August

The days of summer have surely been fleeting, and this Blog has fallen to the bottom of the activities list!!
I see that I left off in June as I was preparing to leave for my DisneyWorld trip/Daytona Beach vacation with my daughter & family, and DH.  What a fabulous trip it was!!!  A whirl wind carried us through Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, and Epcot in our 3 days in Orlando.  Amy (dear daughter), had rented us a home with a swimming pool just a few miles from DisneyWorld, and had each day all planned out so I was able to see everything there was to see, and to ride all the BEST rides at each part of the Park.  Oh my!!  It is truly a Magical place and I was in awe of it all.  There are far too many stories to share in this little blog spot and too many pictures to post.....but trust that I had the time of my life!! 

And then we were off to Daytona Beach...honeymoon site of DH and I 40 years ago.  WELL.....it was the town, forget trying to find the actual motel we stayed at all those years ago.  That was in the day of get in the car and drive to your destination and find a place to stay.   It very well could be that the said motel could have been leveled to the ground for a grand new building of condominiums, or is still standing - unrecognizable!  Hmmm....
In any case, we stayed in a beautiful condominium right on the Beaches of the Atlantic, and also enjoyed the use of the pool included.  The weather was HOT and HUMID--what do you expect in Florida in June, right?
Emily (dear grand)  was competing nationally in dance, and scored well in all of her numbers.  It is so fun to watch her talent and poise; and it makes me wonder how far she will go in the art of dance.  I am always in awe and of course "proud as a peacock".
We did take a day to go back to Orlando to Universal and oh what fun we had!!  Even DH enjoyed himself!
The highlight was to ride the new Harry Potter attraction.  After much nervousness as to what the ride would involve (and encouragement of dear daughter!)  I have to say, it was fabulously fun and recommend it highly.
The littles were able to get their HP wands, and they are spectacular---I hope they bring something magical for them.  We mananged to find some water rides, and they cooled us off and made us laugh and scream--just a great place of fun!!

A quick two days back home, and we were off to Bayfield for our traditional  week of vacation over the Fourth of July.  Steve and Angie and the grands spent the Fourth with us and we had a great time.  Warm enough to swim even!  And this year the fireworks were spectacular!!  LOT"S of oooo's and ahhhh's  :-)
We spent a few days then, running with Pat & Barb (our dear friends who also have a condo in Bayfield).
We saw pictures from their vacation to France, viewed Pat's new 3D tv purchase (AWESOME) had some great dinners out and enjoyed their company and conversation as always.  The week was rounded out by a visit from some fishing buddies of Mike and they spend 2 days hitting the waters of Lake Superior searching for the elusive lake trout and salmon (or whatever lurks beneath those waters)  and had good enough luck to have provide a fish fry dinner and fish to take home to boot!

An abrupt end to vacation came as we hurried home on Sunday the 10th to celebrate Amy's DH Paul's 40th Surprise Birthday party.  We gathered to ride a 'Pedal Pub' to the various bars of NE Mpls .... I should say here....I 'rode' the Pedal Pub.....most of the other 16 guests pedaled the Pub .....  A great time was had by all, and Paul was truly suprised!!

Other July highlights have been watching grand Luke play baseball, and grand Landon play soccer.  I watch these littles play with stars in my eyes, as I can foresee them as great little players as they advance through the years.

The weather has truly been summer weather this year....we have had many hot and humid days, making up for our late start ....  June was NOT summerish here at all.

Well, that has been just a little insight into how the summer has been going.  I haven't mentioned the weekend trips to Bayfield, fish fries, and all things that make summer the BEST. 

Have even enjoyed a few Iced Latte beverages, that can only be enjoyed in the summer heat  :-)