A New Dome, The Temple, Our Prom King and Thanksgiving

November 17 - 24, 2022

We inflated the Titan Cement Dome on November 27th.

This dome has a steel Ring around the top where the top and walls of the dome come together, for that reason there are 3 cranes tied off to the ring that help lift the ring so the inflation process goes smoothly.

A perfect inflation.

Saturday, November 19th Darryl and I took the morning and went to the temple in Orlando.

These photos are a little out of order, so the following 4 photos are from Friday Night, November 18, 2022.

Homecoming for Lincoln Charter High School. Our Grandson Adam was elected as the men's Freshmen representative to the Homecoming Court.

Adam's big brother Preston Guffey, was nominated as Homecoming King. He chose his little brother Wesley to be his escort.

Well guess what? Preston was voted Homecoming King!

Actually, at Lincoln Charter School they no longer have "King and Queen" since that is politically incorrect, (I don't agree, but that's life these days) there are two Lincoln Charter Campuses, and each campus selects one student to be their "Royal Eagle". Here are the 2022 Lincoln Charter Royal Eagles.

Some handsome young men right there..

Shiloh and Jason and their Royal Men. 

Skye and Ryan had a little Thanksgiving dilemma this week. All Ryan's family were out of town, Ryan had to work Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and Skye had School and was studying for her upcoming finals. Who would watch their girls?

I drove up to North August, South Carolina on Monday and got the girls ready for school on Tuesday. (Ryan leaves for work at 5:45 and Skye leaves for Law School at 6:00)

Miss Avery in her festive autumn outfit.

I went to Annabelle's 2nd grade class and enjoyed her Thanksgiving Feast.

Then She and I went to Avery's preschool and enjoyed Avery's school Thanksgiving feast. What a fun day!

The car was already packed, so as soon as Reagan came home from school we hit the road for Florida, getting in about 10:00 pm. The girls we all worn out, but it was so nice to have them with us.

Wednesday we picked up Rachel and Ross and brought them over for a Slumber party with the cousins. Of course if you're at Grandma's house there will be tea time too.

And we made pie for Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. Rachel was a big helper.

Thanksgiving Day 2022

It was such a lovely day we decided to eat our Thanksgiving Feast outdoors. We invited our some of our crew members from Spain and Mexico to join us for our traditional dinner.

Along with Cody and Alisa's Family and Kendra and Kelly, we had quite the party!

And with the help of all the family, we had a very delicious Thanksgiving meal with all the trimmings and fixings.

And this Thanksgiving Season I do have so much for which to be Thankful.

Most especially my family.

 

Fall Florida Fun in November

October 29 - November 19, 2022

ZOO TAMPA - a Great Family Get Away!

Zoo Tampa at Lowry Park is one of the best Zoo's I have every visited, so I was excited to visit the Zoo with Cody, Alisa, Kendra, Kelly and their kids. Not only do they have wonderful animal habitats and a wide variety of animal species, they also have lot's of fun things for the family to do.

Rachel and Ross enjoy the wildlife carousel..

And everyone except Liam and little Stella enjoyed the Tiger Roller Coast.

Stella sure does love her big brother Hyrum.

And all the kiddos love the Manatee viewing area. 

A cool and peaceful place on a hot summer day.

I love this beautiful bald eagle. He was rescued and rehabilitated at the zoo after he was permanently injured. Unfortunately he cannot fly anymore, but it is nice that we get to see him up close.

 A Musical story.... earlier this morning Darryl saw an ad for a beautiful piano for only $125.00. We picked it up after our day at the zoo (Thanks for helping Cody) and I cleared out a place for it. It was quite an ordeal getting through the front door (we'll definitely take it our the back when we leave), but now I have this beautiful instrument to play every day!

Happy Early Birthday to me! The tone on this Baldwin Piano is so very, very beautiful, I can't get enough of playing it! 

October 31 - Happy Halloween everyone!

November 5, 2022

Well this happened. Just a small fracture and they said it should heal quickly. 

I did have time to do some painting this fall. Here are a few of my creations..

I went to "Paint with a Twist" and did this "paint along" Blue Ridge Mountain Acrylic Painting. I was going to paint over it, but Miss Reagan loves it, so I told her I would give it to her.

I tried my hand at a small Acrylic Palette Knife painting of Floyd, my favorite flamingo. 

November 12th we took the kids to one of our favorite beaches for little kids, Fred Howard Beach Park.

It was a lovely, warm, sunny day and a calm sea for the paddle boards.

Liam really loved playing in the water, but wasn't a fan of the bright sunshine.

Hello Family!

Two days later Jesse sends us a photo of her mule deer hunt at Grays Lake! He was huge and the snow was so deep it was up to the horses' bellies. I am glad they got it down the mountain safely.

And that's not all. There's more November fun to come.

 

Cody and Family Come to Florida

OCTOBER 5, 2022 

At the First of October Cody and his family came to this part of Florida to work on the Dome here. His Company "Hard Hands Construction" will hang all the rebar and steel in our dome int he Port of Tampa. This made me One Happy Grandma!

Rachel and I enjoyed a little Tea when she spent the night.

Rossy is sporting a new hair cut.

Grandma loves to just pop in for a visit and take the big kids to the park.

And I love it when they come to Grandma's house to spend the night. On this day Ross found a little box turtle on the sidewalk.

And Little Liam loves getting to know his Grandma and Grandpa!

Cody and Alisa came to our Ward's Trunk or Treat and won Second Place in the Decorating contest for his awesome Safari setup.

There is a lot more Grandbaby fun to come!