Island Holidays 2010:

How's this for an archipelago? James Island, St. Simons, St. Thomas, St. John, and every island on the way to Key West. Nice.

Cherub Claus, Elissa Claus and Thumprrr the reindeer prepare to join 400 other sundry Santas on the New Orleans Santacon pub crawl.

An oystercatcher decorating Magens Bay, St. Thomas.

Robbie shows Thump where to dive in.

Dad took us to Key West where we watched this storm off Louie's Backyard.

And our buddy Robert took us to check out all kinds of wacky tropical plants, like this man-eating kapok tree in Coconut Grove.