AWOL!

I can't believe that it has almost been a month since I last posted!

  I really don't have an excuse,

 other than I just haven't taken the time to sit down and write.

Sorry!

Let's see if I can catch you up on the goings on around here.

We still are not keeping Ady full time yet, but

we have kept her a couple of times

for 1/2 a day while Melissa

had meetings that wasn't appropriate for her to take the 

baby with her.

Melissa had to take her in for another

weight check the first of February

and the doctor wasn't happy with her 

lack of weight gain.

This time he told us that we needed to 

supplement Melissa's breast feeding

with formula and then bring her

back in a couple of weeks to check her

weight again.

Last Friday, Melissa took her back

and this time she was FINALLY over

9 pounds!  Yeah!

So, it looks like we might have found the

secret recipe.

Here's a couple of pictures of the sweet

little one.

Ady is a happy baby and as cute as a button!

Big sister Lorelai is growing like crazy!

She is talking more and more everyday

and makes us laugh

at all her antics.

She is a BIG help when doing laundry - 

she will load all the clothes in the washer by herself

and then put the clean clothes in the dryer.

All I have to do is add the detergent/dryer sheet and

turn on the machines on.

I haven't taught her how to fold/hang clothes yet,

but I'm sure that won't be too far in the future!!

LOL!!

A couple of weeks ago I went to see

Saving Mr. Banks at one of the theaters

up in Sebring.  Yes, I went by myself since Dan

has difficulty understanding the dialogue with

all the background noise.  I really enjoyed the movie

and plan on going to see something at least

once a month.  Next on the list - Monument Men.

(Maybe this weekend?)

Valentine's Day the kids surprised us with a nice card

and some sweet gifts "from" the girls - Dan got some

candy and I received a gift card to the movies.

I made a special breakfast for Dan and Lorelai

Heart pancakes for Lorelai and I "tried" to make

Dan a "moose" pancake.

It didn't turn out exactly like I wanted, 

but Dan seemed to enjoy it.

I fixed Lorelai some Heart shaped pancakes, 

that I forgot to take a picture of, but

I did get a picture of what was left.

She seemed to enjoy her lunch

Don't you love her "bib"?

Anyone have a guess what it is??

Valentine's night Dan and I enjoyed a nice

dinner for two on the

back porch

and then a nice fire in the fire pit.

It was the first time we used the fire pit

even though we bought it three years

ago - right after buying the house

on Lime Road and getting off the road.

We are still working on doing little

"tweaking" projects here in the house -

I'll share them in a future post.

Lots of organizing and 

purging!

The beginning of this week we were able to take a

trip up to Dowling Park since the kids had to go down

south for Justin's grandfather's funeral.  We went up on

Sunday and came home on Wednesday.

It was great fun seeing all our dear friends there

and we even took a little side trip to

Honey Lake Plantation.

There were many lovely buildings at the plantation.

This is the main building where we had a fabulous lunch.

This is the building where they serve Sunday brunch.

It has a much larger dining room than where

we ate Tuesday.

These are "apartments" that you can rent

or where people stay when they

come to the Plantation for a "hunting expedition".

Really roughing it, huh?

Three of our wonderful friends that went with us.

One of the other buildings that is at the Plantation

is this beautiful church.

The church is located right on the lake and is a beautiful

venue for many weddings

as well as Sunday services.

Beautiful woodwork throughout the entire church.

Can you imagine walking down the aisle and standing in

front of this beautiful setting?

One of the things that make this church so 

pretty are the gorgeous stained glass windows.

Here are some pictures of just a few

of them.

These windows were from an old church in Madison, Florida 

that was being torn down.  

The plantation was able to save them and

installed them in their church to preserve them.

There was one other thing at the church that I thought

was really beautiful, beside the view, the wonderful woodwork, and the incredible windows.

This beautiful bronze sculpture is

located in front of the 

church.

So, that is how we have spent this week.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures

and I'll talk to you soon!

Hugs!

Carol