I know this is primarily a sailing/cruising blog but since I’m the author and you don’t pay me to write this, I can post whatever I please. And what pleases me the most now is my new great niece Jaida.

Blog followers will realize that we cut our winter cruise short this year because we were expecting three great nieces/nephews. One (William John) was born five weeks ago and while we missed his birth, we have met this delightful little sailor-in-waiting.

Two weeks ago we hustled home to be in time for the birth of our niece Colleen and her husband James’ child. And we’re proud to introduce our blog followers to Jaida Malia. She is my late brother John and Judy’s sister Carol’s grand daughter and where we don’t have children, she’s like our own grandchild. My sister coined the term Grauntie and Gruncle as a contraction of great aunt and uncle.

We’re so pleased to be able to report on happy family circumstances. And while we miss Sea Sharp and the warm southern weather, our return to these two and soon to be a third new family member is certainly worth it.