It has been a busy week with all the usual activities. Alesa upgraded my Blackberry to a Samsung Charge Droid for my birthday so that has kept me busy. This afternoon Alesa picked up Bailey and Bridget after the school bus and brought them back for the weekend.
Trip Log
This was Ellie's birthday weekend and she wanted to go to New York and see the Statue of Liberty and we were happy to oblige her. We got up early Saturday and picked her up at 6 on the way. We arrived at Liberty State Park in NJ, through security and on the ferry at about 8:30.
Tonight we went over to Mike's to attend the annual concert at Overlook elementary. Ellie plays the violin and is in the string ensemble while Anni is in the beginners strings and plays the cello. They were, of course, the best and prettiest performers in the entire concert..
Mike had a wedding in Pittsburg and Lisa had to work so we picked up the girls on Saturday and returned them Sunday in time for Annika's Girl Scout outing and for her to release the numerous Praying Mantis' which hatched in her pagoda.
We have been busy since we got back home two weeks ago. Doctors, finances, parties with friends and family have kept us busy. I finished the gameroom floor while Alesa landscaped, worked in the yard and re-started on the kitchen cabinets. Yesterday we went to Bailey's Lacrosse game and celebra
Friday we left Savannah and drove the 450 miles up to the South 40 Resort just south of Petersburg, Va on I-95. Saturday we drove into Williamsburg and toured Colonial Williamsburg. Steve and Laura had never been so they spent the day and we toured the area and the Jamestown National Park and p
Last Saturday we went to Brooksville with Steve & Laura to visit friends from Grand Lake. We also went to the mermaid show at Weekie Wachie State Park. Sunday we went back to Paul and Carol's while Steve & Laura went to Ormond Beach to stay with her sister Betsey. As usual, we had a wo
It continues to be busy down here in Florida. On Saturday Craig flew his plane to and from Lakeland to check on Chuck and Kate's house and in the process was able to accumulate enough hours (50) on his plane to allow it to leave a designated break-in area and carry passengers. Sadly there was n
Friday we drove up to Tampa to spend the night at Zachary & Cathy's and then go to Sun'n Fun. That is a large, annual air show and fly-in in Lakeland. Last week a large storm passed through and did over a million $ worth of damage by tossing a lot of the smaller aircraft around. Craig and

