We’ll it’s that time of year again where I get to let you know all the happenings… basically since June. If you would like to hear about prior to June, you can read down further in the blog to see what happened.
Carolyn has basically been traveling from sea to shining sea with her work. She has been several different places such as: Indianapolis, Phoenix, Houston, NYC, San Francisco, Jacksonville, FL, Tampa, Hartford, Minneapolis, San Antonio, New Orleans, and Toronto Canada….just to name a few places. You know though it is never more than a day and of course no sightseeing involved…just work. But I have been there. Some of the most memorable items that I got to do with work was attend some Braves games, Hockey Games, Madonna Concert at Madison Square Gardens and a couple of trips. I guess it hasn’t been all that bad… just miss Katelyn whenever I am out of town. She is still my little sleeping buddy (but that is another story!)
We got to celebrate a couple of birthdays and baptisms with our friends earlier this year and a couple of my friends have multiplied over this past year too. We did a Keys vacation this past July with Mimi, Don, Lisa and Tony. We had a great time. We got to go out on the boat and see several stingrays below us. Katelyn finally let go of the back of the boat on the last day that we were there. It was really cool one day as the seas were rough and then all of a sudden they turned to glass and you could see for miles with no waves. It was the weirdest thing to see, but cool. The condo that Mimi and Don rented was right down the way from Dolphins Plus and so we went over to peak at the people swimming with the dolphins. Keith had the best time fishing and got several dolphins the first day out, but only very few on the rest of the time. Keith even made the November 2006 issue of Florida Sportsman again with Tony for the fish they caught.
Not too long after that, I was able to take a trip with work to San Francisco. We had a great time as I went with a fellow agency and they were able to obtain cruise tickets on the bay. We went past Alcatraz and toured a few hotels. We got to eat breakfast at “Top of the Mark” and also had a great buffet at the Marriott. If you ever go to San Francisco, that is the way to do it. Another thing that I saw there that I wanted to do was to go wind surfing. We talked to a couple of people on the boat and they said that you had to be real strong in order to do that. I guess that leaves me out, but it looked fun.
We also celebrated Katelyn’s birthday in style this year. We had several people over and had a great time. Later in September, I was able to take Katelyn to SuperGrover at the Philips Arena in Atlanta. She had a great time. She was also able to attend Disney on Ice with me later on the year and had a great time there too!
Later in September on another trip with work, we went to New Orleans. We had our North American conference there and had a great time. We also assisted in building (actually painting and moving dirt) houses for Habitat for Humanity. It was fun and love doing it each time that I am able to. Another good volunteering activity that I did this year was volunteer for the Girls Inc. Summit. I didn’t do much but throw drinks in a bin and pack Chick-Fil-A bags for the girls, but it was for a good cause and that was what it was all about.
Katelyn had several birthday parties that she attended this year. One of our most memorable one’s was at her friend Madison’s birthday party. There were so many kids there is was unreal, but it was a great party as there were stations where the kids could play their games and get toys. They also dressed up for Halloween. For the party Katelyn was a lady bug, but for actual Halloween, she was Ariel where I was able to paint her hair red. (You know she does not like wearing a wig on her head!)
Thanksgiving was a blur. We just ate at my parents house and I didn’t even go out for shopping the day after Thanksgiving this year. Keith didn’t decide to spend Thanksgiving with us, instead he went fishing.
Other memorable items that were done this year…. Katelyn finally got to go roller skating for the first time. If you ask her about it, she will tell you all about it. She made it around the rink once and then she wanted to play in the playset after that. Later mommy fell down and hurt herself too and she was there to comfort me all the way. (My knee still hurts from that fall!)
Not too long ago we were able to take Katelyn Ice Skating too. She had a good time, but I don’t think it was her cup of tea. She was able to stand by herself and walk over to daddy after a while. That was a hard day for her, as she fell asleep for the rest of the afternoon after that.
This past weekend, we celebrated Christmas in Florida by seeing Keith’s side of the family. We also go to do a little fishing and I caught 2 crokers. Katelyn caught a trigger fish and one other kind of fish, but the fisherman Keith hasn’t caught anything yet. Hopefully he will soon as it is Sailfish season and they are out there … somewhere!
Keith lost yet another truck again this year. This time a lady slammed into the back of him and it didn’t look so bad, but the damage to it was more than 70% of the truck’s worth, so he had to give another truck to the insurance company after only about 2 months of ownership.
Keith also bought some land in Alabama on Lay Lake in Peckerwood Cove. Fits him perfect and he closed on it on December 18, 2006. I guess he plans on going there alot soon. He also just informed me today that he will NOT be spending Christmas Eve with my family and I. Oh well, his loss!
Carolyn is still with Delta. Keith is still at the Fire Station and hopefully Katelyn will be starting some sort of school here shortly. Hope everything is well with you and that you have a great holiday season! We look forward to hearing from you too.
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