Retirement! Here We Come. (Well, Don is back to work)
by Vicky Showalter

Monday, February 11, 2013

Indy Weekend

Don drove to Indy on Friday night after his ball game and I flew to Indy from Florida on Saturday.  And a FUN weekend we had!


Papa's in the house!

Playing UNO with Cade!

Hi, Kasen!
Claire came over to babysit the boys we the adults could go out to eat to celebrate April's upcoming birthday.  Her choice - Fogo's!  We love that place which has a great salad bar and then the fun of the meat on skewers coming to our table.

Happy birthday, April

Brent and April
and the baby!
Sunday - church and PLAY!





Time for m&m's

tap, tap, tap EAT!
Cade and Kasen working on valentine
pillows for their teachers.  

thumbs up!

papa reading to Kasen

Bath time.  Cade in his robe!
Monday morning and time to head back to Iowa and the boys head to preschool





Florida in February

An Iowa snowstorm delayed my trip to Florida by two days!  Instead of flying to Orlando on a Wednesday I managed to get there on Friday.  Mom and Dad picked me up and I spent a few days with them at their winter timeshare.

Playing sequence every evening with mom and dad.

Strawberry shortcake at Plant City.
Judy, Jane and Jim arrived at St. Pete's on Saturday.  They settled in at Coral Reef Resort and did the grocery shopping.  On Sunday mom and dad took me to St. Pete's Beach where I spent the week with them.  We talked mom and dad into packing a bag and staying with us overnight to enjoy time together and watch the Super Bowl.  My brother Bob and Lori flew in from a quick trip to Iowa to see their new grandson and they joined us for a couple of hours on Sunday.  Family time in Florida!

Jim, Jane and Judy at St. Pete's.


Bob, mom and dad snacking during the Super Bowl.


The ocean view from our 4th floor condo.

A few games of Sequence during the Super Bowl.

Super Bowl watching

Monday morning walk on the beach.

Looking for shells.
The week:  rest, relaxation, reading, walking the beach, sunning at the pool, hot tubbing, cooking in or eating out, evening games of Farkle, Dutch Blitz, Up the River Down the River, and outings to John's Pass and The Pier of St Pete.

Walking the beach at sunset.


Jim and Jane in one of the hot tubs.

Jane at The Pier of St. Pete's Beach

Jim, Jane and Judy at Bubba Gump's.



It was a great week with my sisters!