Easter Sunday

What a beautiful day today.  We went to sunrise service at our church at 7:30 this morning.  Dave got in a short nap and then we headed to Howard Park in Tarpon Springs for a potluck with the Holiday Ranchers.  The wind kept picking up after lunch so we came home about 2:30, but we got plenty of sun prior to that.  We had a good day.  Vicki, Al & Allison were there, too.  So we got to watch Allison do some throwing (softball).  Plus she played bean bag toss and ladder golf.  I do believe this is the first time I've ever spent Easter Sunday on a beach!!

 Tonight we went up to Bob & Ann's and played Farkle.  Al won, I came in second.  Dave didn't play.  He's such a spoil-sport!!

We say goodbye to several people this week...it won't be long now until we are home.  I'm going to miss these 75 degree days!!

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Very, very tired!

Sorry I didn't blog last night...I was simply too tired as was the rest of the family.  We left here at 7:45 AM to get to Busch Gardens before 9:00 AM.  We had to wait in traffic lines for about 15 minutes before we were allowed in to the parking areas.  Then we got in line to get into the park and waited only about 5 minutes.  We were smarter this year; we went immediately to the redemption area to redeem our vouchers for tickets.  All in all, the entire process went very quickly and we were in the park at 9:00 AM.  Unfortunately we were still in the park at 9:00 PM, too!  The park closed at 8:30, but by the time over 100k people get out it's well after 9:00.  We finally met up about 9:15 and had to wait for about 15 minutes just to get onto the trams to go to the parking lot.  Obviously by the time we got home it was well after 10 PM and everyone was exhausted!  We had lots of fun though.  The kids had a ball!!

Today we all went for bike rides and I finally got to see Vicki and her family..  After bike rides and breakfast, Dave took Jami's family to see the alligator at the Largo nature preserve and I stayed home.  Everyone left about 1:00.  I took a short rest and then went to the pool with Allison.  Tonight we all went to Post Corner for pizza.

Tomorrow is another long day.  Sunrise services at 7:00 AM then to the beach for a pot luck with Holiday Ranch residents!

Enjoy some shots from the Gardens!!

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Sunny Day!

We got the girls up this morning and took off for Sarasota where we were to meet Dave's niece and her family, plus his cousin and his wife, Tom & Jami, and Dad & Roberta.  We all met at the pool for lunch and sun.  It was a beautiful day at the pool!  The kids had a blast in the water - ranging in age from 11 to 20 months...5 of them!!  Us "older" Frushours just sat around and gabbed.  Jami and Ashley hadn't seen each other for about 5 years and Dave and his cousin, Thom, hadn't seen each other for years either!

Dave and I came home early and I got to take a nap.  Dave and Bob worked on 104 a bit while we waited for the kids to get here.  Now we're all here and getting ready for a big day tomorrow - Busch Gardens!  We want to be there at 9:00 AM - that means leaving here by 7:45.

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Fun Day

We took the girls up for coffee and donuts this morning.  I think they liked that a lot - the donuts, that is!  Then after our first bike ride of the day, we went to play miniature golf again.  This time Grandma Peg did a little better.  Dave won again, then Megan, Grandma and Kelly.  I had two holes-in-one!!  Grandmas rock!  It was a little chilly, but nice and warm in the sun.

We had Subways for lunch and then after a little quiet time, we went for our second bike ride of the day.  I went up to play cards tonight after supper and Dave and the girls did their 3rd bike ride of the day!  My partners and I won at cards - yay!!

Tomorrow's another very busy day.

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Great cold day!

We had a wonderful day today.  We went to see Winter, the dolphin, today!  It was really cold out, but we warmed up as the dolphins performed for us.  We actually got to see Winter with her tail on today.  We didn't get to see that last year.  We didn't ride either the trolley or the boat to Winter's Adventure because it was too cold to stand in line outside!  So we went to the Island Way Grill for sandwiches and then got in our car to go to the Adventure venue.  They have a new part called Hurricane Experience where you walk "outside" while a hurricane is brewing!  The girls thought that was fun and wanted to do it twice even!!

After we got home and rested a bit, we went for a bike ride.  Kelly & I only did one lap, while Megan & Dave did two laps.  Kelly & I are working on a puzzle from hell!  It's 1000 pieces of a picture similar to a Where's Waldo? picture!  We're (mostly Kelly) about halfway done with it!  We've got to get busy so they can take it home with them on Saturday.

Tonight we've watched the movies, Lightning Theft and Winter a Dolphin's Tale and now we're watching Dancing with the Stars, after watching Splash!

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Fun day today

Today was a really fun day.  After breakfast we took the girls to play miniature golf at Smuggler's Cove in Madeira Beach.

 They also tried to feed the alligators, but none of them were interested in eating.

It was a fun time even if the alligators wanted to sleep instead of eat!  Dave won, then Kelly, then Megan, then me...I guess I was a loser again!!

When we left the Cove, we stopped at the Largo Nature Preserve to see the alligator there.  He's a whole lot bigger than the ones we saw at Smuggler's Cove!

After lunch we went for a bike ride and then rested for a bit before we went for another ride!  It was too cool today to go swimming.  This evening the girls and Dave ate supper while I played cards.  By the way, I won tonight!!  Now they're watching War Horse.

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Sunday

Happy Palm Sunday.  It's hard to believe that there's snow on the ground on Palm  Sunday at home!  Yuck! It poured on us shortly after we left the pool in Sarasota.  I'm glad we're in rain instead of snow!

We've got the girls and this evening has been wonderful!  Both girls have watched The Bible with us - asking lots of questions and absorbing the story!  They're both tired, but don't want to give up until it's over for tonight.

Today, while we were on our way to Sarasota, I had Dave find an ESPN channel on the radio and surprize! the Cyclone game was on.  So we listened to it all the way down there.  Got to Sarasota with 1 minute left in the game and I got to watch the end of it.  I still can't believe we lost that game.  Ohio State got very, very lucky.  Good game, Cyclones!  I'm proud to be a Stater!!

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