30 May 2018
Finally, I am going to update you all on our days since we returned from that amazing trip on the Rhine River Boat.
We arrived home late in the evening on the 14 May. It seemed like a much longer airplane trip home than going over to Amsterdam. Bill and Charlotte and Jim and Cher flew home with us to Orlando. We rented a car to drive to Cocoa with Bill and Charlotte and Jim and Char stayed in a hotel at the airport in Orlando. Charlotte and Bill and Tom and I went back over to Orlando to have lunch with Jim and Cher as they were not leaving to return to Tucson until the 16 of May. We took them to our favorite catfish and fried green tomatoes restaurant. The Catfish Place is in St. Cloud just outside of Orlando. They agreed with us that it was the best they have had too.
Tom and I have spent the last two weeks with Kelly and Bryan and girls. It was so fun to once again attend their school functions etc. We attended Molly’s school awards night. Kelly had gotten a letter that said that Molly was getting an award so the day after we arrived home went to the Awards Ceremony. We were so proud of Molly as she received several awards and honors. She was honored for being one of four digital information technical students of the year and a certified Microsoft Office Spcialist, All County Band Award, 4.0 Grade Point Average and Honor Roll student, Comprehensive Science 3 Advanced Student of the Year, plus several others. We also attended Samantha’s awards ceremony where she was recognized for a 4.0 Grade Point Average. Yeah Samantha. We were also very proud of Kirsten as she did very well as a 3rd grade student at the elementary school. She loves art and showed us some of her unique art that she did this year. They are all involved in the Girl Scouts and this year Molly and Samantha bridged over to the the next level to their next level of their Girl Scout Adventures. We were so excited to again be able to attend all their school functions as we did when they lived just down the road in Vail. During the last couple weeks of course, there was time for card games and dice etc. after school and in the evenings. Kelly and Bryan took time to go to Disney Date Overnight. They also went to Orlando for an afternoon and evening. And we had two more weeks to spend with Charlotte and Bill and made the rounds to as many of our favorite restaurants as we could. AND Tom fixed Liver and Onions for them...has become a tradition when we go to Florida. Charlotte helps Tom with the cooking...Bill and I just wait for the food to be done!! What a life.
Tom took time to go to Patrick Airforce base and check with a friend of his that he was stationed at Davis Monathan with several years ago. We also were able to meet up with our friends Gee and Christina Jones that we were also stationed with at Davis Monthan and we had not seen them for several years. They live in Orlando now so Tom and I and Charlotte and Bill went up to Orlando to have lunch with them. It was so great to spend time with them and give them hugs and catch up. As with many of our Air Force friends...it seem like just yesterday that we had spent time with them versus several years. They will always be a part of our hearts and family.
Kelly and Maryann have been busy planning our trip North.
Today is 10 June 2018
I just realized that I never posted this update from when we returned from our trip!
So here it is! Will post some of the pictures on Facebook as still do not know how to do on my IPAD.
~~NEVER FORGET WHERE YOU’VE BEEN. NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF WHERE YOU ARE GOING. AND MOST IMPORTANT, NEVER TAKE FOR GRANTED THE PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL THE JOURNEY WITH YOU~~~. And we won’t as feel so blessed to have so many friends that are just so part of our lives, whether we see them everyday of once every few decades!
God Bless You All,
Hugs and Loves,
Tom and Maryann
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