Fun in Florida!

We have been inFlorida almost a week now. Mike's parents celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary and invited all their children and families to celebrate with them in Florida! We stayed in a beautiful 6 bedroom house with a pool, jacuzzi, and game room, that was just a few miles from DisneyWorld. We visited MGM Disney, the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and Animal Kingdom in 3 days, with enough time to swim, go out for dinner, and just hang out. We had a wonderful time with our extended family and with just Mike, the kids, and I. Mike's oldest son, Michael and his wife were there as well and the kids got to spend time with their older brother who is still a big kid at heart. All in all, it was a great time for us but most importantly, a time for his parents to cherish a time with all their kids and grandkids together. We missed Mike's oldest daughter, Dawn, and were sorry that she never made it. The weather was fantastic and soooo loved not having to wear a coat.

Today we find ourselves in Eglin Air Force Base with our long time friends, John and Wendi Kitsteiner. We all met 10 years ago when Mike was pastoring and John and Wendi brought us dinner after Jessie was born. Somehow this young couple and our family clicked and they have been cherished friends and the god-parents of our children ever since. They have relocated a couple of times since Kentucky, but by God's grace we get to cross paths every once in a while. The weather here today is cool and rainy and we are disapointed that we can't "go out" to the beach. But we are going to drive into Destin and look around and find a quaint place (and a Starbuck's) near the beach to eat. John is a doctor and is on a tough rotation right now so we won't see him until later when we can take him dinner.

They have a beautiful Dalmatian, Scrubs, that the kids have had a ball playing with and their on base housing is actually quite nice. John cooked us a fantastic steak and grilled vegetable dinner last night and Sam has already been eating leftovers today. The boy loves beef!

We head back to Ky tomorrow. We would try to stay another day but it is important that I get back to the gym as January hits and all the "New Years Resolutioners" flood through our doors. We alss want to have a day to rest and do laundry and prepare for the kids to return to school. As far as New Years, I THINK that we are getting together with some friends and let all our kids hang out and play games while we adults do the same.

We have had so much fun in Florida. We probably won't get to head out of town again until...who knows? The kids have a play over Spring break and Sam has football all summer. I will post some pictures once we get back home and get them loaded on the computer. Blessings to all and much love!