teddy's left is the other Cook offspring, Mac.

But no one was quite as tired as Charlie...

After a delicious dinner, it was time for the obligatory posed-shots.  First, Brantley and Ashley.

And then Dave and me...

Finally, you can't go to the dock without feeding the fish.

The first part of our Florida adventure is at its end.  But not to worry; we still have another four days in the heat and humidity.  We've both forgotten all about work and with enough convincing, we could probably stay here full time.  Of course, we've also have to convince the Rankins to let us stay, but we'll leave that to Bode, with his puppy-dog face and long eye-lashes :-)