We are still here!!!

Happy Spring!!!!  We know its spring because the fragrance from the orange trees is so amazing.  The fragrance is especially good at night when the wind is calm and the weather warm.   Growing up in MN I have never experienced anything like it.

We celebrated our 49^th wedding anniversary on February 6^th. It just does not seem possible that we have been married that long.  We still are friends, love each other and enjoy being with each other.

 

We have had a lot of company.  Tim, Laura, Sophia, Aubrey and Bricelyn were here in February.  We stayed at Disney’s Art of Animation Hotel which caters to children with characters from Lion King, Nemo, and Cars.  The princess luncheon was a big success with the girls.  A great time was had by all.

Our friends John & Kate Frye visited.  They were staying at the Gaylord hotel.  I have wanted to see this hotel for a long time and we were able to get 30 minutes to look around (anything more would have cost us $18.00 just for parking).

Our high school friends Lisa & Gary and Dick & Louise visited.  At the time they all were here I happened to fill in at a bowling tournament when a friend’s wife was injured so I had a huge gallery.

My friend, Dan, and I won a gold medal for our age group.  I guess it helps to have a gallery.

In addition to visiting the Plant City Strawberry Festival and a day at Disney we were able to see Dick & Louise’s granddaughter compete in a gymnastics competition.  She won many awards for the performance we saw.

Our Nieces son, Kyle & his friend Morgan, visited for a day and we were happy to see them and take them into Epcot for the day.

We also took time to meet up with Lill, Ross and Andy at Busch Gardens near Tampa along with their friends Keith and Dana.  We were not that impressed with Busch Gardens.  The animals were very nice but really it just seemed to us a bigger version of a Zoo. 

From Busch Gardens Pete and I met our friend, Kevin, at the Mc Dill Air Force Base where we spent the night at the Mac Dill Inn.  The next day we saw the Twins play the Yankees at the Yankee stadium in Tampa.  We were not real anxious to see the Twins, because of their record the last few years, but we were pleasantly surprised when the Twins won the game.  We will wait and see how they do when the REAL season starts.

We keep in touch with Dan & Ana, Helena & Julia by WhatsApp, Skype and by phone.  We also send pictures back and forth to keep up with their busy lives.  Dan is busy at the University, Ana is recovering well from her broken ankle and will be back to work soon, Helena is busy with her music and becoming an expert at skateboarding,

and Julia (just turned 11) is also busy with music and skateboarding and is now taking a painting class to become an artist (runs in the Linder family). 

We have been working more this month of March than we have for the last couple of months. It is the Flower and Garden show at Epcot as well as spring break for hundreds of schools so the parks are busy. We do enjoy it.