Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow

Well, we just said good-by to the Krehbiels, who are flying back to Green Bay as I write this.  The Justus family left Saturday and are back in cold Baraboo.  Roger and Brittany and Chrissy and Jeff have been here and gone for a week already. And now it's our turn.  Tomorrow we head back to winter.  As is our  custom, we always take pictures of each family before they leave, so here they are.  As for us, we'll be back for a repeat of  a simply wonderful, relaxing, and fun filled vacation!!!

Sweating in February?

So, how can it be that although it's February on the calendar, yet we're sweating bullets.  Roger and I actually commented that we were so warm, we had to get in to the shade for a while.   The thing is, it is hot.  It's 83+ and  sultry.  We're loving it.  After a grueling day at Epcot, we came home and hopped in the pool.
It's tough being on vacation...really.

Pizza pool party

No Snow Here

Chrissy and Jeff and Roger and Brittany left for home this weekend.  It was sad to have them leave...even sadder to think they were heading for the tundra.  There was 13 inches of snow on the ground back there.
Bummer.

On the other hand, here it has been sunny and warm...80's...AC on.  Yesterday the Krehbiels, Justuses and Roger and me took another trip over to Downtown Disney.  We'd forgotten it was Preident's Day and there were so many people and it was so hot, and we had to wait everywhere.  So what should do?  What every other person down here would do.  Head for home and jump in the pool.  Now that was a smart choice.

Last night we babysat so Heidi and Eric and Greta and Adam could go back to Downtown Disney and enjoy themselves...and they did!!!!

It's summer in February!

We arrived in Florida on Valentine's Day along with Chrissy and Jeff who caravaned with us.   We stopped in St. Augustine, a charming little village on the ocean, and were able to walk around, stretch our tired bodies and enjoy the town.  We then drove to our house in Kissimmee, unpacked and did some grocery shopping.  Roger and Brittany arrived later in the afternoon.  We're having just a great time.  The sun is shining, the temperature is in the 70's, the pool is a balmy 91 degrees and we are thoroughly enjoying ourselves.

We spent yesterday afternoon at Downtown Disney, and are heading out to one of the bazillion flea markets in a little while.

Tomorrow the kids are going to Universal, and we are going to ..............  don't quite know yet........whatever we feel like doing, for starters.

Spent the good part of today poolside just relaxing and enjoying our vacation.  This could easily become addicting.

Winter in Wisconsin

We have had a regular winter around here...a beautiful white Christmas, not too cold, just pretty and white.  I thought it was so nice that I had Roger take my picture on our deck.   That's me next to the bird feeder, and there is a lot of snow, but not so much for winter.

Fast forward to today, the day after the big blizzard.  Whoa!!!!  Lots and lots of snow.  So much snow that I made a snow angel on our deck, but then the snow was so soft, that I could hardly pull myself up.  So much for the snow angel.

Roger spent over  two hours snowblowing this morning, and this afternoon we went to the park for a walk.  The path in the park hadn't been plowed yet, however, so we cut short our walk.    It's tough trudging through 2+ feet of snow.

So what's the moral of this story?  It's winter in Wisconsin, need I say more?