End of the "season"

Well, Tom and Tweet left this morning.  It was great to have them here.  We did lots of eating and relaxing so hopefully they are returning well rested.  Tweet is flying back and Tom is riding Larry's motorcycle back to Holland.  I was going to fly up to Holland today too to be with Jamie tomorrow for her court date but it looked like it was going to get postponed so I held off here in FL to help Larry get things closed up at the house and get the boat over to the marina tomorrow where they will lift it out of the water and get it ready to be shipped up to Holland.  Jamie's court date has been postponed so I'll go to Miami with Larry Thurs. night where he has meetings for most of the day Friday and then we are planning to take off from there to drive home.  Seems like there are always lots of little things to do around the house to get ready to go.  Fun, fun.  I AM looking forward to being back in Holland but it is hard to say goodbye to the great weather we are having here.  Oh well, it will soon be warm "up north" too, I hope.

Nice Day

Tom and Tweet are here since Wed. so we have been on the boat a couple of times and have been enjoying the pool.  Larry and Tom went fishing yesterday morning and caught a few sea trout that they brought home but threw everything else back that they caught.  Today Charlie and Janna and Wendell and Helen joined us and we took the boat to Usepa for lunch then to North Captiva for ice cream, then home again and another dip in the pool.  The weather has been really nice the last few days, not too humid but warm so we are enjoying it and I think Tom and Tweet are too.

Monday, Monday

Larry's gone again, up to MI on Sunday to see Mom Hilldore, Jamie and Travis then over to Saginaw with Travis to meet some customers there today.  So.... since he is gone I'm taking a few days to go up to Longboat Key to see a girlfriend who is there for their first Florida winter.  She thinks it too cold (72 degrees tonight) and thinks that maybe Ft. Myers or Naples would be warmer.  :-)  They have a BEAUTIFUL place here and a wonderful view of the ocean.  Part of the reason it's "cooler" is that there is a lovely breeze coming off the water today.  We walked down the beach for a while and chatted and had a great dinner tonight in Sarasota with her husband.  Gary leaves early tomorrow morning so I will spend most of the day here tomorrow with Pam and then go back home after an early dinner.  (That's the plan for now at least.)  It would be tempting to stay another night but I guess I'd better get back and get a few groceries in the house and make sure everything is "ready" at the house before Tom and Tweet get here.  I am really looking forward to them being here - to show Tom around and especially to catch up with Tweet again.  We always have fun "chatting."

Where did the week go?

Wow, I can't believe it's Sat. night already, where did the week go?  Larry got back home Tues. night and was supposed to leave again Thurs. morning to go over to W. Palm Beach to meet some friends/customers for a boating weekend.  However it got "postponed" due to windy weather so suddenly we had some extra time.  We needed to check out some spots in the Keys for a WPO meeting for next March so we hopped in the car and drove down to Hawk's Cay near Marathon Key.  We had a nice time and then headed back on Friday and stopped off at a couple places on the way back.  Today we went out for a boat ride with Janna and Charlie for lunch at South Seas Resort.  Nice lunch and a nice day - perfect weather even though it was a little breezy.

The Sound of Silence

Wow is it quiet around here today!!  Jamie and the grandkids left Sat. morning and the rest of the "kids" left Sunday.  Then Larry left this morning to fly to Albany then Chicago and won't be back until tomorrow night.  So it is very, very quiet here after a busy week.  But that gives me time to catch up on bills, phone calls, LAUNDRY, maybe some reading and maybe some "veg" time.  We'll see - usually the time flies by and then Larry is home again.

Everyone's here!!

It's been a busy week with Jamie and the kids, Ashlyn keeps us all busy and she's just so cute!!

The rest of the "kids" got here today and it's really nice to have everyone here again.  It doesn't seem like it was that long ago that they were all here but it was Christmas.  The time here in Florida has gone fast I guess.  

Jacob is loving having everyone here too, more people to play games with.

Tuesday Morning

What was supposed to be a nice sunny day has started as a cloudy "sprinkley" day.  Oh well, we thought yesterday wouldn't be a "pool day" but ended up being nicer than I thought it would be.  Maybe today we will do a little shopping.  Jacob is "thrilled" at the thought.  :-)  Sorry Jacob.  Anyway we are also planning to go the the water park in Cape Coral but it is closed on Monday and Tuesday.  We were hoping to take a boat ride today but I guess that will have to wait also.  Still nice to just hang out with the "kids".  Ashlyn has lots of funny faces that make us laugh a lot!

They're here!!!

Jamie and the kids made it here a little after 6pm.  It's so good to see them and have them here.  Jacob was eager to get into the pool after dinner and then Ashlyn wanted to join him so Jamie got in with her for a while.  She loved being in the water.  

We had another great day here.  High 80s with a breeze and we went with some friends by boat up to Captiva to the Green Flash for lunch and we were back in time to take a quick dip in the pool before it was time to leave for the airport to get Jamie and the kids.

The rest of the gang (Ben & Amanda and Travis & Allison) will arrive on Thursday then we will have a FULL HOUSE for a few days.  Should be fun!

Larry was "up north" this past week seeing customers from Monday night until last night so he is glad to be back.  It's always pretty quiet here when he's gone but I got a book read so that was a good thing.  Also visited my sister-in-law Elizabeth's mother who winters in N. Ft. Myers.  She invited me to the pot-luck that they were having and it started pouring down rain just as we got inside the "club house" but they lost power about that time too.  Luckily there were windows and some "emergency" lighting that kicked in too.  It was a good dinner and the rained stopped before it was time to leave.