Nov 1 2023

 Now in florida for the winter. as always the last few months have been busy. the garden was the worst garden i have ever had. very poor production for the most part. got just enough tomatoes canned to get us thru the winter. had to dig potatoes  early because something was eating them underground. onions grew but were overall smallish. as were the carrots and peppers. no cukes, corn, peas.  garden was all done before the end of august..frustrating at best. All the kids and most of grandkids all came for visits this summer, which was wonderful. our second camper sydney came in super handy for overnight visitors . Got in a few bike rides  but not as many as usual and only walked with friend wanda a few times.  we did take sydney out for a camping trip once. went to Sarona and met friends val and ken for a couple days. super fun. spent quite a bit of time with mom this summer. she loves Culvers and so that was our usual lunch stop when out and about. tom found out at the end of summer that he needs a hip replacement so it will be a long painful winter for him this year. we cancelled going to Gulf Shores for november this year. just seemed like too many things going on. we had a long stressful trip from wi to fl. we both got covid within a few days of leaving wi. we both felt like crap and wanted to do nothing more than stop for a few days somewhere on the ways to Brads and could not stay anywhere for more than 1 night  except at some questionable campgrounds so we just kept going until getting to brads area. we stayed there for 9 days and definitely needed the rest. from there we were going to stop along the way to florida but just decided to keep on going till we got to the house. glad to get here. everything was good at the house so that was a pleasant surprise.  neighbors all welcomed us back. its starting to feel like a home here. took a bit to get sydney unloaded and things put away in house but its mostly done.

neighbor Diana did a great job keeping the plants alive and well all summer

friend Wanda did a great job on making my quilt larger

questionable walmart neighbors one night

bretts 15!

madison. 5 months. longest eyelashes on a girl ever!

bode's first sleepover in camper. of course campfire and smores are mandatory

New River Gouge NP. it was pretty but overall disappointing. i think we went to the wrong end of the park.

iconic bridge. once a year they close it and people reserve a spot to jump off of it. yikes

rykal brothers and sister in laws gathering before we left wi. randy found out next day he had covid and was kind enough to share with tom and i

end of season campfire at jan and dougs. fun night

brad and madison

eric and grandma. she requested McDonalds for lunch

breanna and kolsyn came for a visit for a few days. he is soooo fun to be around.

grandpa and kolsyn enjoying popsickles

my cupboards needing cleaning out

grandma sperber, bode and madison. fun visit

a  4 generation picture

a visit  to the Irvine parik zoo. toooo hot that day tho. all the animals were hiding inside

grandpa and madison enjoying the sunshine

neighbor Colton brought us a catapillar that turned into a beautiful Monarch.