The Summer is here and it is HOT!!

In the five months since Pam retired we have been busy adjusting our lives to a different beat of the drum. Even though we started out sleeping in it was not long until we settled on a routine. Normally not asleep past 7. We have continued to take trips both to the Dominican and elsewhere. These included a week with our NAPUS friends in Washington, a long Easter weekend in Kentucky with Emma, Freya, and Julia and their parents, a Mardi Gras weekend in Mobile with Denson and Deb and the Rose brothers, and a couple of days in Durham NC for a Jim Brickman concert. We also hosted the first camp for granddaughters when Allie and Hayden spent a week with us and are preparing for a second week later in June when Emma and Hailey will be here. Our Memorial Day weekend get together was a great time to visit with friends and family and enjoy the early summer weather, and then it got HOT. Did I say hot, as in 98 to 99 degrees every day and the lake water has warmed up to July levels already. So to my friends here in Alabama, "Stay Cool", and we hope to see you this summer.

What a START.............

The New Year is here. What a start!! First Pam retired effective 12/31/2010 and we immediately drove to Panama City FL for a week of relaxation. We actually returned on Thursday so we could fly to Phoenix for the BCS Championship game on 1/10/2011. We met with Zack, Lauren & Malcolm, and Amanda & Nick to cheer on our Auburn Tigers. The only one missing was Anna and she has been working on finishing her doctorate and also stayed home to watch over Emma, Freya, and Julia. I think she now wishes she had gone. She was missed. With both of us being retired we have slipped into the trap of sleeping in. Neither of us thought that it would be this easy but 8 AM is getting to be the norm for us. We are now starting to think about our upcoming trips and the things that need to be done here. So far the list has only the trips listed. If you are our facebook friends we will probably continue to post most pictures and activities there. See you sometime.