You all know know that I’m in Punta Cana, DR with my wife, Ann Maire and my daughter, Alex. No need to post pictures of them. This entire blog is littered with them.

But who are these other people I speak of that I’m on vacation with? So before I continue the blog, let’s meet them:

Jason

Jason is an ex-jarhead. All around good guy. Would probably have a stroke if he ever woke up and found himself in France.

There’s two things you should never ask a Marine for: directions and to shoot photos with a manual lens. This is a picture of AM, Alex & I from Sunday night that he shot with my K-x with the Vivitar 28mm manual lens mounted. Maybe he thought it could be like a Cézanne or Renoir painting, but in photo form. French Impressionist painters as influence in your photography? I thought you didn’t dig the French, J?

Focus, J. Focus.

Sorry J, you know you had it coming.

Jayme

Next up, is Jason’s lovely wife, Jayme. Some call her the “Coupon Queen.” While she does have an uncanny ability to sniff out a good deal, her ability to haggle is stuff of legend. It truly is a sight to behold.

Then there’s their oldest son, Zachary, who has a love/hate relationship with my daughter, Alex. Those two are like an old married couple at times with their bickering.

Zachary

And their youngest son, Tyler. He’s a little cutie who’s been teething something fierce. Nothing a little Brugal on the gums didn’t fix.

Karen & Tyler

And last, but certainly not least, there’s Jayme’s mom, Karen. She’s a lovely woman with a great sense of humor who may have been the happiest to be in Punta Cana out of all of us. She also kept an eye on the little ones so we can go out at night and party.

I don’t know what went on when we weren’t with them, but they all seemed to need a lot of sleep during the day.

I kid because I love and I hope you guys take it int he vein it was meant.

So now that you’ve met the rest of the cast, we now return you to the trip…