april 8 2023
Happy Easter! "winter" has been flying by. hard to believe that it is almost time to head back to wi.
beth and todd have left the area and Laurie had to leave a bit early d/t her mother in law becoming quite ill. fortunately she is doing better. so we have brought our sydney back to oak pond to wait for us to head back. laurie loved her and wants to use her again next winter. beth, todd and laurie are all going back to Paradise Oaks next winter.
very excited, next week our 3 boys are coming to Tampa to celebrate brads 40th birthday.; holy cow how did that happen!? we are going down for brads actual birthday. which i think will be the first time we have been with him on his birthday since he turned 18! crazy... kevin will spend a night here before his brothers arrive and eric will come after they party to help with a few big projects around the house. soooo excited to have us all together again even if just for a day.
been busy around the house doing odds and ends. always something to work on i guess. newest project is the flower bed in front of the house. hope to have that accomplished before we leave. also new windows going in the 3rd bedroom. and i want the big trees in our lot trimmed a lot to try and get rid of the moss crap.. my swimming classes did ok. had 2 people come every time. thanks jackie and sonny! its been very very hot here for the last month. setting records continually. no rain either. what little grass we have is getting quite brown. have gotten to know a few more people in the park. a community garage sale a couple of weeks ago helped get me talking to a few more people.
we organized a pot luck one evening. great turnout. this is my friend Rita
great food!
aprill and kendall came in feb and we spent smelling horses! GREAT time!
kendall sits a horse well
azala's in full bloom
jackie and sonny helped tom and i get the grill ready for the pot luck. fun people!
sharon and fred stopped over. (old friends from belle parc) she drank lauries wine! fun visit
ed and pat along with ross came for 3 days in feb. a fun fun time. we ate, drank, played duck pin bowling, went on bike rides with a garage sale stop, swimming. and a airboat ride for them.
oh what the heck, just us
a couple of gators stayed at the park for a few weeks. one was 6ft long and starting to look hungary before he moved on. tom
tom and ray enjoying their near nightly happy hour
first tomato out of my southern garden. next year going to work on that garden a lot harder
full moon thru the palm tree by our house. pretty shot
edging in. now to start on the rock and next yr more plants
once the windows are in it will look totally different. more plants, and get the grass to grow
eric came and helped us do a number of projects. we let him relax one day 
lunch at Big Bass. Yummy. 
stopped for a beer
eric rebuilt the steps. big improvement
new rock landscaping
our family got together for brads 40th. great time!
erics family
jay came to visit at the condo in tampa . lots of laughs
da boys! they made their own cribbage board. 
2 yards of rock. took a while to shovel it all where we wanted
finished the front and side
brads 40th birthday card. couldnt resist grandma sperbers tactic
