Weekend in St. Marys Georgia with Cousins 2/26&27/2011

Janice, Bobbye Raye, Memorie and Bettye

Bobbye Raye Ketelboeter Kennison, Memorie Cloud Halstead, Bettye Ketelboeter, Janice Pope Brockmeir, all first cousins who had not been together in over 50 years met in St. Marys Georgia for a reunion of sorts.   Bobbye Raye and Bettye are sisters and their mother and my Mother and Janice's  mother were sisters.  We had a great time catching up about our lives, families etc. and of course eating.  In the above picture we are cleaning fresh shrimp  to be cooked.   Yes, they were wonderful.
Today we are going out on Bobbye Raye and Carey's boat over to Cumberland Island and then tomorrow we are going to Bainbridge to see more family.

Feb 20, 2011

It has been a very busy week.  We started out on Monday morning with 2 crews working on 2 different houses.  Larry took one group over to the Hardee Street house, and Jeff Rothwell, took the other group to Marion Street.   The Hardee Street group had to start putting up outside walls and by Thursday morning we had all four walls up and started the sheating on them.  As you can see I have been nailing.  Check out my pink tool belt.  The other group needed to start building the inside walls for Marion Street and also start the siding on the outside.  By Friday most of what we needed to accomplish was done.
Yesterday we took a trip to the Sarasota area to see the Lippizzan horses in their winter training area.  The hour and a half session was great. They are beautiful creatures.  Then we went to lunch at a place called The Alpine Steak House which was featured on, Dives, Diners and Drive Inns from the Food Channel.  We had the famous turducken for lunch and it was great. Linda Matheny has the book featuring these restaurants and is trying to hit as many as they can.
We are not working on Monday as it is Presidents Day so we are taking the Holiday.
We will finish up here in Dade City on Friday and move up to St. Marys Georgia on Saturday to visit with 3 other first cousins of mine who have not been together in YEARS.  Our mothers were sisters and as young children our grandmother called us her Four Stars.  It should be a fun time.
Until later,

Mem

Pictures 2-10-2011

Week of Jan 31st thru Feb 7th 2011

Suzan and Jim Oneale came and got us on Thursday morning 2/3/2011 in Dade City Florida and took us to the airport in Tampa for our flight to Indianapolis Indiana to visit Ally and family.Our flight was fine and Doug picked us up at the airport and we arrived at their house to surprise the kids.  They had been blessed with aboutr 2 inches of ice and a little snow but the main roads were good.  The area where they live was a different story.  I had forgotten how to walk on ice but learned again real quick.  Larry and Doug made sure they helped me to the house.  We had a wonderful visit with them . We got to attend Noah's birthday party, do a little shopping, play lots of games, go out to dinner, church and then the SUPERBOWL on Sunday.  We had the Hedrick family decked out in Steeler  clothes , not sure they were all that happy about it but Bryant wanted them to cheer for the Steelers since Ally was a Steeler fan all of her growing up years until she moved to Indy and became a die hard Colts fan. 
We flew back to Florida on Monday and went back to work with Habitat on Tuesday. We are trying hard to get a house ready for dedication on Saturday and then another group of RV Care A Vanners will be in to work the next 2 weeks on the next house.

Week of Jan 30 2011

I never got around to posting this past week but we had a great time at Lazy Days at the Fleetwood Rally.  Reconnected with some old friends from last year and also saw a couple, Bob and Violet Radd from our Discovery Club.
Back to Dade City on Sunday and worked until today. We are flying to Indianapolis tomorrow morning, snow or no snow.  It is time to see the grandkids and it will make us appreciate Florida weather when we get back from the frigid cold there.
I know we are nuts but it is time.  Suzan and Jim our friends from Virginia are taking us to the airport tomorrow morning.  Pray for us.
Later.