The Last Day of 2009 !!!

Today we met mark and Tabitha at the park... It was a gorgeous day.. 78*... Guess I was dressed too warm...

Tim and Mark had a great time watching the kids and talking... When did Mark get so tall ????

The kids had a great time riding the scooters and playing on the climbing bars... What a great way to spend the last day of the old year..

Yesterday we had a Tea Party for 3 of the grand girls.... We really did have more to eat than it shows...

Christmas Day !!!

Tim and I on Christmas eve after the church service... NO !!!we did not wear the hats to church...

Grand daughter Bekie just HAD to swim on Christmas Day so into the pool we all 3 went... water was warm so we ended up swimming for over an hour... I figured it took care of some of that delicious Christmas dinner we just ate... Hope you all had a Merry Christmas !!!

Fun with Bekie...

Tim and Bekie decorating the palm trees in our front yard.. The weather has been cold... thus the sweat shirts... only 63* The yellow flags are for our " circular drive ".

Bekie helped us make lots of cookies to give to our neighbors.

On Monday we met Tabitha and the kids at " Pump it Up " Tim and I did not jump and bounce... only went along to take pictures and watch...

Tabitha and kids were so tired after 2 hours !!!!!!

On Sunday night just before evening church, the daily " ice cream truck " went by.. Can't miss it's LOUD and CRAZY music...

I received 2 comments on my last blog that I did not want so I have deleted my last post... My blog will not let me do it any other way... We have been busy as I am sure everyone else has getting ready for Christmas... We have really enjoyed the pool every day but are expecting cooler weather for a few days so have closed the pool for now... I am sure we will open it back up soon as our grand daughter Bekie ( 8 ) is coming tomorrow to visit... The tree is up, house decorated, and we are making Christmas cookies and Holiday breads to give to our neighbors , mailman and trash collectors... They sure do a good job for us as they will take anything we put out there... tree branches, leaves and Palm fonds....We celebrated our 44th Anniversary yesterday... We honeymooned in Florida and now we live here !!!! We went for lunch at Chili's and enjoyed ribs and raspberry cheesecake... I received a Shark Steam Machine and so last night I did every floor in the house.... Tim is out 'staking out 'our lawn as we are going to have an irrigation system put in and a circular driveway....We are really starting to enjoy our new church and went to a meeting where they planned new ideas for growth.. love to be a part of a church that wants to grow... have seen and been in so many churches that just exist....and are satisfied... Wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas.. Hard to believe it will soon be 2010.!!!!

Well, since I did not get any comments on my last blog... maybe no one is reading it anymore.. But I will try again. We left on Wednesday and drove 700 miles to Birmingham, Al. to meet our daughter Kathi and Mike and 6 grandkids for Thanksgiving.. Had to stay over night in motel in Albany, Ga. on the way but drove straight thru on the way home on Saturday.. Good food at Ryans... turkey, ham, steak, salmon and chicken.... plus NO dishes or clean-up !!! The motel was real classy ( and very reasonable priced ).. We had 2 suites at the Best Western Carlton... mints on the pillows, fancy folded towels, warm pool, 2 tvs/ suite.. ( kids loved that ) !!! On Friday we went to the Children's Science Center... 4 floors and VERY interesting.... Ci Ci Pizza and more swimming... full delicious breakfast in the motel and at 6:AM on Saturday , we headed home... We enjoyed our new church today and went out for lunch with 3 of the people to " The Twisted Lemon ".... The church people are very friendly and want to grow so I think this may be the church for us... Have a lot of activities planned for Dec.... Pray you enjoy the Christmas Season and Celebrate JESUS !!!!!

FUNNY BLOG !!!

This is going to be a very funny blog.. Notice the girls wearing grandpa's swim trunks and t-shirts.. WHY ?? They came over to swim and forgot their suits ( they each own 4-5 ) so they decided to swim anyway.. good thing we have a private pool ! The water was great !!! 87*

They stayed over night and so we decided to make " smoothies "... Their folks got us a " bullet " last Christmas... Emily LOVED it !!!

Tim received a small coke bottle at his HS Reunion last May and Sarah always teases to drink it.. He finally said OK so she was REAL happy !!! She couldn't get over the fact that it was marked 10 cents..

We FINALLY came home to Cape Coral on Friday and when we met Mark and Tab's family... the girls gave me a dozen white roses... They are so pretty !!! Yes, the project is over and we are home and have already decorated for Christmas and have our Christmas letter about ready to mail... Since we have been home 3 1/2 days, we have went shopping and bought a new washer and dryer and a new couch ( 2 recliners ) and a matching recliner.. Guess we are set to settle down and enjoy our home.. Except we are leaving in the morning to drive 700 miles to Birmingham, Al. to stay in a motel ( indoor pool ) and share Thanksgiving with daughter Kathi and Mike and 6 grandkids !! FUN !!! This Thanksgiving , Thank GOD for all HIS blessings !!!

work and waves

Tim and Chuck busy planting scrubs in front of the church. I think they planted about 60 !!!!

Today we walked the beach of the Atlantic Ocean...

The waves were awesome !!! It was so relaxing .... The weather is in the 70's....