March has come and gone without an entry! Well, I thought I'd share a little about our recent trip to Florida to visit Grandma and Granddad. We were graciously invited to spend a week or so with Ron and Irene in Bonita Springs. A wonderful family gave them 6 weeks in their condo, free of charge, to escape the Indiana storms. We joined them for the last week, celebrating Aidan and Dave's birthdays at Disney World. Since they have a birthday promotion this year and Livy was still under three, we didn't have to pay for a couple of tickets either! We also had airline tickets we had to use from last year's mess up with immigration, so overall, this was a pretty inexpensive vacation - what a blessing!
Three generations of Graef men - Aidan, Ron, and Dave spending the day at Epcot!
The Graef girls - we spent the day at Magic Kingdom!
Here we are on the balcony of our condo in Orlando - a chilly and unseasonable 38 degrees! We went to Walmart the night before to buy some pants and warmer clothes!
We actually celebrated Aidan's birthday at the Zimmer's house on the way to Orlando. She made a great Mickey cake for Aidan and her kids drew us adorable pictures to welcome us. It was so good to see Kellie and her parents drove in also to visit with their former Pastor and his wife!
Despite the cold in Orlando, most of our time was spent in beautiful Bonita Springs. We enjoyed attending a Bible study in Spanish, watching the sunset over the Gulf, and the great weather. Mom and Dad not only spoiled Aidan, Abby, and Livy with Reese's Puffs cereal, Moose Tracks ice cream , and all their favorite goodies, they spoiled Dave and I as well. One of the perks of being so far away sometimes - coming home is always a celebration!
