December 21 – January 2, 2019 What a fun time we had! Rick, Maggie and Isaiah and Jade and Brendan all arrived on the 22nd. It was so much fun to have the whole family together. Tyler and Kristen are the perfect hosts and made us all feel so comfortable in their beautiful home (and driveway). We spent Christmas Eve day with Richard’s family at his mom’s place in Lakeland. Most of his family was there and we had a…
December 16-20, 2018 I have been wanting to camp in Ocala for the past two years but it never fit into our schedule so I was happy to finally squeeze in 5 days there. We stayed at Salt Springs Campground. We rode our bikes to the spring one day and it was so beautiful. We saw a sting ray, blue crab and lots of fish. There was more to do in the area but unfortunately I came back from Nashville…
December 9-16, 2018 I flew up to Nashville to help take care of Isaiah for a week while Rick traveled to Seattle on business. Maggie was 6 months pregnant, not feeling great and very busy with her job at Legacy Church. I was happy to help them out and I had a wonderful (and exhausting) week with my grandson. He is absolutely adorable! One day we made colored pasta and then played with it. We also made cookies one day….
November 26-December 7, 2018 We spent two weeks at one of my very favorite campgrounds, Ft. DeSoto Campground, right on the water. We are close to friends and family here, plus we are on the water and can ride our bikes to the beach, the fort and restaurants. One day we rode our bikes up to Billy’s Stone Crab for some crab claws and oysters. Yummy! On the way home we rode through some beautiful neighborhoods on Cabbage Key. One…