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

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

February - On the Road

FLORIDA
Don and I joined Jim, Jane, Judy and dad at Coral Reef at St. Pete's Beach for a few days.  We stayed at a nearby Marriott and enjoyed eating out and relaxing with them.  Friday we headed to Sarasota as Don was asked to be at the Gatorade Summit.  We enjoyed staying at the Ritz Carlton!  
 


LA
Don worked an NBA camp for Basketball Without Borders during the NBA All Star weekend.  
 




INDY
Brent and April planned a winter get-away to Mexico so Don and I went to Indiana to baby sit February 21 - 27.   Don took Cade and Kasen to the Pacer's basktball game on Friday night.  Saturday Kasen had basketball practice and a game and then we went bowling.  Sunday after church we ate at iHop and then went to see the movie, Peter Rabbit.  The boys had school Thursday, Friday and Monday and we managed to get in lots of game nights.
 




















NEW YORK CITY
 We flew to NYC late Wednesday, February 28 and stayed until early Monday, March 5.  We attended many Big Ten conference tournament games and even got to see Iowa on Thursday as they won on Wednesday.  They lost to Michigan in OT, but it was a great game.

We enjoyed two evenings at the theater - Anastasia and Come From Away.  They were both excellent and some of the best that we've attended recently.
Don worked all day Saturday at a Nike Zoom coaching clinic.
Sunday we headed to Chelsea Market and enjoyed browsing and eating lunch there before heading to the basketball final game.  Michigan won.
Madison Square Garden



Anastasia



Come From Away based on a true story of the planes that had to land in Newfoundland on 9/11

Chelsea Market

fish for lunch at the market

spices and teas

Empire State Building



Sunday, February 25, 2018

Landon Turns Twelve!

TWELVE!





















Owen had basketball games on Sunday so we stayed in Iowa long enough to see those.