Florida Part 1

By Kate & Mom

Kate starts - - -

7:32 Friday morning!

A. Joyce got here and tossed her stuff in the van, and we got on the road...for about 30 seconds until we went past the red shed and Dad felt like we needed to stop and refill the creep feeder for the beef calves!

After driving uneventfully all day Friday, we stopped for the night @ a Hampton Hotel in Lake Park, GA. We got to the hotel at about 11:30 PM and we were planning leave by 6am, as soon as the breakfast area opened; but we ended up leaving at 5:15 instead. We were barely into Florida when the tire began making weird noises. Upon further investigation, it was discovered we would need a new tire before it blew. After checking out several different places, we were able to get in at a TIRE KINGDOM which opened at 7:00. All of us except Dad walked to a nearby Waffle House for breakfast while we waited for not one but two van tires to be changed. By 8:00 we were on the road again.

We arrived at our townhouse at 1:30. We made the quickest turnaround possible and walked to the beach for the rest of the afternoon. We had supper at the house and everyone got settled in for the week.

Sunday afternoon after church we went to Uncle Dan's condo/pool and the beach near them. They also had a delicious supper for us.

We spent all week on the beach, except one day which was spent in the Everglades.

Mom finishes - - -

Weather was perfect – around 80d all week, water felt great. Played a lot of cornhole and spent a lot of time building sand structures.

Tuesday night we went to the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk for ice cream. A. Joyce & Jacob walked there, and the rest of us drove and met up with them later.

Fun evenings hanging out in the townhouse.

Random Pre-FL Life

By Kate

Not sure what goes on in this px.

Little Kiowa is very loved by all, and turns holding her are monitered very closely.

Country scenes……

We got in a couple afternoons/evenings of skating…inculding a good hockey game before we left for Florida. Unfortunately it was freezing most the time we were gone but it warmed up as soon as we got home…

We have spent some great afternoons with Jenna and the boys.

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Kaiser Christmas

by Kate

Sorry for the lack of blogging but with being in Florida it just wasn’t a very high priority.

Anyways, back to Kaiser Christmas on Saturday evening the 10th. It was a great time of hanging out with cousins, games, and eating.

A few gifts for the smaller kids.

Floor Dutch Blitz was a hit.

A wild game of muiscal chairs. Aunt Marcia and Lance were the last two players and Lance ended up winning.

The End.

Not Much

by Kate

I’m really not sure why I agreed to this, but let’s just say that I was the one that ended up  on the ground.

Good ol’ Skeet.

We have a good crop of cats right now.

Last Saturday night we had a good time with friends……Jake was having a good time playing with Henry and Wyatt (we all did but Jake is the only one that got a px taken).

We hosted Steiner Thanksgiving on Sunday. A good time as usual.

More of Mom’s sky pictures.

Mr. Cheerful.

For the most part things are pretty slow around here…school and normal life. We’re all ready for a break from school and the college kids are ready for finals to be over for this semester. Everyone is looking forward to our upcoming Florida trip and it gets mentioned almost every day. I’ve been busy with the ice rink. We put the tarp out this morning so now all we need is a really cold front, but with our crazy weather here in Illinois, who knows what will happen. Also very ready for Levi and Echo’s baby to make his/her appearance which could happen any day now. So that about sums up what we’ve had going on……not much.